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Revealed: UK’s ‘racist’ system of stripping citizenship

‘Secretive’ system means citizens are not even informed they have lost their rights, says damning report

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Judges have refused to save Shamima Begum. Labour should bring her back to the UK to face justice

Stripping her of her citizenship was a political act. Keir Starmer’s government can right that wrong, says Maya Foa, director of the human rights charity Reprieve

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2024

States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why

A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by lethal injection than they did with prisoners of other races. Execution workers and race experts said they're not surprised.

WEKU · Apr 18, 2024

Brother of man executed by Saudi Arabia says F1 legitimises ‘heinous crimes’

The brother of Mustafa al-Khayyat, one of 81 men executed by Saudi Arabia on one day last year, has accused F1 of complicity in sportswashing

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Don’t judge Shamima Begum today: judge the cruel ministers who still won’t take responsibility for her

The government peddles a caricature so we don’t see her for what she is: a child trafficking victim groomed in the UK, says Maya Foa, director of the legal charity Reprieve

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Sick Brit stuck in Syria camp as brother pleads for her to be allowed back to UK

A British man has spoken to the press for the first time about his family's pleas to repatriate his sister and nephew back to the UK from a detention camp in Syria

Daily Mirror · Dec 30, 2022

Saudi Arabia executes 12 people in 10 days for alleged drug offences, Reprieve says

Mohammed bin Salman has vowed to reduce the practice - but there is little evidence of that

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2022

Jagtar Singh Johal: Date set for trial of Scot facing murder and terrorism charges

A SCOTTISH man detained in India for five years will go on trial next month to face conspiracy to murder and terrorism charges.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 16, 2022

LIV trio Poulter, Westwood and Mickelson 'urged to help save life of man' on Saudi death row

Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson have all reportedly been contacted to use their platforms as LIV Golf players to help save the life of a man on death row in Saudi Arabia.

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Boris Johnson slammed for response to Jagtar Singh Johal detention

A HUMAN rights group and an SNP MP have both slammed Boris Johnson for his response to the detainment and torture of Jagtar Singh Johal.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2022