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

Parents of British man killed by US drone blame UK government

In an exclusive interview, the parents of Mohamed Sakr speak out about his killing.
Calls for rethink on law that allows Home Secretary to revoke British citizenship

System revealed by the Bureau described as ‘not compatible with British justice’.
When being born British isn’t enough

Five British-born citizens have had their passports removed.
Graphic detail: How UK government has used its powers of banishment

The Bureau’s infographic shows how 21 individuals have lost their British citizenship.
Former British citizens killed by drone strikes after passports revoked

Under the coalition government 16 people have been stripped of their British citizenship – and 2 were then killed by drones.
‘Medieval Exile’: The 21 Britons stripped of their citizenship

A case-by-case breakdown of the people the UK government sought to exile.
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.
Missing British-Somali man reappears in New York court

Mahdi Hashi secretly held in FBI custody in US for last five weeks, it emerges.
British-Somali man’s family fear US is secretly holding him

Londoner Mahdi Hashi, 23, vanished after losing his British citizenship.
Profiting from injustice? The complex law suits that cost poor countries dearly

Lawyers fuel cases pitting multinationals against poor nations, report says.
UK government lifts ban on returning prisoners despite Afghan torture concerns

Transfer ban lifted after promises from Afghan security chief.
Torture history exposed

Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture highlights the blood on British hands.
Special advocates: the faces of secret justice

Secret justice relies on over 100 lawyers who cannot communicate with their client.
Secret justice contravenes human rights, says government watchdog

HRC concludes that proposals contravene centuries-old traditions of open justice
Britain’s highest court brands US rendition ‘unlawful’

Rendition of a Pakistani man to detention facility described as a possible war crime.
Secret Justice: the dark corners of the British legal system

The Bureau looks at in the inner workings of the UK justice system.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) explained

A summary of how secret evidence is used in SIAC cases.
‘Archaic’ and ‘unaccountable’ coroners system gets a new boss

The Today Programme asks whether the first ever Chief Coroner can live up to the hype.
A stain on the law: Imprisonment for Public Protection exposed

System forcing over 1,000 prisoners to serve twice their sentence examined.
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When being born British isn’t enough
Five British-born citizens have had their passports removed.
Missing British-Somali man reappears in New York court
Mahdi Hashi secretly held in FBI custody in US for last five weeks, it emerges.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) explained
A summary of how secret evidence is used in SIAC cases.
UK government lifts ban on returning prisoners despite Afghan torture concerns
Transfer ban lifted after promises from Afghan security chief.
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