20 JUNE
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25 JUNE
BRITAIN APPROVES THE “DILUTION TECHNIQUE” OF TORTURE IN KENYA 25 June 1957 – Kenya’s governor Evelyn Baring writes to Alan Lennox-Boyd, the British Colonial Secretary, seeking his approval for the “dilution technique” – a method of subjecting detainees to gruesome physical torture without leaving long lasting marks or causing permanent injury. Baring explained he felt…
2 JUNE
MARTIAL LAW IN CEYLON, HUNDREDS SHOT ON SIGHT, THOUSANDS ARRESTED [ 2 June 1915 ] On 2 June 1915, Sir Robert Chalmers, the governor of Ceylon, on the pretext that ethnic rioting between Muslims and Sinhalese Buddhists had been provoked by German agents, declared martial law. There was, however, no evidence to suggest any German…
Britain backs escalation of U.S. assault on Vietnam
[ 13 June 1965 ] Today in 1965, Labour MP Tony Benn noted in his diary, regarding the situation in Vietnam, that ‘the Americans are now deciding to invade in full strength and we are left in the embarrassing position of appearing to support them.’1 Washington’s role had previously been limited to deploying military advisers and…
26 NOVEMBER
BRITISH INTRODUCE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CYPRUS At 17.00 GMT on Saturday 26 November 1955 the newly appointed British governor of Cyprus, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, announced, during a short statement on radio, draconian emergency laws in order to crush a growing insurgency against British rule. The death penalty could now be applied for…
24 OCTOBER
PAUL BOGLE HUNG FOR DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR BLACK JAMAICANS [ 24 October 1865 ] Today in 1865, Paul Bogle, a Baptist deacon and the leader of a workers revolt in Jamaica known as the Morant Bay Rebellion, was hung by the British. TWO IRAQI VILLAGES FLATTENED AFTER THEY REFUSE TO PAY FINES [ 24 October…
1 MAY
DISBELIEF AMONG TROOPS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DIE FOR FALKLAND ISLANDS [ 1 May 1982 ] Labour MP Tony Benn published a letter, although withholding the name, from the fiancee of a marine on the British task force which had been sent to seize the remote Falkland Islands, with a tiny population of some…