by Mark Curtis Published in Middle East Eye, 31 May 2019 The British government is refusing to release a 1941 file on Palestine, as it might “undermine the security” of Britain and its citizens. Why would a 78-year-old document be seen as so sensitive in 2019? One plausible reason is that it could embarrass the British government in […]
Topic: Censorship
These articles highlight how UK officials have censored, destroyed, withheld illegally & lied about government documents on foreign policy. Articles ‘Government admits “losing” thousands of papers from National Archives’ (Guardian, 26 December 2017) ‘”Operation Legacy”: Britain’s Destruction and Concealment of Colonial Records Worldwide‘ (Shohei Sato, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, April 2017) ‘The 30-year rule […]