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Sunday, August 9, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/sunday-august-9-2026/

Iran targeted civilians as tactic of war, new report pushes IRGC accountability, JIJ attorney says

Adv. Uri Morad said that Iran’s missile campaign targeted civilians as a tactic of war, and argued that…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #airdefenses #breakingnews #clustermunitions #internationalhumanitarianlaw #InternationalLaw #Iran #IRGC #JerusalemInstituteofJustice #JIJ #LegalAction #UriMorad
https://www.newsbeep.com/629984/

Saturday, April 4, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/saturday-april-4-2026/

Iran uses cluster munitions on civilian areas. Amnesty International has documented the use of children as soldiers. Neighboring countries live under the shadow of Tehran's expansionism.

Yet Western streets fill with marchers defending this regime.

Moral clarity is not optional.

#Iran #HumanRights #ClusterMunitions #ChildSoldiers #IRGC #DoubleStandards

🚨 Iran fires missiles with cluster munitions at Israeli cities, raising humanitarian concerns. Civilians at risk as tensions escalate in the region. 🌍

https://www.dobblog.online/2026/03/iran-uses-cluster-munitions-in-israel.html

#Israel #Iran #ClusterMunitions #BreakingNews #MiddleEast

As the regional conflict between Israel and Iran enters a volatile new phase, a banned weapon of war is reappearing over civilian centres. While Israel’s defence systems remain robust, a new threat - the cluster ballistic missile - is testing the limits of safety. Unlike a single warhead, these missiles release hundreds of "bomblets," turning neighbourhoods into active minefields long after the sirens stop.
#Israel #Iran #war #ClusterMunitions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex3zJFhZ_RU

Iranian Missile Attack Leaves 3 Palestinians Dead in West Bank

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/world/middleeast/iran-west-bank-missile-strike.html

Admiral’s Comments Undercut Pentagon’s Cluster Munition Policy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/us/politics/cluster-munitions-iran.html

Iran’s use of cluster warheads against Israeli cities marks a major escalation. What’s happening, what netizens are saying and Newz.Africa’s analysis. #Iran #Israel #ClusterMunitions  | https://newz.africa/2026/03/11/iran-cluster-warheads-israel-march-2026/

@EndIsraeliApartheid

The Cluster Munition Monitor has documented more than 24,800 cluster munition injuries and deaths since the 1960s, three-quarters from unexploded remnants. In 2024, cluster munitions killed at least 314 civilians, the majority of them in Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_munition

#ClusterMunitions

Russia Is Arming Drones With North Korean Cluster Weapons, Report Says

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/russia-north-korean-cluster-weapons.html

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Ukraine takes ‘effective measures’ to stop Russian infiltration near Dobropillia, Pokrovsk — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — We went to hell and back to achieve this result: SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-13-2025/

#UkrainianDrones attack Samara plant making raw materials for Russian artillery, bombs

Target in Samara was #Novokuybyshevsk #Petrochemical Company, major gas-processing & petrochemical facility supplying raw materials used in production of #explosives

They're used in #artillery #shells, aerial #bombs, #ClusterMunitions, #rockets

The volume of processing (of raw materials) is about 1 million tons per year

https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drone-attacks-samara-plant-making-raw-materials-for-russian-artillery-and-bombs/

#RussianAggression #StandWithUkraine

Russia targets Ukraine’s cities with cluster munitions, raising #civilian deaths

Amid stalled peace talks, #Russia's increasingly attacking #Ukrainian #cities with #ClusterMunitions, banned for indiscriminate damage to #civilians

Civilian casualties in #Ukraine in 2025 rose 37% compared with same period last year, mostly due to #Russia’s use of #long-range explosive weapons — including #cluster munitions in densely populated cities

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-increasingly-targets-ukraines-cities-with-cluster-munitions-raising-civilian-toll/

#WarCrimes #RussianAggression

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Russia increasingly targets Ukraine’s cities with cluster munitions, raising civilian toll — [vlog,video] Failed US peace effort left Ukraine worse off, expert argues — Military aid delays will ‘encourage Russia to continue war — Russia cannot launch 500 drones every day … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/thursday-july-3-2025/

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Hours after deadly Russian attack on Kyiv, Trump was unaware it had even happened — Cluster munitions used in overnight Russian strike on Ukraine — Russian military-industrial chemical plant halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike — US group designed to pressure Russia into peace in Ukraine disbanded by Trump administration … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/wednesday-june-18-2025/

Pure genocide: Drones hit Sumy with shrapnel munitions

“These weapons are used to kill people. Not to destroy structures, just to kill more people”

“Just as the previous missile strike [had] #ClusterMunitions, today again #drones [are] equipped with #shrapnel,” he added.

