The UK’s Independent published an eye-opening article yesterday that details what is likely to be an increasingly popular strategy by authoritarian governments in the Western world that do not wish to be tied down with antiquated and prosaic notions such as the rule of law and basic human decency. Basically, what the article exposes is that the UK’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, has the authority to strip British citizens of their passports if they are suspected terrorists. Not only does she have this authority, but she has used it at least 16 times since 2010. Unfortunately for those that end up with their citizenship stripped, they tend to end up in the crosshairs of a U.S. “freedom bird.” From The Independent:
The Government has secretly ramped up a controversial program that strips people of their British citizenship on national security grounds – with two of the men subsequently killed by American drone attacks.
An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism for The Independent has established that since 2010, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, has revoked the passports of 16 individuals, many of whom are alleged to have had links to militant or terrorist groups.
Critics of the programme warn that it allows ministers to “wash their hands” of British nationals suspected of terrorism who could be subject to torture and illegal detention abroad.
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