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Home Secretary wins latest round of citizenship-stripping case
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Vietnamese-born man accused of militant training loses Court of Appeal case.

The Bureau’s drone project nominated for prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Journalism award recognises reporting that exposes ‘official drivel’.

Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers
May 19, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Dataset: The Bureau’s research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.

Home Secretary strips two more people of British citizenship
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Theresa May continues to use powers of exile as total citizenship-stripping orders hits 23.

Pakistani court rules CIA drone strikes are illegal
May 9, 2013 | by | No Comments
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‘Landmark’ judgment calls for Pakistani government to act against US drone strikes.

Protesters march against UK drones as MoD reveals ‘drone sharing’ with US
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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’
April 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Farea al-Muslimi drew applause with emotive testimony at a rare Washington hearing on drones.

Letter to Obama on targeted killings
April 18, 2013 | by | No Comments

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
April 18, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Comments come days after human rights groups wrote to Obama over drones.

Pakistan government says ‘at least 400 civilians’ killed in drone strikes
March 15, 2013 | by | 7 Comments
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Official Pakistan estimate closely matches Bureau’s drone data.

Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone
March 12, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Drone data has been wiped from the Air Force website.

Graphic detail: How UK government has used its powers of banishment
February 27, 2013 | by | 5 Comments
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The Bureau’s infographic shows how 21 individuals have lost their British citizenship.

Incoming CIA boss says covert drone strikes are ‘last resort’
February 8, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Obama’s counter-terrorism chief defended drone strikes in a 3-hour hearing.

European terrorism suspects secretly held in New York under false names
January 11, 2013 | by | 4 Comments
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Bureau reveals fresh details in case of Mahdi Hashi, facing al Shabaab charges in US.

Yemen: reported US covert actions 2013
January 3, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Dataset: US resumes targeting of alleged militants within days of the year’s start.

Emerging from the shadows: US covert drone strikes in 2012
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Civilian deaths down in Pakistan as strikes soar in Yemen.

Missing British-Somali man reappears in New York court
December 22, 2012 | by | 8 Comments
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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
December 22, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Judges ruled reviewing intelligence sharing for drones would ‘imperil relations’ with US.

British-Somali man’s family fear US is secretly holding him
December 21, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Londoner Mahdi Hashi, 23, vanished after losing his British citizenship.

In lawless lands: Amnesty charts human rights abuses in Pakistan’s tribal belt
December 19, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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People in NW Pakistan suffer abuse from the army and the Taliban, says Amnesty report.

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Westminster hit by soaring costs as it struggles with homeless crisis
June 8, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Council spends more on homelessness than it saves on welfare clampdown.

White House briefings lay out new drone rulebook – but questions remain
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Signature strikes and CIA control of Pakistan drones likely until 2014, documents suggest

Home Secretary wins latest round of citizenship-stripping case
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Vietnamese-born man accused of militant training loses Court of Appeal case.

Case study: Beleaguered in Brent
May 23, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Hanane Toumi and her family work and study in Westminster but now commute from Brent.

Sharp rise in B&B spending as homelessness crisis intensifies
May 21, 2013 | by | No Comments
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A £90m bed and breakfast bill for UK's 12 largest cities.

Voices from the frontline of the housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Those who experience the housing maelstrom first-hand speak out.

Case study: Stranded in Southwark
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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With three children and a baby on the way Zara Mahamat just wants a stable home.

Infographic: Price of UK’s escalating housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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The scale of Britain's housing crisis visualised.

Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers
May 19, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Dataset: The Bureau's research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.

How we did it: Tracking the housing crisis
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Methodology: How the Bureau compiled its data on homelessness.