March 1, 2012
The British government has an international legal obligation not to deport people who have a credible fear of torture upon return. Convincing reports of arbitrary arrests and torture demand that the UK government suspend returns of rejected Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka until it can fairly and thoroughly assess their individual claims [...]
Tags: Asia, British government, Colombo, Criminal Investigation Department, Government of the United Kingdom, Human Rights Watch, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Refugee, Sri Lanka
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February 24, 2012
DELIBERATION – THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012 AT 1:17PM GILAD ATZMON www.deliberation.info/ Greetings citizens of the World, This is a message regarding our online news website deLiberation, only 3 weeks old but growing fast. deLiberation are thinkers, writers, artists and activists, each committed to freedom of thought and to telling the stories that [...]
Tags: British government, English language, Government of the United Kingdom, Israel, Ofcom, Press TV, PSC, Twitter
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December 22, 2011
Britain Asks US to Hand Over Bagram Detainee-For-Life The US government did not respond to Britain’s request by the required deadline by John Glaser, December 21, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In response to a court order, the British government has asked the U.S. to return to their custody [...]
Tags: Bagram, Barack Obama, British government, Geneva Conventions, Government of the United Kingdom, Habeas corpus, Obama administration, United States
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December 11, 2011
British government regrets death of Mustafa Tamimi Published yesterday 19:17 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The British government expressed regret at the death of Mustafa Tamimi, who died on Saturday after being fatally wounded by a gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier.”On behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom, I express our deepest regret [...]
Tags: British government, Government of the United Kingdom, Israel Defense Forces, Jerusalem, Ma'an, Mustafa, MustafaTamimi, Nabi Saleh, Nabi Salih, Palestine, Vincent Fean
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November 19, 2011
. Westerners are taught to believe that torture is not a practice of a ‘civilised’ government and therefore does not take place within their military and security establishments [GALLO/GETTY] Following the fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, new allegations have emerged about the complicity of British and US officials in torture. Senior members of [...]
Tags: Abu Ghraib, Al Jazeera, Baha Mousa, British government, British nationality law, Government of the United Kingdom, Iraq, Libya, United States
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November 14, 2011
Britain to Abstain in Palestine UN vote 10 November 2011 Yesterday’s announcement by British Foreign Secretary William Hague that his government would abstain from voting at the UN Security Council‘s debate on the Palestinian bid for membership did not come as a great surprise. Britain’s Coalition Government led by the Conservative [...]
Tags: Arab, Britain, British government, Hague, Israel, Palestinian people, United Nations Security Council, William Hague
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November 9, 2011
Westerners are taught to believe that torture is not a practice of a ‘civilised’ government and therefore does not take place within their military and security establishments [GALLO/GETTY] Following the fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, new allegations have emerged about the complicity of British and US officials in torture. Senior members of the [...]
Tags: 2003 invasion of Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Al Jazeera, Baha Mousa, British government, British nationality law, Government of the United Kingdom, Iraq, Iraq War, Libya, United States
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August 11, 2011
UK Intifada 10 August 2011 For days now Britain has been overtaken by violent riots and looting. It started in the capital city, London, and spread to other large cities such as Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. Thousands of young people, most of them from the poverty-stricken class, took to the streets to express their anger [...]
Tags: British government, Brixton, David Cameron, Government of the United Kingdom, London, Poverty, Western world, Youth
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July 5, 2011
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
Tags: British government, Centre for Alternative Technology, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, Nuclear, nuclearpower
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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
Tags: British government, Centre for Alternative Technology, Germany, Government of the United Kingdom, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, Nuclear, nuclearpower
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