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Matt Kennard

MATT KENNARD

Matt Kennard is chief investigator at Declassified UK. He was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Follow him on Twitter @kennardmatt
Colombian police (Photo: Colombian National Police)

British diplomats seek to “improve perceptions” of UK in repressive Colombia

October 13th, 2021

Tagged Colombia
The Lord Mayor of London, William Russell, meets Kuwait’s then head of state, Emir Sabah al-Sabah, February 2020, during a visit to the Gulf dictatorship. (Photo: Lord Mayor / Twitter)

Revealed: The City of London’s secret foreign policy shielded from democratic oversight

October 5th, 2021

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UK defence secretary Ben Wallace and Saudi ambassador to the UK Khalid bin Bandar at the DSEI arms fair in London, 15 September 2021. (Photo: Phil Miller / Declassified UK)

“Nothing to hide here”: Inside the world’s largest arms fair in the heart of London

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September 17th, 2021

Tagged IsraelPakistanSaudi Arabia

Britain supported Pakistan as it helped the Taliban kill UK troops

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September 9th, 2021

Tagged AfghanistanPakistanterrorismUnited States

Revealed: UK military unit in Colombia ‘assisted’ police force that killed 63 protesters

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July 22nd, 2021

Tagged Colombia

Government approves ex-minister for oil company role after he lobbied two prime ministers for its CEO

July 13th, 2021

Tagged Libya

Revealed: Secretive British anti-crime agency spent millions training Colombia’s repressive police

June 11th, 2021

Tagged ColombiaPolice

Former British minister: ‘The Israelis think they control the Foreign Office. And they do!’

June 4th, 2021

Tagged Israel

Revealed: MI5 and MI6 are flouting environmental legislation

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June 1st, 2021

Tagged MI5MI6

Revealed: Third of cabinet, including Boris Johnson, has been funded by Israel or pro-Israel lobby groups

May 22nd, 2021

Tagged Israel

UK spends millions training security forces to control Palestinians in West Bank and Lebanon

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May 20th, 2021

Tagged IsraelJordanLebanonPalestine

Revealed: The UK’s largest intelligence agency is a significant emitter of greenhouse gases

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May 7th, 2021

Tagged GCHQ

Revealed: The UK government campaign to force Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy

April 28th, 2021

Tagged AssangeEcuador

Burma bloodbath is a lesson Britain must learn from

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April 14th, 2021

Tagged BurmaPolice

Revealed: UK ignored Chechnya war crimes to push BP’s oil interests as it worked to get Vladimir Putin elected in 2000

April 8th, 2021

Tagged BPRussiaUkraine

The British ambassador who supported a coup

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March 30th, 2021

Tagged Bolivia

Revealed: The UK supported the coup in Bolivia to gain access to its ‘white gold’

March 8th, 2021

Tagged Bolivia

Revealed: UK sets up media influencing project in Venezuela amid secretive £750,000 ‘democracy promotion’ programme

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January 6th, 2021

Tagged Venezuela

Revealed: UK Foreign Office has spent nearly half a million pounds in aid setting up anti-government coalition in Venezuela

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October 21st, 2020

Tagged AidVenezuela

Revealed: Key Assange prosecution witness is part of academic cluster which has received millions of pounds from UK and US militaries

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October 2nd, 2020

Tagged Assange

As British judge made rulings against Julian Assange, her husband was involved with right-wing lobby group briefing against WikiLeaks founder

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September 3rd, 2020

Tagged Assange

UK government refuses to release information about Assange judge who has 96% extradition record

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July 31st, 2020

Tagged Assange

Revealed: MI5 and MI6 are training senior spies from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt

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July 27th, 2020

Tagged EgyptMI5MI6Saudi ArabiaUAE

The UK has approved over £200 million worth of exports with potential military use to Russia since the Salisbury poisonings

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July 23rd, 2020

Tagged RussiaUkraine