Vietnamese-born man accused of militant training loses Court of Appeal case.
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Home Secretary wins latest round of citizenship-stripping case

The Bureau’s drone project nominated for prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize

Journalism award recognises reporting that exposes ‘official drivel’.
Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers

Dataset: The Bureau’s research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.
Home Secretary strips two more people of British citizenship

Theresa May continues to use powers of exile as total citizenship-stripping orders hits 23.
Pakistani court rules CIA drone strikes are illegal

‘Landmark’ judgment calls for Pakistani government to act against US drone strikes.
Protesters march against UK drones as MoD reveals ‘drone sharing’ with US

600 marched on air base as MoD reveals drone flights are already piloted from UK.
WATCH: Yemeni tells US Senate ‘drones are fuelling anti-Americanism’

Farea al-Muslimi drew applause with emotive testimony at a rare Washington hearing on drones.
Letter to Obama on targeted killings
Ten human rights and civil liberties groups have written an open letter to President Obama raising concerns over targeted killings and the use of drones. Here is the text in full: Letter to Obama on targeted killings (PDF) Letter to Obama on targeted killings (Text) Sign up for email alerts from the Bureau here. Related [...]
Red Cross chief urges caution over covert drones

Comments come days after human rights groups wrote to Obama over drones.
Pakistan government says ‘at least 400 civilians’ killed in drone strikes

Official Pakistan estimate closely matches Bureau’s drone data.
Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone

Drone data has been wiped from the Air Force website.
Graphic detail: How UK government has used its powers of banishment

The Bureau’s infographic shows how 21 individuals have lost their British citizenship.
Incoming CIA boss says covert drone strikes are ‘last resort’

Obama’s counter-terrorism chief defended drone strikes in a 3-hour hearing.
European terrorism suspects secretly held in New York under false names

Bureau reveals fresh details in case of Mahdi Hashi, facing al Shabaab charges in US.
Yemen: reported US covert actions 2013

Dataset: US resumes targeting of alleged militants within days of the year’s start.
Emerging from the shadows: US covert drone strikes in 2012

Civilian deaths down in Pakistan as strikes soar in Yemen.
Missing British-Somali man reappears in New York court

Mahdi Hashi secretly held in FBI custody in US for last five weeks, it emerges.
High court rejects first UK challenge to CIA’s drone campaign

Judges ruled reviewing intelligence sharing for drones would ‘imperil relations’ with US.
British-Somali man’s family fear US is secretly holding him

Londoner Mahdi Hashi, 23, vanished after losing his British citizenship.
In lawless lands: Amnesty charts human rights abuses in Pakistan’s tribal belt

People in NW Pakistan suffer abuse from the army and the Taliban, says Amnesty report.









