Tag Archives: UK

Britain puts out an unwelcome mat

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 23, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews For Artists and Performers, Britain Puts Out an Unwelcome Mat (New York Times) From left: John Ewing, Korine Fujiwara, Charles Wetherbee and Kristin Ostling of the Carpe Diem Quartet. Photo: Karina Wetherbee By SARAH LYALL Published: October … Continue reading →

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The secret interrogation policy that could never be made public

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 5, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Ian Cobain Tony Blair evaded questions over his role in document, and ministers have refused to say if they were aware of details This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 18.46 BST on Thursday 4 August 2011. A version … Continue reading →

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Fariha Karim joins Photographers for Hope

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 30, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Glasgow’s Big Issue sellers document their lives – in pictures Guardian UK The Eyes of the Street exhibition is now running at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. The collaboration, organised by the International Network of Street Papers, features … Continue reading →

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UK linked to notorious Bangladesh torture centre

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 18, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Exclusive : British authorities pressed for information while men were held at secret interrogation centre where inmates are known to have died under torture, Guardian investigation reveals Ian Cobain, and Fariha Karim in Dhaka/Guardian UK January 17, … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi ‘death squad’ trained by UK government

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rapid Action Battalion, accused of hundreds of extra-judicial killings, received training from UK officers, cables reveal By Fariha Karim and Ian Cobain guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 December 2010 21.30 GMT The British government has been training a Bangladeshi … Continue reading →

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Murdoch phone hacking scandal

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 22, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Murdoch phone hacking scandal engulfs all Britain’s major parties By Jean Shaoul 22 September 2010 World Socialist Website A desperate damage control operation is underway as further allegations emerge about the extent of the illegal phone hacking … Continue reading →

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Londoni Torture

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 15, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews British man at centre of torture claims returns from Bangladesh Foreign Office repatriates Faisal Mostafa but second ‘tortured’ Briton remains in detention Ian Cobain, and Fariha Karim in Dhaka guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 June 2010 17.01 BST A … Continue reading →

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Padded Underwear

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 11, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed It seems that 23 year old Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s underwear was padded with more than just a six inch long packet containing nearly 80 grams of a powdery substance known as PETN (chemical pentaerythritol tetranitrate). … Continue reading →

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On Forced Marriage, and Insourced Torture

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2009

Rahman’s case is one of the latest in a growing number of cases – 29, at last count – in which British intelligence services have been accused of colluding in the torture of British nationals and residents: Rangzieb Ahmed, Salahuddin Amin, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Rashid Rauf by the ISI, Binyam Mohamed in Morocco, Alam Ghafoor in Dubai, and Azhar Khan in Egypt. Rahman’s case provides the clearest indication so far, of torture outsourced Continue reading →

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