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MARK CURTIS

Mark Curtis is the editor of Declassified UK, and the author of five books and many articles on UK foreign policy.

Revealed: How Britain’s profiteering spymasters ignored the country’s biggest threats like coronavirus—and endangered the public

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May 7th, 2020

Tagged CoronavirusGCHQMI5MI6

British ministers, complicit in millions of deaths since 1945, won’t face justice over coronavirus

May 2nd, 2020

Tagged Coronavirus

How Britain’s Labour government facilitated the massacre of Biafrans in Nigeria – to protect its oil interests

April 29th, 2020

Tagged Declassified filesNigeria

The UK will spend over £350bn on extravagant military projects while failing to ensure national health security

March 25th, 2020

Tagged CoronavirusNuclear

How the UK press supports the British military and intelligence establishment

March 11th, 2020

Tagged EgyptIranIsraelRussiaSaudi ArabiausYemen

How the UK press is misinforming the public about Britain’s role in the world

March 9th, 2020

Tagged EgyptIsraelOmanSaudi ArabiaSyriaYemen

UK minister who approved Trump’s request to extradite Assange spoke at secretive US conferences with people calling for him to be “neutralized”

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February 22nd, 2020

Tagged Assange

REVEALED: Chief magistrate in Assange case received financial benefits from secretive partner organisations of UK Foreign Office

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February 21st, 2020

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Explainer: Is the UK a rogue state? 17 British policies violating domestic or international law

February 7th, 2020

Tagged ArgentinaAssangeChagos IslandsGCHQIsraelMI5MI6

How Britain helped Iran’s Islamic regime destroy the left-wing opposition

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January 21st, 2020

Tagged Declassified filesIran

Britain rebuffed Nelson Mandela’s appeal for oil sanctions against Nigeria after it executed environmentalists

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December 31st, 2019

Tagged NigeriaShell

The son of Julian Assange’s judge is linked to an anti-data leak company created by the UK intelligence establishment

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November 15th, 2019

Tagged Assange

Julian Assange’s judge and her husband’s links to the British military establishment exposed by WikiLeaks

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November 14th, 2019

Tagged Assange

The UK’s secret military unit that answers to Saudi Arabian commanders

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October 28th, 2019

Tagged Saudi Arabia

How the British establishment is working to keep Bahrain’s ruling family in power

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October 16th, 2019

Tagged Bahrain

Britain’s secret Saudi military support programme

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September 27th, 2019

Tagged Saudi Arabia

British government continues to aid repression in human rights-abusing countries, new data shows

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September 19th, 2019

Tagged OmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUAE

Britain’s seven covert wars: An Explainer

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September 16th, 2019

Tagged AfghanistanIraqLibyaPakistanSomaliaSyriaYemen

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper

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September 10th, 2019

Tagged Assange