Media, culture and armed violence
11 Aug 2022Rwanda government fails to give press accreditation to AOAV Executive Director to report on human rights abuses against refugees
The Rwandan government stands accused of preventing fair and open reporting of its treatment of refugees today, as it emerges Action on Armed’s Executive Director Iain Overton failed to gain press accreditation in the equatorial African nation. Overton, who has won two Amnesty awards for his human rights coverage, travelled to the capital Kigali this […]
25 Apr 2022The ‘madman despot’ theory only serves to embolden Vladimir Putin
This article explores how accusations of insanity serve to strengthen the Russian President’s hand in Ukraine
14 Apr 202218 images that helped define modern conflict
Here AOAV looks at some iconic war images and how they have shaped our own view of conflict.
8 Mar 2022After The Bombing Podcast, Episode 2: the impact of bombs on the human body
This series deals with the long-term and knock on effects, also referred to as reverberating effects, from bombing and shelling in towns, cities and other populated areas.
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After The Bombing Podcast, Episode 1: The impact of bombs on the human body
In this podcast episode, INEW discusses the consequences of explosive weapons by bringing together survivors’ voices from Raqqa in Syria, as well as voices from the ground.
24 Nov 2021Media report Ethiopia on the brink of “irreversible state collapse”
sday over the escalating war in Ethiopia as Tigrayan rebels said they were edging closer to the capital, Addis Ababa, and more foreign citizens were told to leave.
16 Aug 2021‘We were told that bombing wouldn’t work – well it did’: headlines from 2001 Afghan intervention reviewed
Twenty years ago, large swathes of the media and political establishment defended the invasion of Afghanistan – now as the Taliban recaptures the country, the jingoistic confidence feels horribly misplaced.
29 Jun 2021Putin’s Hybrid War on Truth is a Threat to Us All
The conflict in Ukraine has revealed, not only how social media has evolved in recent years to become integral to the waging of conflict, it has also showed how the Kremlin had created a very particular ‘playbook’ when it comes to ‘winning the narrative’, sacrificing truth and impartiality in the name of victory. It wages a hybrid war that is 10% physical and 90% digital.
23 Jun 2021Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
This an extract from the opening chapter of Ioan Grillo’s book ‘Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels‘.
26 May 2021The Politics of Torture and the Erosion of Truth
Oleksandra Matviychuk paints a troubling picture of a Russian tactic designed to undermine democratic rule in eastern Ukraine
25 May 2021A Fixer’s War: Inside the Life of the Unsung Hero of Foreign Reporting
Anton Skyba was arrested and tortured for being a 'fixer' to international media in Eastern Ukraine. This is his story.
18 May 2021A Day in the Life of Prisoner ‘Socrates’, Cell Number 607
Iain Overton recounts the story of Oleh Galzyuk, who was imprisoned in the Donbas region of Ukraine for more than two years for writing about the conflict raging in the region