カテゴリー: Afghanistan
Barbie and Peter Reynolds, who were arrested by the Taliban in February, were kept underground for six weeks without daylight, their son saysAt one point in the five and a half months they have been imprisoned in Afghanistan, Barbie and Peter Reynolds …
Human rights officials demand Peter and Barbie Reynolds be moved to hospital and out of ‘degrading’ jail conditionsUN human rights experts have warned that an elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan may die in “degrading conditions” as they dema…
Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, have been held for five-and-a-half months without charge The children of an elderly couple imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan have urged the group to release the pair before they “die in custody”.They s…
Dan Sabbagh on the data leak that may have cost hundreds of millions of pounds – and put Afghan lives at riskThis week an email was sent to people in Afghanistan. It told the recipients, who had all worked for British forces in Afghanistan, that some o…
Afghans exposed in 2022 UK data breach fear for their own and their families’ safety and say it is a betrayal by country they risked their lives forHere are the voices of Afghans whose details were included in a 2022 data leak, which was made public on…
One email in February 2022 set off a chain of events that affected the lives of thousands of Afghans, but few knew about it until this weekWhat we know about the secret Afghan relocation schemeWhat are superinjunctions and why was one imposed in this c…
Law firm representing thousands says some already killed and others in hiding as a result of government ‘blunder’Thousands of Afghans relocated to UK under secret scheme after data leakWhen Abdullah received an email from the British government saying …
Leaked details are just another example of how the UK let down Afghans who believed in what Britain promised their countryThis week’s revelations about the UK’s dangerously cavalier treatment of Afghans who worked with British forces are shocking but n…
Accidental data breach that put Afghans at risk and led to covert resettlement scheme was subject to superinjuctionThousands of Afghans relocated to UK under secret scheme after data leak Continue reading…
Commons remain tone deaf as superinjunction lifts lid on data leak and £800m Afghanistan Response RouteI suppose we might have guessed something like this. In August 2021, the then foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, had moaned about the “sea being closed…
We would like to hear from Afghans who have arrived or are due to arrive in the UK under the Afghan Response RouteThousands of Afghans have been relocated to the UK under a secret government scheme following a data leak.Personal information about more …
Conservative government used superinjuction to hide error that put Afghans at risk and led to £2bn mitigation schemeWhat we know about the secret Afghan relocation schemeAfghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the Afghan Response Route?Conse…
Rights activists hail move to arrest Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghan chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanityThe international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes agai…
No resettlement for Afghans | Cool or cold? | Inspired delivery | Harking backIt seems that the government has decided to cancel the Afghan relocations and assistance policy and the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme to new applicants with no notice. …
Thousands of lone women forced to return face extreme repression and destitution under Taliban laws that forbid them to work or travel without a male guardianWomen forced back to living under the Taliban’s increasingly repressive regime have spoken of …