A court has awarded £1.5 million in compensation to survivors of a terrorist attack in Northern Ireland that involved collusion between British soldiers and paramilitary forces. But those responsible for controlling the ‘Miami Showband’ killers have still not been held accountable.
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‘Something awkward’: When Conservative ministers authorised torture
by ANNE CADWALLADER | 5 January 2022
TAGGED: Ireland, Police
Belfast murders: What are police trying to hide?
by ANNE CADWALLADER | 17 November 2021
TAGGED: Ireland, Police
David Amess murder: How is Britain tackling the terror threat from Somalia?
by PHIL MILLER | 18 October 2021
TAGGED: Police, Somalia, terrorism
What was Britain’s most senior police officer doing with MI6?
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 8 July 2021
TAGGED: MI6, Police
During her career, Cressida Dick, Britain’s Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has repeatedly escaped full accountability over her role in controversial cases. One murky episode is her time in the ‘Foreign Office’, understood to really mean MI6.
Northern Irish police trained Gulf regime ahead of crackdown
by RORY WINTERS | 16 June 2021
TAGGED: Ireland, Oman, Police
The Police Service of Northern Ireland is facing fresh scrutiny over its long-standing ‘public order’ and security training of Omani police, following last month’s suppression of protests in the country.
Revealed: Secretive British anti-crime agency spent millions training Colombia’s repressive police
by MATT KENNARD | 11 June 2021
TAGGED: Colombia, Police
As protests in Colombia are met with deadly violence, Declassified reveals the UK’s National Crime Agency trained the Colombian police in a multimillion-pound five-year programme that is shrouded in secrecy.
Largest protests since Arab Spring sweep Oman as UK support for regime rises
by PHIL MILLER | 26 May 2021
TAGGED: Oman, Police
As Oman’s UK-trained police confront popular protests against unemployment and corruption in the dictatorial Gulf state, the British military prepares to deploy an aircraft carrier to a new UK naval base in Oman, and the head of the Royal Air Force praises his Omani counterpart.
Will UK security agencies learn lessons from their collusion in crimes in Northern Ireland?
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 29 April 2021
TAGGED: Books, Ireland, MI5, Police, terrorism
On the centenary of Ireland’s partition, Northern Ireland is changing. But the lessons from its recent violent ‘dirty war’, in which British agents colluded in killings, risk being ignored by the current British government.
Burma bloodbath is a lesson Britain must learn from
by PHIL MILLER | 14 April 2021
TAGGED: Burma, Police
The terrible scenes of young people being gunned down by Burma’s military junta should make British diplomats think hard about why their policy of aiding and trading with the regime went so wrong.