Sam Raphael

Professor in International Relations and Human Rights, Uni of Westminster. Director, @unredacted_uk. I look much older now.

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

Central to their argument: the black sites and associated horrors were NOT an aberration, and the anti-torture norm in the context of the US has NOT been restored. An important point, which we all need to remember.

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

Imp. new article from @DrMeganPrice1 and my long-time collaborator, @ruthblakeley, on the ongoing "regime of torture" exp. by ex-CIA prisoners who are STILL detained o/s the law, some 20yrs+ since their disappearance into the hell of the black site prog. https://t.co/9qoyAPmcKl

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

The @AfghanUKAFInq has published letters regarding the MoD’s failure to meet evidential deadlines and allocate adequate resources: “This is unacceptable.”
The MoD’s proposals to remedy this will still delay the Inquiry’s hearings by at least 7-8 months.
https://t.co/38cga8VsJs

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

@StavrianakisA We need to talk about the Cabinet Office......

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

Give us a follow, and check out our growing project archive: https://t.co/RXFZQye8YN

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

@unredacted_uk has pub'd new material today re. UK Special Forces war crimes in Afghanistan - incl memo from senior UKSF officer to Director Special Forces warning of 'stark implications' of EJKs (extrajudicial killings). https://t.co/B4hgh9DpwU

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

Just added to our archive: a 2011 memo by a senior UKSF Officer to Jacko Page, Director Special Forces, about concerns of ‘an unofficial policy […] to kill wherever possible fighting aged males on target, regarding of the immediate threat they pose.’ 🧵
https://t.co/A5dXCH1TmN

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

ICYMI, last week, we launched Unredacted’s project on Special Forces war crimes in Afghanistan. Our project archive holds hundreds of documents relating to these allegations. All fully searchable. We’re adding as we go, take a look here:

https://t.co/C9rtwnex4m

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

Nice to see this. Check out our new project on UKSF war crimes in Afghanistan:
https://t.co/vjtWxIxt90

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

https://t.co/KvZel2WtV8

In The Guardian: our Special Forces war crimes project aims to “provide the fullest public account to date of the UKSF operations involving suspicious killings and the extent to which senior UKSF personnel had knowledge” of the allegations.

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

We are launching with a new project on UK Special Forces war crimes in Afghanistan - tracking what appears to have been systematic murder and systematic coverup by multiple institutions of the British state.

https://t.co/SXV4i4TE2F

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

📢Unredacted has been investigating allegations of unlawful killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan and evidence of a subsequent coverup. 🧵(1/9)

Read more about our investigation into UKSF killings and coverup: https://t.co/SNl3TClPyh

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

We've only gone and launched!

https://t.co/5SnZdpPhKw

@unredacted_uk

It's been years in the chatting... hopefully a much-needed space for primary documents and analysis in relation to UK national security and human rights.

We have 1000s docs, all fully searchable.... enjoy!

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

@ChrisEsdaile @cr0ft0n all good x

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

Key question still outstanding - what role did the UK play in Mr al-Hawsawi's torture? The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has now opened an investigation - let's see what comes of it.... (the pesky truth can't hide forever) @harryfoxdavies @REDRESSTrust

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

A key judgment at the ECtHR today - Lithuania complicit in the CIA's kidnap, secret detention and torture of Mr al-Hawsawi (still held at Guantanamo, >20yrs after his disappearance into global torture prog).

In the face of ongoing govt secrecy/denial, this is a v imp victory.

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

A key judgment at the ECtHR today - Lithuania complicit in the CIA's kidnap, secret detention and torture of Mr al-Hawsawi (still held at Guantanamo, >20yrs after his disappearance into global torture prog).

In the face of ongoing govt secrecy/denial, this is a v imp victory.

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

We are at day 3 of substantive hearings of the inquiry into allegations of extrajudicial killings by British Special Forces in Afghanistan.

Today, we hear from Leigh Day representing the Afghan families. Follow this thread for key updates.👇

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

The police investigation, 10yrs and counting, into international crimes, 20yrs and coun...

https://t.co/cUckR3b73P

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

Thanks to @Reprieve and @LOS_Fisher for helping us to uncover and publish the MoD's secret "torture policy" back in 2019. https://t.co/t80NaKcX3j

[UNREDACTED @unredacted_uk]

🧵(1/8) UNREDACTED at the Information Tribunal last week, with @sam_raph appealing the MoD's refusal to release data relating to this 2018 policy: https://t.co/t80NaKcX3j

[Sam Raphael @sam_raph]

Also, join us.... It's going to be fun!

https://t.co/jzzPqPLHfh