Nouvelles sur les armes à feu
États-Unis,Suisse,Union Européenne,Égypte,Arabie saoudite,Yémen,Bahreïn,Émirats arabes unis,Qatar,Koweït,Liban,Jordanie
Arms Trade Treaty Member Nations Flout Gun Trade Rules [FR]
26 August 2016
SwissInfo
[Translated summary: Many countries that have signed the Arms Trade Treaty continue to ignore the rules. Only Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden have been completely transparent about their trade. US, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France and Italy continue to sell arms to Egypt which translates into the torture and death of hundreds of people.]
Disposer d'un traité sur le commerce des armes, c'est bien. Encore faut-il qu'il soit respecté. Pour Amnesty International, trop... (GunPolicy.org)
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Syrie,Iraq,Jordanie,Liban,Turquie,États-Unis,Qatar,Arabie saoudite
Weapons of the Syrian War: Small Arms
19 July 2016
Defense One (USA)
Small arms were already plentiful in Syria before the war, thanks to years of Soviet and Russian support. More flooded in after the conflict began
First use: March 18, 2011. After the Assad regime detained more than a dozen teenagers as part of its Arab Spring crackdown, protesters burned down a police headquarters in the southern city of Dara'a. In response, police fired tear gas at protesters, and then opened fire on them.
Origin: Small arms were already plentiful... (GunPolicy.org)
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Liban,Iraq,Jordanie,Oman,Égypte,Arabie saoudite,Croatie,Israël,Koweït,Allemagne,Espagne,Émirats arabes unis,Italie,Qatar,Suisse,États-Unis
World's Small Arms Trade Reached US$5.8 Billion in 2013
17 June 2016
Israel Homeland Security
The Small Arms Survey (SAS) released its annual Transfers and Transparency trade update for 2016, which reveals that the world's top and the largest of the smaller arms exporters conducted trade to the tune of $5.8bn in 2013. This represents an increase of 17 percent in small arms trade on 2012, which came in at $5bn flat.
The United States alone, the world's largest arms manufacturer and exporter, exported a record breaking $1.1bn worth of small arms in 2013. In a... (GunPolicy.org)
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Afrique,Afrique du Nord,Russie,Syrie,Mali,Qatar,Turquie,Libye,Égypte,Tchad,Somalie,Nigeria,Niger
Libya's Guns Free-For-All Fuels Region's Turmoil
22 March 2014
St Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
TRIPOLI — At the heart of the Libyan capital, the open-air Fish Market was once a place where residents went to buy everything from meat and seafood to clothes and pets. Now it's Tripoli's biggest arms market, with tables displaying pistols and assault rifles. Ask a vendor, and he can pull out bigger machine guns to sell for thousands of dollars.
Libya, where hundreds of militias hold sway and the central government is virtually powerless, is awash in millions of... (GunPolicy.org)
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Libye,France,Qatar
After Decades With Few Guns, Almost Every Libyan Household Has One
25 February 2014
PolicyMic
In a country where civilian gun ownership was rare for decades, a sudden inundation of small arms means plenty of people will likely get shot.
One recent afternoon, Ahmed, 26, was driving around Tripoli with his brother Bashir, 24. Without warning, the driver in the car in front of them slammed his brakes. Ahmed, who nearly rear-ended the offending vehicle, honked his horn. The other driver got out of his car. A shouting match became physical and the man went back to... (GunPolicy.org)
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France,Syrie,Allemagne,Libye,Qatar,Suisse,États-Unis
Is Anyone Counting the Guns in Syria?
18 June 2013
Pacific Standard (USA)
Last night, in a televised interview with Charlie Rose, President Obama made the case for arming anti-Assad forces in Syria. In part, Obama was responding to critics who claim the U.S. weapons, once released, will be hard to control.
Is that true? Scholars who study small arms proliferation have looked at the 2011 war in Libya as a guide and found evidence of illegal arms transfers and poor tracking of weapons. More than a year after the war ended, no overall... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tunisie,Égypte,Qatar,Émirats arabes unis,Koweït,Bahreïn,Oman,Iraq,Arabie saoudite,Yémen,Iran,États-Unis
How US, Middle East Gun Laws Measure Up
19 December 2012
Al Arabiya (Dubai)
The fatal Dec. 14 shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut which claimed the lives of 28 people, including 20 innocent children under 10 once again brought to light the dilemma of gun ownership in the United States and despite the fact that it received no response from the gun rights advocates but a deafening silence, laid emphasis on the necessity for the United States to revise its gun policies.
The shooting rampage, in which a mentally... (GunPolicy.org)
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Afrique du Nord,Libye,Mali,Égypte,Qatar
Concerns Over Weapons Availability, 'Gangster' Culture in Libya
14 November 2012
Qantara (Germany)
Market day in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. In the old town quarter of Assabri, traders spread out their wares on folding tables and car bonnets: pistols, machine guns, grenades, ammunition. There's even the odd rocket-propelled grenade on offer. Potential buyers lug bags full of bundles of cash; Libya's largest banknote is the ten dinar note.
