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VICE Exclusive: Government Accused of Covering Up British Role in Indian Massacre
The UK government is hiding almost a third of historic files that could shed light on SAS involvement in an Indian crackdown on Sikhs.
Exclusive: Secret Documents Reveal How Britain Funded Possible War Crimes in Sri Lanka
Un-redacted documents released to VICE show the scale of Britain's clandestine support for the Sri Lanka at the hight of a bloody crackdown.
A Year After His Kidnapping, a British Man Is Still On Death Row in Ethiopia
Andy Tsege's relatives fear that even if he gets out, he will be completely traumatized by his time locked up.
What Would You Do If You Could Censor Your Past? A Visit to the UK's Secret Archives
VICE News has learned that some UK Foreign Office 'sensitivity reviewers' are reading and redacting historic documents that they themselves wrote while working as diplomats.
The UK Is Too Busy Cooperating with Ethiopia on Anti-Terrorism to Help a British Citizen on Death Row
Andargachew Tsege has been held in a secret prison since June, and his lawyers and family says the UK is too friendly with the Ethiopian government.
How Britain Might Have Deliberately Concealed Evidence of Imperial Crimes
We talked to an expert about official efforts to hush up documents detailing murder and torture by British colonial authorities.
Here’s What the British Government Has Been Hiding
We spoke to a specialist about the crimes committed in British colonies.
The UK Government Has Opened Up Thousands of Secret Files to the Public
According to a 1958 law, secret state records in the UK must become public 30 years after their creation. But in a sprawling manor estate just west of London, hundreds of thousands of Foreign Office records dating back to the 17th century are still...