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Unredacted is a research unit at the University of Westminster that investigates and documents secretive UK state and corporate practices in the context of national security. Visit https://unredacted.uk/

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Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 13

Unredacted's Sam Raphael 'said it was a “startling” admission that went further than previous official statements because it “appeared to explicitly concede for the first time that UK agencies were involved in the CIA’s detention programme”.'
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UK spy agencies too slow to realise CIA was mistreating prisoners after 9/11, government admits

Government acknowledges UK involvement in detention operations for first time in Guantánamo inmates case

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Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · Jun 9

'The cases, filed by two prisoners held at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, will be heard across a rare four-day trial at the investigatory powers tribunal' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatment

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Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 9

An overall archive of documents relating to the use of rendition, secret detention and torture by US and UK intelligence agencies in the ‘War on Terror’ and beyond, the world’s largest public collection.
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The Torture Archive

The world’s largest public collection of documents relating to the use of rendition, secret detention and torture by US and UK intelligence agencies in the ‘War on Terror’ and beyond.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 9

A collection of air traffic control records, billing documents and other forms of flight data, collected by The Rendition Project during its investigation into the CIA torture programme.
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CIA Flight Data

A collection of air traffic control records, billing documents and other forms of flight data, collected by The Rendition Project during its investigation into the CIA torture programme.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 9

A growing collection of documents from within the CIA torture programme, including memos, internal reports and cables from a number of black sites where detainees were held outside the law and subjected to systematic torture.
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The CIA Torture Documents

A growing collection of documents from within the CIA torture programme, including memos, internal reports and cables from a number of secret prisons (black sites) where detainees were held outside th...

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 9

Two briefings on specific cases of alleged UK complicity in torture: al-Hawsawi and al-Nashiri. Both of these cases will be heard at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal this week in landmark hearings.
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UK Complicity and the Torture of Mustafa al-Hawsawi

Mustafa al-Hawsawi is a Saudi national arbitrarily detained at Guantánamo Bay. Between 2003-2006 he was held in the CIA torture programme, detained and tortured in secret prisons around the world. The...

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 9

Building on our previous work with The Rendition Project, this project includes: a briefing on how the UK was complicit in torture by participating in interrogations, providing intelligence, receiving intelligence obtained through torture and logistical support.
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UK Torture in the War on Terror

Our investigation has established beyond reasonable doubt that Britain has been deeply and directly involved in the rendition, secret detention and torture of prisoners in the ‘war on terror’. This br...

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Jun 9

Launched today in The Guardian with @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social: Unredacted’s Torture in the War on Terror project, building the most comprehensive set of documents and analysis of secret detention and torture by the US, UK and allies' intelligence agencies.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Claims that UK spy agencies aided CIA torture after 9/11 to be heard in rare trial

Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatment

www.theguardian.com

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 23

"A UK Special Forces officer personally rejected 1,585 resettlement applications from Afghans [...] The MoD told the court that the officer may have been connected to the ongoing inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by the SAS."
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One Special Forces officer blocked 1,585 Afghans from settling in UK

Documents shown to court by MoD show the officer rejected every application referred to him in the summer of 2023.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 12

New from the Inquiry into UK Special Forces extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan: a senior officer is refusing to give evidence. N1141 was the Officer Commanding of one of the sub-units at the centre of these allegations.
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · May 12

Deeply disturbing and demands accountability, not cover ups. “Giving their accounts publicly for the first time, the veterans described seeing members of the SAS murder unarmed people in their sleep and execute handcuffed detainees, including children.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Children handcuffed and shot' - ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

Veterans who served with the SAS and SBS give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged executions.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 12

"Veterans described seeing members of the SAS murder unarmed people in their sleep and execute handcuffed detainees, including children."

New deeply concerning allegations in reports by BBC Panorama cover both Iraq and Afghanistan and stretch over a decade.