“The same goes for other strikes, in other places where private #homes were hit, people were injured and killed. This is pure #genocide.”

https://kyivindependent.com/shahed-drones-that-hit-sumy-equipped-with-shrapnel-munitions-regional-governor-says/

#WarCrimes #RussianAggression #CiviliansTargeted #Civilians

#Banks and financial institutions profiting from #weapons

By Clare Carlile
Friday 7th of April 2023

High street banks are funding some of the world’s most notorious #ArmsCompanies. We look at which banks are involved and what consumers can do. We also look at the wider financial industry and its links with #NuclearWeapons in particular.

How are banks financing the arms industry?

"Banks are behind almost every industry in the world, through their loans, insurance and other kinds of financing, including the arms industry.

"By funding arms companies, banks allow them to grow and innovate – developing new forms of #lethal weapons.

"In fact, banks are behind companies involved in the very worst forms of arms, such as nuclear weapons and #ClusterMunitions, despite the latter being banned by 120 countries.

"Unsurprisingly, arms companies are not generally picky about who they sell weapons to. This means that if a bank is funding an arms company, it may well be one that is selling to oppressive regimes.

Which banks are involved in financing arms companies?

"Unfortunately, many banks still finance arms companies.

"While some have said they will not fund the most destructive weapons, lots fall far short of refusing funding to arms companies altogether. And it is not just banks that are involved in the global arms trade. Lots of other financial institutions, such as investors, are also involved.

"Over three quarters of the brands included in our ethical current accounts guide lost half a mark under Arms & Military supply for their investments. This included all the five major high street banks: #Barclays, #HSBC, #Lloyds, #NatWest and #Santander.

"Banks such as Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander and #Citigroup, and other financial institutions such as #Aviva and #OldMutual have been named in relation to funding cluster munitions, nuclear weapons on the sale of arms to #Yemen.

What weapons are banks funding?
Banks funding cluster munitions

“Cluster munitions are indiscriminate weapons that pose a serious threat to civilian populations during and long after an attack. They spread dozens, or even hundreds, of bomblets called submunitions over an area the size of a football stadium or even more. On impact cluster munitions kill or maim anyone that is in that area. Also, many submunitions fail to explode on impact: they remain on the ground like landmines that kill and injure civilians long after the conflict has ended.'

"120 countries have signed a Convention that that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of #ClusterBombs.

"Yet, in 2018, the Cluster Munition Coalition found that financial institutions had invested almost $9 billion in companies producing cluster munitions. Citigroup and Old Mutual were both found to invest in companies involved.

"Amongst the banks named in the report, Triodos, Co-operative Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland were all praised for having divestment policies in place.

"However, Aviva, Axa, Deutsche Bank, Edentree Investment Management, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were all found to have incomplete policies in place."

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons

#WarIsBigBusiness #NoWar #WeaponsManufacturers #NoNuclearWeapons

#HumanRightsWatch's @marywareham
reports on the scoop on #ClusterMunitions by our German colleagues John Goetz and Lisa Maria Hagen and mentions the #WikiLeaks cables:

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/germany-ukraine-cluster-munitions/

Nowhere have the choices been starker than in the discussion about #LandMines, as militaries weigh their low-cost ability to slow tanks & buy time for #NATO rescuers against the risk to generations of their own citizens. Mines come in many forms, but… once laid, can pose a hazard decades after a conflict ends. #Mines & other explosive remnants of #war killed or injured at least 12 #civilians A DAY globally in 2022, many of them #children, acc/to the Landmine & #ClusterMunitions Monitor.
#Ukraine

@armscontrolnow is polling for their Arms Control Person Of the Year (#ACPOY2023 ) until 11 January and you can still vote!

They’ve also had small toots about nominees but the link to the vote page hasn’t worked so check their profile, give them a follow, and vote. #ArmControl #ArmsControlAssociation

Among topics related… #BiologicalWeapons #ChemicalWeapons #ClusterMunitions #LethalAutonomousWeaponsSystems #NuclearWeapons

https://www.armscontrol.org/2023-12/2023-arms-control-persons-year-nominees

⚡️ US controversially delivers cluster munitions to Ukraine during the ongoing war with Russia. Concerns arise due to the long-term danger posed by unexploded weapons in occupied areas. Cambodian PM Hun Sen warns of the potential harm based on his country's painful experience with cluster bombs. #UkraineConflict #ClusterMunitions https://www.riskmap.com/incidents/1851557/articles/183441022/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon