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  1. Government undermines Lords changes to secret courts Bill

    on 29 January 2013

    Ministers are attempting to roll back concessions won by the Lords over their plans for secret courts.

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    UK Government sued over failure to help death row grandmother Lindsay Sandiford

    on 28 January 2013

    Lindsay Sandiford, who was last week sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia, is suing the Foreign Office over its failure to support her appeal against her death sentence – in breach of its obligations to her as a British Citizen.

  3. Time for UK Government to come clean on Drones

    on 24 January 2013

    It is essential that the UK Government comes clean about its policy of providing intelligence in support of the CIA's drone programme in Pakistan.

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    British grandmother sentenced to death by firing squad

    on 22 January 2013

    A British grandmother arrested on drugs charges in Indonesia has today been sentenced to death by firing squad.

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    After eleven years of Guantánamo, British resident remains imprisoned

    on 11 January 2013

    Today marks eleven years since the first men were taken to Guantánamo Bay. 166 men are still detained at the prison. The last British resident is still held despite having been cleared for release.

  6. Drone from beneath

    Abu Ghraib torture contractor is key drone component manufacturer

    on 10 January 2013

    The defense contractor which reached a settlement with alleged victims of torture in the notorious prison Abu Ghraib is now again at the cutting edge of ‘war on terror’ abuses, providing key components for weaponised drones.

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    UK aid contributes to hundreds of executions in Iran

    on 02 January 2013

    UK aid for Iran’s ‘War on Drugs’ is helping to send hundreds of people to death row, despite extensive sanctions placed on the country by the Government, a new report from Reprieve has found.

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    Drone victim to appeal ruling over UK support for CIA strikes in Pakistan

    on 21 December 2012

    A Pakistani man whose father was killed by a US drone strike is to appeal a judgement handed down today in a case seeking to determine the legality of intelligence sharing in relation to GCHQ assistance in CIA drone strikes.

  9. Krishna Maharaj

    Various witnesses, including at least one former US police officer, admit framing Briton in prison for murder

    on 20 December 2012

    Reprieve counsel Clive Stafford Smith, working with Florida co-counsel Ben Kuehne and Susan Dmitrovsky, today filed a further challenge to Kris Maharaj’s convictions, seeking to overturn the US federal rule that his innocence cannot be considered a substantive reason to order his release.

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    Indonesian prosecutor seeks 15 year sentence for British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford

    on 20 December 2012

    Prosecutors in Bali announced today that they will seek a 15 year prison sentence for British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, who was arrested earlier this year on drugs charges.

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