Kelsey Gallagher

Do anti-personnel mines still have military utility in modern warfare? - Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog Five States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention have recently submitted instruments of withdrawal, citing national security and military necessity, while at least one other has taken ste...

Thoughtful @icrc.org commentary outlining not only the enduring humanitarian imperative for the Mine Ban Treaty, but also the operational, economic, and security-related considerations which render AP mines obsolete in modern conflict

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Ottawa reviewing two Canadian-owned companies over Sudan links Foreign Affairs Minister looking into companies that reportedly sold equipment that ended up in the hands of militia connected with atrocities in Darfur

Ottawa reviewing two Canadian-owned companies over Sudan weapons links

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The German government says it’s lifting restrictions on exports of military equipment to Israel The German government is lifting its restrictions on military exports to Israel

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Officials won’t say if Carney will raise issue of UAE arms shipments to Sudanese militia during Abu Dhabi visit Human-rights groups and activists are urging the PM to put pressure on the Emirates to halt its alleged weapons shipments

Officials won’t say if Carney will raise issue of UAE arms shipments to Sudanese militia during Abu Dhabi visit

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UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean Rare rupture between military allies comes as concerns grow over Trump administration’s lethal sinking of boats

UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean

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YouTube video by CBC News Sudan’s paramilitary force agrees to U.S. humanitarian ceasefire proposal

Former Canadian diplomat @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social calls on the government of Canada to address the diversion of Canadian arms to the RSF in Sudan

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Russian snipers are using Canadian rifles, despite sanctions | Globalnews.ca Despite sanctions, made-in-Canada long-range firearms are turning up in Russia.

"Russian snipers are using Canadian rifles, despite sanctions"

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Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela? The Trump administration’s covert bombing campaign against alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” has drawn scrutiny from legal experts and human rights observers. As evidence of cartel ties remains un...

"Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?" via Ted Snider/ @canadiandimension.bsky.social

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Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report | CBC News Canadian technology was used by the U.S. military in operations that blew up at least two alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean in September, according to a report by Project Ploughshares.

"There has to be more human rights oversight…. We are seeing Canadian weapons being misused." - @kelgallagh.bsky.social

A high-tech Canadian-made camera system was used as part of controversial U.S. strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug boats: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli

Thanks to the CBC's visual investigations team for covering the story here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

And below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRvN...

Targeted from above: Canadian sensors facilitating unlawful U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean - Project Ploughshares On the morning of September 2, 2025, a small speedboat skims across open water somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Suddenly, in a flash of white, it’s destroyed in a U.S.-launched airstrike. All 11 people...

Our new report, “Targeted from Above,” reveals that Canadian-made MX-Series surveillance and targeting optics produced by L3Harris Wescam were used in two U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean, conducted on September 2 and 15.

Read the report here: ploughshares.ca/targeted-fro...

Arms Exports: NDP MP Jenny Kwan Discusses Private Members’ Bill At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, NDP MP Jenny Kwan outlines her private members’ bill aimed at closing loopholes in Canadian law related to arms exports.Joining her at this event are...

Today, MP @jennykwan.bsky.social
announced she will introduce a Private Members’ Bill to close export control loopholes that allow for the unregulated transfers of Canadian weapons to the U.S., some of which end up in third states, including Israel
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Hamas accepts latest Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal proposal The news comes just hours after President Trump urged Israel to expand its attacks on Hamas.

BREAKING: Hamas accepts latest Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal proposal

Is Australia supplying weapons to bomb Gaza? Here’s what we know about fighter jet parts in the F-35 program The Greens have urged Labor to stop supplying F-35 parts to a global supply chain that can be accessed by Israel – but the government says such claims are ‘misinformation’

Is Australia supplying weapons to bomb Gaza? Here’s what we know about fighter jet parts in the F-35 program

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2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - United States Department of State The annual Human Rights Reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agre...

🧵 Originally began in part to inform U.S. security assistance, the delayed latest Country Reports on Human Rights Practices is now available, with expectation that much is no longer included. As reactions come in, we'll add to this thread. www.state.gov/reports/2024...

Turkish Military Attacks Reduce by 97%, Amid Ongoing Peace Developments and New Turkish Military Operation — Community Peacemaker Teams - Iraqi Kurdistan With the initiation of disarmament and ongoing peace negotiations and implementation efforts, Turkish military strikes decreased sharply—by 97% compared to the previous month —representing a signific...

New report from @cpteams.bsky.social finds that Turkish strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan decreased by 97% over prior months following the onset of the PKK's disarmament process

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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Germany, Israel’s No. 2 arms dealer, halts exports over Gaza concerns Germany accounted for around 30% of Israel’s arms imports between 2019 and 2023, second only to the United States.

Germany, Israel’s No. 2 arms dealer, halts exports over Gaza concerns.

Big question is what this means for the largest chunk of their arms exports: warships.
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Germany, Israel’s No. 2 arms dealer, halts exports over Gaza concerns Germany accounted for around 30% of Israel’s arms imports between 2019 and 2023, second only to the United States.

Germany accounted for around 30% of Israel’s arms imports between 2019 and 2023, second only to the United States.

Is Britain Breaking International Law Over Israel to Avoid Offending Trump? On Tuesday, the British government will be in the high court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel.

New from @yasmineahmed.bsky.social/@hrw.org:

"Under British and Int. law, arms licensing should be suspended if there's a “clear risk” that arms might be used... to facilitate serious violations of IHL. That threshold hasn’t just been crossed, it has been bulldozed."
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Measures to Block Israel Arms Sale a Choice: Uphold U.S. Law or Arm Atrocities

SAM Director Ari Tolany responds to Senate efforts to block Trump’s proposed arms sales to Israel, including 1,000-pound bombs, joint direct attack munitions & automatic rifles.

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Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials | CBC News The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping ...

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials

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Nuclear Threats Are Back Washington responds to Russia with escalation

🚨 The US has quietly deployed nuclear weapons to the UK for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
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Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariffs President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met for a pivotal discussion before Trump's Aug 1. tariff deadline.

"[Trump] said that the bloc would also be “purchasing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of military equipment,” but did not provide a specific dollar amount"

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Winnipeg’s hidden role in the global arms trade Winnipeg’s Magellan Aerospace has played a significant but under-recognized role in Canada’s arms industry. Its CRV7 rockets and other military technologies have been used globally—from Cold War NATO ...

Winnipeg’s hidden role in the global arms trade

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Despite Trump's comments suggesting otherwise, the Desert Viper and light armoured vehicle are actually one and the same, with the Desert Viper being the specific LAV-700 model Qatar is rumoured to be considering for procurement from Canadian industry, pictured below

(photo credit: Stew Magnuson)

Qatar’s long-rumoured purchase of Canadian-made light armoured vehicles (LAVs) may be moving forward as part of Trump’s earlier-announced $42B Qatar-US defense deal

(No Congressional notice explicitly mentioning the LAVs has been published yet)

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Why the United Nations is Investigating the US and Canada for Enabling Atrocities in Gaza The United States is Israel’s largest supplier of arms. Now, a United Nations committee is investigating whether its transfers of bombs, fighter jets and other weapons violate international law. On Ma...

"The Committee noted that, by providing military aid... the US and Canada “could be enabling racial discrimination, racial segregation and apartheid by Israel” in breach of obligations under the Int. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination"

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Belgian court orders Flanders to halt military transit to Israel A civil court in Brussels has ordered the Flemish government to block the transit of all military equipment and any goods potentially intended for...

Belgian court orders Flanders to halt the transit and transshipment of arms to Israel through Flemish territory
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