National security
Recent News
An independent report has revealed that police mistakes in dealing with people suffering from mental illness could have contributed to the deaths of dozens of people in the UK.
Detained radical cleric Abu Qatada has again been denied bail at an immigration tribunal in London after having been imprisoned for breaching bail conditions.
Abu Qatada has announced that he will ‘voluntarily go back to Jordan’ if the Jordanian government ratifies a new deportation treaty with Britain guaranteeing his safety.
The UK Secretary of Defence has denied claims that the British government told the Pentagon it is in ‘no rush’ to have the last British Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer released.
Recent Publications
May 8, 2013
Europe’s pariah state? the future of human rights in Britain
A report on the future of human rights in Britain.
April 4, 2013
Briefing Paper no. 6
State intelligence agencies and the far Right: A review of developments in Germany, Hungary and Austria examines the security services’ approach to the far Right and finds that far from clamping down on growing fascism, some of the tactics of security services are enhancing conditions for its growth.
April 4, 2013
Race & Class, April 2013
The April 2013 issue of Race & Class contains a special section on Cuts, crime and racialisation, which examines how neoliberalism, at a time of austerity, changes the very nature of racism and criminal justice.
January 15, 2013
Race & Class, January 2013
In the January 2013 issue of Race & Class, A. Sivanandan analyses the rise of neoliberalism in the UK, arguing that the market state no longer serves the nation, but transnational capital.