Britain’s deepening military relationship with Israel comes under scrutiny as details emerge from Declassified UK’s information requests.
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More than two dozen Saudi Typhoon pilots trained in Britain
Britain’s Royal Air Force has trained 25 pilots from Saudi Arabia to fly the powerful Typhoon jet and continues to provide instruction on using missiles involved in devastating attacks on civilians in Yemen.
Revealed: Key Assange prosecution witness is part of academic cluster which has received millions of pounds from UK and US militaries
One of the US prosecution’s key medical witnesses in the Julian Assange hearing, who claimed that Assange’s risk of suicide is ‘manageable’ if extradited to the US, works for an academic institute that is funded by the UK Ministry of Defence and linked to the US Department of Defence, it can be revealed.
UK information operations in the time of coronavirus
What roles are secretive British army units 77th Brigade and Specialist Group Military Intelligence playing in the UK government’s battle against coronavirus?
British training of Saudi pilots continues amid bombing of Yemen
UK defence minister admits that training of Saudi Typhoon pilots is continuing despite Riyadh using these British-made jets to conduct airstrikes in Yemen, a country on the brink of famine.
Government apologises to Declassified UK as defence minister orders independent review into blacklisting
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”.
Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile
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
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
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
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.