by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 October 2024 Politicians across Europe want Britain to investigate why the WikiLeaks founder spent five years in jail. Britain’s Home Office is making a “grave mistake” by ignoring a call from the Council of Europe to review its treatment of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder’s wife has warned. The […]
Topic: DECLASSIFIED UK
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 23 October 2024 Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 7 October 2024 Explainer: As Israel bombards Beirut, we take a look at Britain’s military role in Lebanon. In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”. This was part of what he described as a “dramatic change […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 1 October 2024 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected a freedom of information request that would shed light on training it is providing to Israeli armed forces personnel in Britain. The refusal comes as Israeli forces invade southern Lebanon, sparking a major new crisis in the Middle East. […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 24 September 2024 Whitehall officials and ministers connive with the BBC and the press during wars, to promote ‘propaganda’ to domestic and foreign audiences, declassified files show. Britain’s media is failing to report the true extent of UK support to Israel amid the genocide in Gaza. This is not the exception in […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 September 2024 Boris Johnson avoided promoting a compromise peace in Ukraine after Russia invaded. Now, Labour continues to help prolong the conflict to secure British interests. Last week, defence secretary John Healey announced that the UK “will continue to step up our support to help Ukraine achieve victory” in […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 August 2024 New trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds is embarking on fresh talks with Israel, whose economy minister is an outspoken supporter of its attacks on Palestinians. Jonathan Reynolds has announced the Labour government seeks to deepen commerce with Israel, continuing the policy of his Conservative predecessor, Kemi Badenoch. Trade […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 22 August 2024 Why would the Guardian employ a Tory prime minister’s spin doctor as its new communications chief? “Our quality, investigative journalism is a scrutinising force at a time when the rich and powerful are getting away with more and more”, says the Guardian in a fundraising plea to its readers. […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 July 2024 Thirty years on, questions remain as to why the UK authorities allowed the Al-Qaeda terrorist leader to run an office in the British capital for four years. Thirty years ago this month, Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden established an office in a house in Kilburn, west London. […]
by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 June 2024 The British army has trialled Israeli drones used in Gaza, Declassified has found. Britain is experimenting with new drone technology that Israel’s military uses in Gaza. The British army conducted exercises on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire to test a drone made by Israeli tech firm Xtend in December. Hundreds of […]