投稿者: Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

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Failure to investigate UK imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court told

World Uyghur Forum brings high court challenge against government agencies over Xinjiang cotton importsUK government agencies have broken the law by not investigating the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced Uyghur labourers in China, …

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UK accused of letting refugees make dangerous Indian Ocean boat journeys

MoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers sayLawyers have accused the UK of facilitating dangerous onward boat journeys by Tamil refugees who had arrived at the Britis…

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UK spies who allegedly passed questions to CIA torturers subject to English law, court rules

Abu Zubaydah, tortured at CIA ‘black sites’ in six different countries, has right to sue UK governmentUK intelligence services who allegedly asked the CIA to put questions to a detainee who was being tortured in “black sites” were subject to the law of…

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