Category - tony blair

December 14, 2015

No answers from Tony Blair on Libya renditions and torture

Tony Blair has failed to provide information to MPs about his role in the UK-orchestrated rendition of two anti-Gaddafi dissidents and their families to the Libyan dictator.
December 14, 2012

Reprieve hails forcible rendition settlement victory

Legal charity Reprieve has welcomed a settlement the al Saadi family have accepted from the UK Government, which forcibly ‘rendering’ them to Gaddafi’s Libya.
October 14, 2011

Focus on Middle East Quartet policy, rather than Tony Blair

As discussions over the future of Israel and Palestine resumes in Brussels this weekend, attention has once again turned towards the role of the Quartet on the Middle East, the collectivity of nations and international and supranational bodies involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
January 21, 2011

Demonstration greets Tony Blair at Iraq Inquiry

CND is calling for Tony Blair "to be held to account for his criminal decision to take Britain into an illegal war" as he appears at the Iraq Inquiry.
January 13, 2011

Demonstrators to gather for Blair's appearance at Iraq Inquiry

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament will jointly organise a demonstration outside the Iraq Inquiry when Tony Blair is recalled to give evidence
October 5, 2010

God is in the (political) details

It is easy to be won over by the universal moral or religious principles espoused by a skilled rhetorician such as Tony Blair. However, John Heathershaw argues that in politics, from university league tables to the war in Iraq, God is in the details.
September 8, 2010

I should have been arresting Tony Blair today

In my diary for today – Wednesday 8 September – I had written, “Arrest Tony Blair”. Along with several others, I had planned to join the queue at Blair's book signing in London. On reaching the front of the queue, each of us would have attempted a citizen's arrest for crimes against peace.
September 7, 2010

Crimes against the English language

There are some authors whose speaking voice one hears clearly when reading their written words.
September 6, 2010

Blair would have faced attempted citizen's arrest at book signing

A group of campaigners have said they were planning to attempt a citizen’s arrest of Tony Blair at his London book signing, which has now been cancelled.
September 5, 2010

Tony Blair faces attempted arrest in Dublin

Kate O'Sullivan, a customer at Tony Blair's book signing in Dublin, attempted to make a citizen's arrest for war crimes in relation to the invasion of Iraq.