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Action on Armed Violence’s work has been featured in, among others, the Telegraph, Guardian, BBC, Reuters, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Time, Newsweek, GQ, Der Spiegel, Huffington Post, Al Arabiya, El Pais, Voice of America, The Duck of Minerva, PolicyMic, The Scotsman, Christian Science Monitor, Business Insider, Truthloader, openDemocracy, Times Higher Education, All Africa, The Patriotic Vanguard, El Observatodo, La Tercera, Stoo, and Xaluan.

Media contact

For all press enquiries, please contact Iain Overton:
M: +44(0)7984 645 145
E: ioverton@aoav.org.uk

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Latest press releases

2014

02/07/2014: New data shows 70% rise in civilian casualties from IEDs around the world in the last three years

23/06/2014: Homicides in Central America up 99% in the last decade, major report reveals

21/05/2014: UK charity launches anti-suicide bomb film in Pakistan

14/05/2014: Major increase in global civilian casualties from explosive weapons, report reveals

02/05/2014: Car bombing in Abuja as IEDs continue to kill civilians around the world 

17/04/2014: 15 shootings that changed the law: on the 15th anniversary of Columbine massacre, AOAV releases new report

15/04/2014: Systematically recording the casualties of armed violence can help save lives

14/04/2014: Casualties from IEDs in Nigeria continue to rise after latest Abuja bombing

11/04/2014: Data shows Wednesday’s bomb attack on Islamabad market part of a bloody pattern

02/04/2014: Civilian casualties from IEDs in Nigeria so far in 2014 eclipse last year

02/04/2014: Top arms exporters signal wind change in global weapons trade by ratifying Arms Trade Treaty

20/03/2014: Iraq sees 42% rise in IED attacks as 12 more killed as yet another cafe targeted

18/03/2014: Rickshaw packed with explosives kills at least 15 people in Afghan market

15/03/2014: Syria: Three years of bombing civilians

10/03/2014: Massive car bomb attack adds to toll of IED casualties in Iraq

04/03/2014: ‘Writing the Rights’: AOAV publishes major new report on the rights of victims of armed violence

27/02/2014: Another IED attack on a Mogadishu tea shop

27/02/2014: Airstrike in Lebanon a further sign of crisis 

10/02/2014: Militants killed by own car bomb in Iraq but most victims are civilians

07/02/2014: The first British suicide bomber in Syria strikes in Aleppo

03/02/2014: AOAV condemns “barrel bomb” barrage in Aleppo, Syria

22/01/2014: Ahead of crucial talks, AOAV calls on Syrian conflict parties to stop bombing civilians

10/01/2014: AOAV data shows IEDs continue to exact deadly toll in Pakistan

2013

12/12/2013: Major report on Nigerian armed violence launched by British and Nigerian charities

08/10/2013: AOAV lists 100 of the world’s most influential journalists covering armed violence

20/09/2013: Action on Armed Violence exposes Syria’s Dirty Dozen Explosive Weapons

30/08/2013: Action on Armed Violence welcomes parliamentary vote on Syria

29/08/2013: What’s the target? AOAV warns of dangers and risks inherent in bombing Syria

26/08/2013: Action on Armed Violence condemns UK plans to bomb Syria

16/08/2013: AOAV and Saferworld critical of UK government’s U-turn on public reporting of arms exports

28/06/2013: Working to make the world a safer place: AOAV name the 100 most influential people reducing armed violence

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