3 JANUARY

HOME SECRETARY JACK STRAW LIES OVER THE UK’S INVOLVEMENT IN RENDITION AND TORTURE. 13 December 2005 – Home Secretary Jack Straw lied to the House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, telling MPs that “there simply is no truth in the claims that the UK has been involved in renditon, full stop.” It was…

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HUNDREDS INJURED – TWO KILLED – AS GANDHI’S FOLLOWERS ARE BEATEN WITH LATHIS [ 21 May 1930 ] Since the British had begun to extend their rule over India in the eighteenth century, they had relied on various forms of local taxation to pay for the soldiers and administrative apparatus, which ensured that India remained…

BRITISH ARMY SHELL TEMPLE IN SAIGON, KILLING ONE HUNDRED [ 13 October 1945 ] On this day in 1945, 5he British occupying forces in Saigon shelled a “strongly defended (Buddhist) pagoda” occupied by Viet Minh and other groups opposed to French colonial rule, killing one hundred. They also summarily executed two Japanese army officers who…

CYPRIOT BOYS BIRCHED UNDER EMERGENCY REGULATIONS [ 13 January 1956 ] On 13 January 1956, six Greek Cypriot boys from Famagusta were birched under one of several emergency regulations introduced the previous month to stamp out an island wide rebellion against British rule. Please feel welcome to post comments below.  If you have any questions…