Declassified UK In case you missed it A catch up on all our articles from the last fortnight

Posted: 25th October 2021

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After the Brexit vote, the British government bypassed parliament to support EU aid for an African police squad that massacred protesters and staged a jailbreak.
The UK embassy in Bogotá has launched an environmentally-focused public relations project while Britain trains the country’s repressive security forces. The project promotes UK investment in Colombia and “joint work” with unnamed organisations on “security and defence”.
We visit a nondescript village in Lancashire where arms exporter BAE Systems has a factory supplying the Saudi Arabian war machine, while a former Foreign Office lawyer tells us British arms sales violate UK licencing laws and contribute to war crimes.


Whitehall has spent millions on a Somali anti-terrorist unit, yet little is known about its ability to fight Al Shabab – amid fears the militant group radicalised the suspected killer of Sir David Amess MP
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British files seen by Declassified reveal shocking details of torture from a virtually unknown episode in UK military history, when in 1970 special forces invaded and annexed the most important oil supply route on the Persian Gulf.Donate £2 Today

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