Declassified UK has also found that Chinese military officers have attended Britain’s most exclusive military academy over the last two years. Academy staff even visited the Huawei HQ in China, seven months before the head of MI6 expressed concerns about the tech giant.
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Military police probe British soldier over Yemen war protest
by PHIL MILLER | 25 August 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
A serving British soldier is being investigated by the Royal Military Police for protesting against arms sales to Saudi Arabia. He accuses the government of having ‘blood on their hands’ and says: ‘I’d rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a paycheck.’
Belarus military has received assistance from the UK a dozen times in past five years
by PHIL MILLER | 20 August 2020
TAGGED: Belarus, Ukraine
The UK military has been quietly building links with the Belarusian armed forces, including providing urban warfare training, despite the British government’s public criticism of Europe’s last dictator, Declassified UK has found.
Revealed: British army bomb squad trained Hong Kong police at height of protests
by PHIL MILLER | 18 August 2020
TAGGED: China, Hong Kong, Police
A Hong Kong police officer received bomb disposal training from British soldiers at the same time as pro-democracy protesters were being arrested for possession of explosives, Declassified has found. The revelation comes as the UK military announces a freeze on training for Hong Kong.
Exclusive: Met Police open war crimes investigation into British mercenaries
by PHIL MILLER | 13 August 2020
TAGGED: Keenie Meenie Services, Police, Sri Lanka
Police in London have opened an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s.
Revealed: British officials with conflict of interest helped investigate SAS role in Golden Temple massacre
by PHIL MILLER | 4 August 2020
TAGGED: India
David Cameron’s review of Britain’s role in Operation Blue Star – which saw Indian troops storm a Sikh temple – allowed ‘one or more’ staff with a conflict of interest to influence what documents investigators could access.
Revealed: MI5 and MI6 are training senior spies from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt
by PHIL MILLER | 27 July 2020
TAGGED: Egypt, MI5, MI6, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Britain’s intelligence agencies are teaching the next generation of spymasters from some of the world’s most repressive dictatorships, it can be revealed for the first time.
Thousands of historic British government files censored after ‘independent’ watchdog approves over 99% of secrecy requests
by PHIL MILLER | 25 July 2020
TAGGED: BAE Systems, GCHQ, MI5, Saudi Arabia
British diplomatic files about Saudi Arabia and mercenaries are among over 6,000 documents recently censored from the National Archives – by an ‘independent’ oversight panel containing former spies and government officials.
Revealed: How the British military supplies ‘mercenary’ forces to a Gulf dictatorship
by PHIL MILLER | 20 July 2020
TAGGED: Oman
Britain has 91 troops ‘on loan’ to Oman, where serving UK military pilots are flying Omani fighter jets, helicopters and military transport planes under a secretive scheme designed to bolster the repressive monarchy, Declassified UK can reveal.
Children killed in Yemen by Saudi-led airstrikes days before and after UK arms sales resume
by PHIL MILLER | 15 July 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Airstrikes in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition killed eight children shortly before and after the UK government claimed there was ‘not a clear risk’ of British weapons being used for war crimes, Declassified has found.