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Home Secretary strips two more people of British citizenship
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Theresa May continues to use powers of exile as total stripped of citizenship 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.

April 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
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The Bureau’s April update on US actions in the covert drone war.

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.

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.

Secret US documents show Brennan’s ‘no civilian drone deaths’ claim was false
April 11, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Leaked intelligence documents provide insight into Pakistan drone strikes.

March 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
April 2, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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The Bureau’s March update on US actions in the covert drone war.

In Video: Naming the Dead
March 26, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Watch a short film clip about the Bureau’s new drone project – Naming the Dead.

Graphic new visualisation for CIA’s drone war in Pakistan
March 25, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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The scale and cost of the CIA’s drone war in Pakistan.

Parents of British man killed by US drone blame UK government
March 15, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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In an exclusive interview, the parents of Mohamed Sakr speak out about his killing.

Pakistan government says ‘at least 400 civilians’ killed in drone strikes
March 15, 2013 | by | 6 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.

February 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
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The Bureau’s February update on US actions in the Covert War on Terror.

Calls for rethink on law that allows Home Secretary to revoke British citizenship
February 28, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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System revealed by the Bureau described as ‘not compatible with British justice’.

When being born British isn’t enough
February 27, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Five British-born citizens have had their passports removed.

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.

Former British citizens killed by drone strikes after passports revoked
February 27, 2013 | by | 14 Comments
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Under the coalition government 16 people have been stripped of their British citizenship – and 2 were then killed by drones.

No evidence Congressional committee does ‘utmost’ to follow up drone civilian death claims
February 27, 2013 | by | 2 Comments
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Field investigators confirm they have never been contacted by Congressional committees over Pakistan drone deaths.

‘Medieval Exile’: The 21 Britons stripped of their citizenship
February 26, 2013 | by | 3 Comments
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A case-by-case breakdown of the people the UK government sought to exile.

Latest from the Bureau

Yemen: reported US covert actions 2013
January 3, 2013 | by | Comments Off
An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle sits in it's hangar (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Steffen)

Dataset: US resumes targeting of alleged militants within days of the year's start.

Emma Slater wins New Journalist of the Year
December 5, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Winner described as 'big issue journalist' for her Bureau investigations.

A statement by the Bureau’s Trustees
November 25, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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An inquiry into the nature of the Bureau's involvement in a Newsnight programme.

‘OK, fine. Shoot him.’ Four words that heralded a decade of secret US drone killings
November 3, 2012 | by | 10 Comments
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Tenth anniversary of US covert programme which has killed thousands.

Britain’s highest court brands US rendition ‘unlawful’
October 31, 2012 | by | 2 Comments
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Rendition of a Pakistani man to detention facility described as a possible war crime.

Arrests and intimidation plague victims of Marikana massacre
October 29, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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The Marikana massacre inquiry is meant to heal wounds. But is it adding insult to injury?

UN team to investigate civilian drone deaths
October 25, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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Expert condemns Obama's failure to establish effective monitoring.

Home Office condemned over plans to deport Syrian activist
October 25, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Britain is the only EU country returning asylum seekers to Syria.