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Hong Kong democracy campaigner accuses UK police of asking her to ‘self-censor’
Exclusive: Thames Valley police requested Carmen Lau ‘avoid public gatherings’ after neighbours received bount…
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UK response to Air India crash ‘disjointed and inadequate’, say grieving families
Family members waiting for repatriation of remains say government response has been ‘painfully slow’Grieving f…
- Afghanistan, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment
Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two …
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British tourist missing after boat catches fire off Thai island
Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke outA British tourist is missing …
- Afghanistan, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Family of elderly British couple held by Taliban call for Foreign Office support
Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds says government must do ‘everything in their power’ to secure their rele…
- Afghanistan, Boris Johnson, Civil service, Employment tribunals, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal airlift
Emails released as part of employment tribunal lift lid on questionable decisions made amid Afghanistan evacua…
- Afghanistan, BBC, Boris Johnson, Civil service, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Law, Media, Military, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government
Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures‘…
- Chagos Islands, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Immigration and asylum, Politics, Refugees, Sri Lanka, UK news, US news, World news
Tuesday briefing: How the UK left 64 asylum seekers stranded on an island in the Indian Ocean
In today’s newsletter: As a judge finds the government unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia, we look at …
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‘It’s about political will’: is the Foreign Office failing Britons detained abroad?
Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage casesGurpreet Sin…
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Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs
Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing o…
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Migrant workers ‘fear for their safety’ after deaths on Diego Garcia
Workers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health f…
- Afghanistan, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Immigration and asylum, Pakistan, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Heavily pregnant Afghan women eligible to come to UK stuck in Pakistan
People who worked for or were affiliated with the British Council may lose babies as government delays relocat…
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China has closed unofficial ‘police stations’ in Britain, UK minister says
Security minister, Tom Tugendhat, said an investigation of the sites did not reveal any illegal activityThe UK…
- Afghanistan, Civil service, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Law, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news
Sacked Foreign Office whistleblower hits out at secrecy of tribunal hearing
Josie Stewart, who highlighted failures in Afghan evacuation, is concerned by attempt to keep her legal challe…
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Britain grants Tamil asylum seekers rescued at sea ‘safe-country’ move
Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical atte…