Kelsey Gallagher
@kelgallagh.bsky.social
Arms trade, arms control & disarmament. Focus on Canadian military exports. Senior Researcher with ploughshares.ca, Expert with @Forumarmstrade.bsky.social
ICE says armoured vehicles ordered from Canada's Roshel produced in U.S. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
ICE says armoured vehicles ordered from Roshel produced in U.S.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the vehicles it is purchasing from Canadian defence firm Roshel fall under Buy American provisions.
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Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency ‘deeply troubling’: MP Kwan www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency ‘deeply troubling’: Kwan
Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights re...
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Anand won’t say whether Canada would block export of armoured vehicles for ICE use www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Anand won’t say whether Canada would block export of armoured vehicles for ICE use
Washington has ordered nearly $10-million in vehicles from Brampton-based defence contractor, records show
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Ontario's Roshel under contract to supply 20 armoured vehicles to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm | CBC News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb bla...
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ICE is buying $7.2M worth of armoured personnel carriers from Canada. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘America, uh...First!’: ICE to buy $7.2m worth of Canadian armored personnel carriers
Exclusive: ‘There are so many things wrong with this,’ one government-affairs watchdog told The Independent
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"Revenues from sales of weapons and military services by the 100 largest global arms-producing companies reached a record $679bn in 2024, according to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Top global arms producers’ revenues surge as major wars rage: SIPRI report
From Israel to Elon Musk's SpaceX and other giant companies in the US and Europe, arms producers had a profitable 2024.
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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 blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
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...
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Ottawa reviewing two Canadian-owned companies over Sudan weapons links www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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
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Officials won’t say if Carney will raise issue of UAE arms shipments to Sudanese militia during Abu Dhabi visit www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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
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UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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
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Former Canadian diplomat @nicholascoghlan.bsky.social calls on the government of Canada to address the diversion of Canadian arms to the RSF in Sudan www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBi...
Sudan’s paramilitary force agrees to U.S. humanitarian ceasefire proposal
YouTube video by CBC News
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"Russian snipers are using Canadian rifles, despite sanctions" globalnews.ca/news/1148500...
Russian snipers are using Canadian rifles, despite sanctions | Globalnews.ca
Despite sanctions, made-in-Canada long-range firearms are turning up in Russia.
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"Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?" via Ted Snider/ @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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...
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"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
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.
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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...
Did Trump strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats with Canadian tech?
YouTube video by CBC News
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Kelsey Gallagher@kelgallagh.bsky.social · 10mo agoOur 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...
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...
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...
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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 www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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...
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BREAKING: Hamas accepts latest Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal proposal
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.
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Is Australia supplying weapons to bomb Gaza? Here’s what we know about fighter jet parts in the F-35 program www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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’
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🧵 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...
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...
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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 cptik.org/reports-1/20...
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...
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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
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.
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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. www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
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.
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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
Germany accounted for around 30% of Israel’s arms imports between 2019 and 2023, second only to the United States.
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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." www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
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.
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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. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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 ...
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