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Coup Leader Attended UK Military Leadership Course Weeks Before Forcefully Seizing Power
Murray Jones reveals how a Guinean colonel was lectured by British military and political personnel prior to launching a coup against the country’s democratically-elected leader
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UK Paid £300 Million by Saudi Arabia for Use of British Soldiers in Deadly Weapons Training
Labour MP Zarah Sultana called the finding ‘utterly shameful’ and accused the UK Government of ‘complicity’ in the Saudi-led war on Yemen
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Extrajudicial Killings Reveal a Culture of Impunity at the Heart of the British Military
Murray Jones has more details of the long-running investigation into possible war crimes committed by SAS forces in Afghanistan
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From Mercenaries to Trade Envoys: What is Britain’s Modern Military Role?
Pursuing its goal as ‘Global Britain’, the UK uses its military as imprecise weapon of influence, attracting human rights abusers the world over to furnish their reputations, explains Murray Jones
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Tolerating Intolerance: UK Military Failing its LGBTQ Personnel
Murray Jones reports on the Government’s failure to offer information on its acquiescence to the repressive rules of foreign militaries
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Government Approves Export of Tear Gas to a Third of the World
New research shows that the UK has approved export licenses of tear gas to regimes with concerning records on freedom of speech and assembly
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Life Values: How the British Military Calculated the Cost of an Afghan Life
The Ministry of Defence paid out more compensation for property damage in northern Europe than for the death of an Afghan child, reports Murray Jones
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British Military Linked to Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan
Analysis of compensation claims paid by the Ministry of Defence to Afghan families reveals the extent of civilian deaths during 20 years of war
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Ministry of Mystery: Government Doesn’t Know how Many Civilians it has Killed in Wars Abroad
A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence has revealed that the Government is failing to record civilian deaths during military operations
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Myanmar Police Force Trained by British Officers Under EU Scheme
Between 2013 and 2020, the UK College of Policing also spent more than £20 million selling its services around the world
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The UK’s New Elite Regiment and the Evasion of Democracy
Murray Jones of Action on Armed Violence explores whether the specialist forces will simply be allowed to fly under the radar
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Sanitising War: How the UK Media Turned Its Back On Syria
In failing to report on individual instances of war’s devastation, the media risks losing sight of the inhumanity of conflict
