Torture

Twenty years of the West’s bloody war on terror
Features

Twenty years of the West’s bloody war on terror

Socialist Worker looks at the destruction wrought by two decades of wars, lifts the lid on the torture that accompanied it, and addresses the Islamophobia that was used to justify it all
05 September 2021
Did British government and Libyan regime conspire to torture suspect?
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Did British government and Libyan regime conspire to torture suspect?

New revelations about accusations that involve Boris Johnson
19 March 2020
British spooks’ role in torture and terror will remain secret
The Troublemaker

British spooks’ role in torture and terror will remain secret

Declassified cables provide new details of the torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah were subjected to by the CIA.
17 September 2019
The Troublemaker - Government admits torture and kidnapping—almost
The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker – Government admits torture and kidnapping—almost

The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) was an anti-Gaddafi Islamist militant group.
15 May 2018
The Troublemaker - US spy in charge of torture means Brit secrets stay safe
The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker – US spy in charge of torture means Brit secrets stay safe

When the US spy Gina Haspel was presented to the queen at Buckingham Palace, she introduced herself as “minister-counsellor for co-ordination affairs” at the US embassy in London.
20 March 2018
Spooks, torture, oil and war—how the British state brought terror to Libya
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Spooks, torture, oil and war—how the British state brought terror to Libya

The British state has a long history of interfering in the Middle East
30 May 2017
Pre-pack trick lets bosses profit and dump pensions
The Troublemaker

Pre-pack trick lets bosses profit and dump pensions

Bosses have come up with a new scam to avoid paying pensions.
11 April 2017
The Troublemaker - Spooks fight to cover up Britain's role in torture
The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker – Spooks fight to cover up Britain’s role in torture

The Ministry of Defence and MI6 are insisting that claims made by people tortured must be heard behind closed doors.
14 March 2017
The truth about the '£1 million of taxpayers' money to an Isis fighter'
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The truth about the ‘£1 million of taxpayers’ money to an Isis fighter’

The scandal is not that Jamal al-Harith may have received some money. The scandal is Guantanamo and the much wider crimes of invasion, occupation, torture, imprisonment and murder.
28 February 2017
Moazzam Begg—'The state targets Muslims’
Features

Moazzam Begg—’The state targets Muslims’

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg spoke to Alistair Farrow about the deep Islamophobia at the top of society—and how resistance to it gives him hope
28 February 2017
Socialist Review Archive

British values, Western barbarity

The Tories talk about democratic “values”, yet the hypocrisy of the British state — one of the world’s top arms dealers — is astounding. John Clossick looks at a new book on Britain’s role in spreading torture.
03 January 2017
Troops let off the leash to inflict more brutality
What We Think

Troops let off the leash to inflict more brutality

Theresa May pledged this week to “put an end to the industry of vexatious claims” against soldiers under human rights law.
04 October 2016
Al-Sweady inquiry clears soldiers - but more torture cases expected
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Al-Sweady inquiry clears soldiers – but more torture cases expected

Allegations that British soldiers murdered Iraqis and mutilated their bodies after a battle in Iraq were rejected by an inquiry at the end of last year.
06 January 2015
Former Guantanamo prisoner Moazzam Begg speaks out against the West’s torture
Comment

Former Guantanamo prisoner Moazzam Begg speaks out against the West’s torture

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Moazzam Begg has been tortured and hounded by the state, and vilified by the media. He never let it stop him speaking out.
06 January 2015
Waterboarding
Socialist Review Archive

CIA caught lying about torture

The report on torture, referred to as “enhanced interrogation techniques”, released by a US Senate Committee on 3 December is a damning indictment of the CIA and its role in the “war on terror”. A substantial section of the report spells out how the US spy agency used kidnappings and torture, pointing to an organised...
06 January 2015
Techniques of terror—the truth about state torture
Background Check

Techniques of terror—the truth about state torture

Simon Basketter looks at how the US uses torture to punish those who challenge its power—and how the British state has backed it all the way
16 December 2014
Britain and the US have always used torture
What We Think

Britain and the US have always used torture

The problem wasn’t carrying out torture. It was that releasing a report into torture might increase the chance of terrorism.
09 December 2014
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Documents show British ministers ordered torture in Northern Ireland

British government ministers sanctioned the use of torture against prisoners in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s.
10 June 2014
What they don't tell you about the ‘Burqa bunker’: Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed was rendered and tortured by Britain
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What they don’t tell you about the ‘Burqa bunker’: Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed was rendered and tortured by Britain

When Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed sliced off the electronic tag, donned a burqa and slipped away from a London mosque it created headlines.
19 November 2013
US force feeds Muslim prisoners on hunger strike in Guantanamo during Ramadan
International

US force feeds Muslim prisoners on hunger strike in Guantanamo during Ramadan

The US is refusing to stop the force-feeding of 45 Guantanamo detainees through the annual Muslim fast of Ramadan. The men are among 106 detainees who are on hunger strike in protest at being held in the prison for years without trial. 
09 July 2013
People are beginning to demand real change in the US
International

People are beginning to demand real change in the US

Medea Benjamin of the anti-war campaign Codepink says the tide is starting to turn for social justice activists
02 July 2013
'Sincere regret' from British government over Mau Mau war torture and promise to compensate victims
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‘Sincere regret’ from British government over Mau Mau war torture and promise to compensate victims

The government agreed on Thursday of last week to compensate Kenyans tortured by the British during the 1950s Mau Mau war.
11 June 2013
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Mau Mau case – when ‘sorry’ is the hardest word

The Foreign Office was quick to clarify last week that the foreign secretary was not making an apology for the British government. 
11 June 2013
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Background Check

The Texan firm behind Camp Bastion

Camp Bastion is the main British base in Afghanistan. It is four miles long and accommodates 28,000 people. It was built in 2006 and is the largest British base built abroad since the Second World War. 
04 June 2013