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Iain Overton

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London
As seen in: Action on Armed Violence, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera English, The Globe and Mail, The Irish Times, HuffPost UK, International Business Times (U.K.), ReliefWeb, Scottish Daily Record and
Covers:  War, conflict, military industrial complex, arms trade, investigative journalism
⚔ Investigating war @aoav 📗 The Price of Paradise (suicide bombers) 📘 Gun Baby Gun (guns) ☞ PhD war-reporting ☞ @bylinetimes ☞ Associate Professor @soas

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Iain Overton is an investigative journalist and the Executive Director of Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a UK-based charity that documents and analyses armed violence worldwide. A former BBC and ITN journalist, he has reported from more than two dozen conflict-affected countries, focusing on civilian harm, military accountability, arms flows, and the political economy of violence.

Overton is a co-commissioner of a Lancet inquiry into global gun violence and health and regularly presents resea…

Iain Overton’s Journalist Portfolio

British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war

British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war

Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.

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Britain sent over 500 spy flights to Gaza

Britain sent over 500 spy flights to Gaza

Exclusive: New study reveals the scale of British intelligence gathering above Gaza, raising fears of complic…

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UK Government Flouted Own Rules Designed to Stop Gaza Intelligence Harming Palestinian Civilians

UK Government Flouted Own Rules Designed to Stop Gaza Intelligence Harming Palestinian Civilians

The revelation raises questions over whether the UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 6…

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Shock and Orr: Meet the Farage-Supporting 'Philosopher King' of British Authoritarianism

Shock and Orr: Meet the Farage-Supporting 'Philosopher King' of British Authoritarianism

The Cambridge professor providing the intellectual underpinning for JD Vance and Nigel Farage, is described b…

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Secret Report Reveals British Army's Culture of Harassment and Hostility Towards Women

Secret Report Reveals British Army's Culture of Harassment and Hostility Towards Women

Male soldiers routinely sent explicit photographs to female colleagues and stalked them on WhatsApp, the repo…

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Articles

UK media fails to disclose defence industry ties of most military commentators

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By Amy Killingbeck, Iain Overton
| Declassified UK
Nearly 60 percent of retired senior British military officers now working in the defence industry have appeared as expert commentators in UK media without any disclosure of their commercial ties, a conflict research charity has found. The London-based group Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) examined a decade of UK media appearances by former British senior military figures.
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UK Special Forces witness N1788 says President Karzai's complaints and Afghan concerns prompted review of SAS tactics

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By Iain Overton
| Action on Armed Violence
Concerns raised by President Hamid Karzai and growing unease among Afghan partner forces helped trigger an internal review of SAS tactics in Afghanistan in 2011, a former UK Special Forces officer has told the Afghanistan Inquiry.
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UK Special Forces chief N889 says he challenged commander over allegations of deliberate killings in Afghanistan

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By Iain Overton
| Action on Armed Violence
UK Special Forces chief N889 says he challenged commander over allegations of deliberate killings in Afghanistan A former UK Special Forces chief has told the Afghanistan Inquiry that he directly challenged a frontline commander after becoming aware of allegations that troops may have been deliberately killing people during operations in Afghanistan.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reuters intern. My first week covered Princess Diana's death.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

Spreading fake news, driven by bad actors

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