Central to their argument: the black sites and associated horrors were NOT an aberration, and the anti-torture norm in the context of the US has NOT been restored. An important point, which we all need to remember.
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Sam Raphael
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Sam Raphael
@sam_raph
Professor in International Relations and Human Rights, Uni of Westminster. Director, @unredacted_uk. I look much older now.
London Katılım Ocak 2014
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Imp. new article from @DrMeganPrice1 and my long-time collaborator, @ruthblakeley, on the ongoing "regime of torture" exp. by ex-CIA prisoners who are STILL detained o/s the law, some 20yrs+ since their disappearance into the hell of the black site prog. doi.org/10.1017/S02602…
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Sam Raphael retweetledi
The @AfghanUKAFInq has published letters regarding the MoD’s failure to meet evidential deadlines and allocate adequate resources: “This is unacceptable.”
The MoD’s proposals to remedy this will still delay the Inquiry’s hearings by at least 7-8 months.
unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php?d…
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Shocked, shocked I tell you! ICO has issued FCDO with “practice recommendations setting out improvements they can make to better comply with their legal obligations”
Jenna Corderoy@JennaCorderoy
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Give us a follow, and check out our growing project archive: unredacted.uk/project-archiv…
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@unredacted_uk has pub'd new material today re. UK Special Forces war crimes in Afghanistan - incl memo from senior UKSF officer to Director Special Forces warning of 'stark implications' of EJKs (extrajudicial killings). unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php?d…
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Sam Raphael retweetledi
Just added to our archive: a 2011 memo by a senior UKSF Officer to Jacko Page, Director Special Forces, about concerns of ‘an unofficial policy […] to kill wherever possible fighting aged males on target, regarding of the immediate threat they pose.’ 🧵
unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php?d…
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Sam Raphael retweetledi
ICYMI, last week, we launched Unredacted’s project on Special Forces war crimes in Afghanistan. Our project archive holds hundreds of documents relating to these allegations. All fully searchable. We’re adding as we go, take a look here:
unredacted.uk/project-archiv…
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Nice to see this. Check out our new project on UKSF war crimes in Afghanistan:
unredacted.uk/projects/speci…
UNREDACTED@unredacted_uk
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f… In The Guardian: our Special Forces war crimes project aims to “provide the fullest public account to date of the UKSF operations involving suspicious killings and the extent to which senior UKSF personnel had knowledge” of the allegations.
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We are launching with a new project on UK Special Forces war crimes in Afghanistan - tracking what appears to have been systematic murder and systematic coverup by multiple institutions of the British state.
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UNREDACTED@unredacted_uk
📢Unredacted has been investigating allegations of unlawful killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan and evidence of a subsequent coverup. 🧵(1/9) Read more about our investigation into UKSF killings and coverup: unredacted.uk/projects/speci…
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We've only gone and launched!
unredacted.uk
@unredacted_uk
It's been years in the chatting... hopefully a much-needed space for primary documents and analysis in relation to UK national security and human rights.
We have 1000s docs, all fully searchable.... enjoy!
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It is no small thanks to you @cr0ft0n and @sam_raph for keeping this issue on the agenda and contributing your expertise 👏👏👏
Crofton Black@cr0ft0n
Another judgment against Lithuania for participation in the CIA's black site program in 2005; Lithuanian prosecutor's office still asserting that no one saw anything, no one knew anything 🙈🙉
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Key question still outstanding - what role did the UK play in Mr al-Hawsawi's torture? The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has now opened an investigation - let's see what comes of it.... (the pesky truth can't hide forever) @harryfoxdavies @REDRESSTrust
Sam Raphael@sam_raph
A key judgment at the ECtHR today - Lithuania complicit in the CIA's kidnap, secret detention and torture of Mr al-Hawsawi (still held at Guantanamo, >20yrs after his disappearance into global torture prog). In the face of ongoing govt secrecy/denial, this is a v imp victory.
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A key judgment at the ECtHR today - Lithuania complicit in the CIA's kidnap, secret detention and torture of Mr al-Hawsawi (still held at Guantanamo, >20yrs after his disappearance into global torture prog).
In the face of ongoing govt secrecy/denial, this is a v imp victory.
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Sam Raphael retweetledi
We are at day 3 of substantive hearings of the inquiry into allegations of extrajudicial killings by British Special Forces in Afghanistan.
Today, we hear from Leigh Day representing the Afghan families. Follow this thread for key updates.👇
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The police investigation, 10yrs and counting, into international crimes, 20yrs and coun...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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Sam Raphael retweetledi
Thanks to @Reprieve and @LOS_Fisher for helping us to uncover and publish the MoD's secret "torture policy" back in 2019. unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php?d…
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Sam Raphael retweetledi
🧵(1/8) UNREDACTED at the Information Tribunal last week, with @sam_raph appealing the MoD's refusal to release data relating to this 2018 policy: unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php?d…
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Also, join us.... It's going to be fun!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DAE559/pro…
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