"Can I try it out?" asks a customer holding the hand of a small child, grabbing hold of an AK-47 and firing it into... (GunPolicy.org)
Lire l'article complet : Qantara (Germany)
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Sierra Leone,Yémen,Syrie,Algérie,Iran,Somalie,Chine,Bélarus,Italie,Allemagne,Bulgarie,Autriche,Russie,Tunisie,Royaume-Uni,États-Unis,Qatar,Soudan,Afrique,Libye,Égypte,France
An Arms Buyback for Libya? – Analysis
9 June 2012
Eurasia Review (EU/Asia)
The Libyan civil war of early 2011 was one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history, with an estimated 30,000 killed and 50,000 injured. While Muammar Gaddafi's death marked a watershed moment in Libyan history, the months of frenzied violence that preceded it saw a massive buildup of arms and munitions in the country. In the months leading up to and after his fall, Gaddafi's arms warehouses all across the country became unsecured; such was the level of... (GunPolicy.org)
Lire l'article complet : Eurasia Review (EU/Asia)
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Qatar,Afrique orientale,Russie,Corée du Nord,Chine,Asie occidentale,Afrique du Nord,Syrie,Mali,Libye,Belgique,Afrique occidentale
Small Arms Manufactured in Belgium Proliferate in Libya, Mali [FR]
11 April 2012
L'Express (France) / AFP
[Translated summary: Notwithstanding risks of proliferation, small arms manufactured in Belgium circulate in Libya, Mali, and maybe tomorrow in Syria? Belgium is the biggest european exporter of small arms: in 2010, 32% of european exports of small arms to Middle East and North Africa came from this country.]
Malgré les mises en garde à Bruxelles sur les risques de prolifération, les armes légères fabriquées en Belgique circulent de la Libye au Mali. Et demain,... (GunPolicy.org)
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Thaïlande,Malaisie,Indonésie,Koweït,Qatar,Mexique,Pérou,Venezuela,Colombie,Bolivie,Somalie,Népal,Oman,Lettonie,Maurice,Guyana,République démocratique du Congo (RDC),Bosnie-Herzégovine,Arabie saoudite,Liberia,Kazakhstan,Singapour,République dominicaine,Jordanie,Trinité-et-Tobago,Émirats arabes unis,Guatemala,Honduras,Chili,Équateur,Argentine,Zimbabwe,Zambie,Ouganda,Tanzanie,Sénégal,Congo,Nigeria,Niger,Namibie,Maroc,Mauritanie,Malawi,Côte d'Ivoire,Égypte,Burkina Faso,Brésil,Tunisie,Sri Lanka,Pakistan,Philippines,Yémen,États-Unis,Italie,Allemagne,Israël,Autriche,Russie,Afrique,Amérique,Asie,Europe,Afrique du Sud,Algérie,Angola,Botswana,Ghana,Guinée,Madagascar
Brazilian Gun Industry Seeks New Markets: Africa and Asia [PT]
27 January 2012
Publica (Brazil)
[Translated summary: With the support of the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, Brazilian gun manufacturers seek new markets in countries with a history of human rights violations: Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Yemen. Brazil is among the six countries in the world with annual exports exceeding $ 100 million, according to recent research from Small Arms Survey. According to the Army, responsible for supervising and controlling exports from 2005 to... (GunPolicy.org)
Lire l'article complet : Publica (Brazil)
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Qatar,Libye
Libyans Launch Grassroots Efforts to Stop Deadly Proliferation of Guns
1 October 2011
Miami Herald
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Alarmed at the deadly arsenals piling up in ordinary Libyan neighborhoods, self-appointed community leaders in Tripoli have begun issuing their own gun licenses and, in some cases, conducting raids to retrieve land mines and rockets stored in private homes.
Qatar and other nations flooded Libya with arms during revolutionary forces' six-month struggle to overthrow longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. And when the NATO-backed former rebels finally toppled... (GunPolicy.org)
Lire l'article complet : Miami Herald
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France,Qatar,Royaume-Uni,Libye,Russie,Italie
Small Arms Seized by Italy Gone Missing, Libya Likely Destination
20 July 2011
Scotsman (Edinburgh)
A shipment of weapons seized by the Italian navy following a tip-off from British secret agents has gone missing - most likely ending up in the hands of Libya's rebels.
The haul, which was described by one military expert as "enough to start and win a small war", included 400 anti-tank missiles and 50 launchers for them; 30,000 AK47s; 5,000 Katusha rockets; 11,000 anti-tank rockets and 32 million rounds of small arms ammunition.
All of the Russian-made weapons were... (GunPolicy.org)
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Qatar
In Row Over Disputed Pregnancy, Man Kills Two Friends with Machine Gun
14 May 2008
Gulf Times (Qatar)
A man stands accused of gunning down two colleagues he believed were framing him for getting a housemaid pregnant.
According to legal papers, the Pakistani national flipped after his Filipina lover told him she was carrying his child.
He refused to believe he was the father and became convinced that two men he worked with had hatched the plot to clear themselves "of paternity suspicion".
The 36-year-old then confronted his colleagues who ridiculed his claims.
In a... (GunPolicy.org)
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Qatar
Qatar Lauds United Nations Debate on Illegal Gun Trafficking
22 March 2006
Gulf Times (Qatar) / QNA
NEW YORK — Qatar has highlighted the importance of a UN Security Council debate on illegal trafficking in small arms and light weapons in view of their drastic impact on security and stability in several countries, particularly nations where governments have lost control over their own internal affairs.
In a statement, delivered before the UN Security Council debate on small arms and light weapons yesterday, Qatar's permanent representative to the UN Nassir Abdulaziz... (GunPolicy.org)
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Qatar
Qatar Decrees Gun Control Law
27 July 1999
Reuters
DOHA — The Gulf Arab state of Qatar is introducing a law making possession of firearms without a licence punishable by a jail sentence of up to 14 years, an official said on Tuesday.
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani issued a decree on Monday prohibiting the possession of and trade in firearms, ammunitions and explosives without a licence after October 26.
People who buy guns without a licence can be sentenced to between seven and 14 years in jail under the new... (GunPolicy.org)
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