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'Children handcuffed and shot' - ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

Veterans who served with the SAS and SBS give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged executions.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 6

This is the first time that this material has been gathered in one place and is now fully searchable and downloaded. See all the documents in our extensive project archive here 👇https://unredacted.uk/project-archives/war-crimes-iraq/

The Iraq War Crimes Archive

Hundreds of documents relating to allegations of British war crimes, particularly unlawful killings and detainee abuse, during the invasion and occupation of Iraq (Operation Telic, 2003-2011).

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 6

Hundreds of documents gathered in the Baha Mousa Inquiry, including all final reports, witness statements, transcripts, and submissions.
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The Baha Mousa Inquiry

Documents relating to the public inquiry established to investigate the torture and death of Baha Mousa by British troops in Basra, September 2003.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 6

Hundreds of documents from the ongoing Iraq Fatalities Investigations, including all witness statements, final reports, and evidence submitted in each case.
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Iraq Fatality Investigations

Documents relating to the Iraq Fatality Investigations (IFI), a judicial inquiry into alleged unlawful killings in Iraq by British forces.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 6

This project includes: our Iraq litigation collection of skeleton arguments, judgements, charge sheets, and orders from court cases of alleged unlawful killings and detainee mistreatment in Iraq
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Iraq Litigation

Documents relating to legal cases arising from the UK’s war in Iraq.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · May 6

LAUNCHED TODAY

War Crimes in Iraq – a new project by Unredacted and @liz-brown.bsky.social brings together 1000+ documents related to allegations of British war crimes, particularly unlawful killings and detainee abuse, during the invasion and occupation of Iraq
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War Crimes in Iraq

A project examining the thousands of allegations of detainee mistreatment and unlawful killing against British forces during Operation Telic, the UK’s military deployment during the invasion and occup...

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · Apr 29

NEW: @unredacteduk.bsky.social‬ Five Eyes project brings together a large collection of previously declassified documents on the Five Eyes intelligence sharing in the postwar era 👀

Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing

A project exploring the evolution of the UKUSA Agreement, a broad intelligence sharing framework which underpins the Five Eyes alliance between the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

For the broader context of these documents, read Professor Sam Raphael’s briefing here: unredacted.uk/briefings/mi...

MI5 and the Authorisation of Informants’ Participation in Criminality

Documents revealing the long history of MI5 'authorising' their informants to commit crime, with official guidance providing no meaningful limits on the types of crime authorised, or on the scale of i...

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Extracts from confidential annexes to the Intelligence Services Commissioner’s annual reports for each year 2012-16
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Annual Report 2016: Confidential Annex [Extract]

Intelligence Services Commissioner, 10 pages, Jul 2017

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Letters from then Prime Minister David Cameron to the Intelligence Services Commissioner, requesting oversight of MI5’s policy on agent participation in criminality
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Letter: Issuance of Two Directions

Prime Minister, David Cameron to Mark Waller (IS Commissioner), 2 pages, 27 Nov 2014

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

A series of protocols and communications between MI5 and prosecuting authorities designed to ensure coordination in relation to information that agents have committed criminal acts. unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php...

Memorandum of Understanding: Security Service Material Relevant to Counter Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions

Security Service et al, 10 pages, 13 May 2015

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

MI5’s current (as of 2019) guidelines, dated March 2011, ‘intended to provide guidance to agent-running sections on the use of agents who participate in criminality.’ unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php...

Guidelines on the Use of Agents Who Participate in Criminality (Official Guidance) [Ver. 3]

Security Service, 4 pages, Mar 2011

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

This collection includes: a series of historic MI5 policy guidelines for those running agents who may engage in criminal activity, from 1995, 1997 and 2003. unredacted.uk/dcviewer.php...

Guidelines for the Security Service Use of Informants in Terrorist Related Cases

Security Service, 2 pages, 1995

Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

ALSO NEW TODAY: in partnership with @privacyint.bsky.social, we are publishing documents from the Third Direction Challenge at the IPT, which revealed a secret government policy allowing MI5 officials to authorise their agents to commit criminal acts in the UK unredacted.uk/collections/...

Third Direction Challenge

Documents from proceedings at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) which led to the disclosure of a secret government policy allowing MI5 officials to authorise their agents to commit criminal acts...