In an unprecedented move, the UK Ministry of Defence has apologised to Declassified UK while Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he is treating the apparent blacklisting of one of Britain’s leading investigative outlets with “utmost seriousness”.
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Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile
by JOHN McEVOY | 22 September 2020
TAGGED: Chile, Declassified Files
Declassified Foreign Office files show that Britain conducted a covert propaganda offensive to stop Chilean leader Salvador Allende winning two democratic presidential elections – and helped prepare the ground for General Augusto Pinochet’s brutal military regime.
British security firm Saladin tries to distance itself from police war crimes investigation
by PHIL MILLER | 18 September 2020
TAGGED: Keenie Meenie Services, Kenya, Saladin Security, Sri Lanka
One of Britain’s oldest private security companies has admitted to UN experts that it shared an office building in west London with a group of mercenaries being investigated for alleged war crimes – but denies involvement.
British universities are being increasingly captured by arms corporations
by ELLIOT MURPHY | 17 September 2020
Many UK universities are increasing their investments in arms companies and acting as their research and development partners. Along with public museums taking sponsorships from arms companies, they risk becoming militarised spaces, losing their public ethos and giving the military industry a humane public face.
How a British policeman helped normalise torture in a Gulf monarchy
by QAYS ABDULLA | 14 September 2020
TAGGED: Bahrain, Kenya, Police
As two political prisoners face execution in Bahrain, the country’s repressive justice system remains rooted in the career of Ian Henderson – one of the most notorious police officers the British empire ever produced, who caused suffering to scores of Bahrainis including members of my family.
Revealed: Censored videos show Saudi pilots bombing Britain
by PHIL MILLER | 10 September 2020
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
The UK’s Royal Air Force is refusing to release video footage that shows fighter pilots from Saudi Arabia conducting air attacks in Britain, as part of a controversial military training scheme which involves 25 civilian airports.
Revealed: Royal Navy trained China for free at five-star hotel
by PHIL MILLER | 7 September 2020
TAGGED: China
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.
As British judge made rulings against Julian Assange, her husband was involved with right-wing lobby group briefing against WikiLeaks founder
by MATT KENNARD | 3 September 2020
TAGGED: Assange
The husband of the chief magistrate overseeing Julian Assange’s extradition case was closely associated with a lobby group publicly criticising the WikiLeaks founder around the time his wife was ruling against Assange, it can be revealed.
Britain’s creeping cronyism
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 1 September 2020
Coronavirus is diverting attention away from an unprecedented but under-reported threat. Official secrecy, incompetence and lack of accountability in Whitehall are combining with government cronyism to represent an assault on the rule of law and Britain’s parliamentary democracy.
The militarisation of US/Africa policy: How the CIA came to lead deadly counter-terrorism operations in Kenya
by NAMIR SHABIBI | 28 August 2020
TAGGED: Kenya
US and Kenyan diplomatic and intelligence officials tell Declassified UK why the CIA set up a covert paramilitary counter-terror team, how it flies recruits to the US for special training, and why Britain helps gather intelligence on targets.