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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) works locally, nationally, regionally and globally to reduce – and ultimately prevent – armed violence.

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UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases

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Here AOAV finds that UK media outlets frequently present retired senior military figures as independent defence experts without disclosing their commercial ties to defence, security, intelligence, and technology industries, potentially obscuring conflicts of interest in public debates over war and military spending.