Results for "mercenaries"
Revealed: British mercenaries linked to brutal crackdown on left-wing activists in Sri Lanka
A British mercenary kept working at Sri Lanka’s military headquarters in the late 1980s during a bloody crackdown on left-wing activists from the country’s Sinhalese majority, new evidence obtained by Declassified UK reveals.
Exclusive: Met Police open war crimes investigation into British mercenaries
Police in London have opened an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s.
Exclusive: Why Britain wanted to ‘kill’ a United Nations ban on mercenaries
Following recent revelations that UK mercenaries fought on the same side as Vladimir Putin’s forces in Libya, Declassified exposes how Britain has blocked international efforts to ban private armies – partly to protect its own use of Gurkhas and other foreign fighters.
‘The benefits of doing nothing at all’: Why Britain is unlikely to support a ban on Russian mercenaries
The rise of Russian mercenaries in conflicts across Syria, Ukraine and numerous African countries is concerning the UK’s Ministry of Defence, yet Britain appears unlikely to support a ban on such mercenaries because of its own private security industry.
How Britain’s colonial cover-ups continued in Northern Ireland
A new book, Decades of Deceit, pierces the veil of official secrecy around one of the darkest episodes of the Troubles.
Brunei: Britain’s neo-colonial oil hub near China
With its super-rich Sultan guarded by Gurkhas, Brunei is a relic of empire where Britain and Shell still wield enormous influence.
Foreign Office helped notorious mercenary avoid court case
Government lawyers managed to stop a former SAS soldier linked to atrocities in Sri Lanka from being questioned in court.
‘Mystery’ at Foreign Office over file hidden from media
Government cannot explain why it withheld a Downing Street document for up to six years after it was cleared for release.
