Independent documentary films on Empire, secrecy and the power of money. Imperial Illusions, Behind Closed Doors and more.
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Any questions about 'Lethal Allies' and 'Crossing Over'? Sunday 8 November at 4pm (registration via QR code essential) is your chance. Thanks to the Ancient Order of Hibernians for organising. What better way of spending a dark November Sunday afternoon?
The Dubaï Papers trial has opened in Paris, with lawyers and accountants among those accused of helping clients evade tax.
Offshore secrecy is a service. Accountability must reach those who design and sell it, as well as those who use it.
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Japan’s central bank plans to more than double the pace of its equity fund sales from January 2027.
Princes of the Yen, based on @DrRichardWerner’s book, examines its earlier control over how much banks lent, and where the money went.
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On 23 October, a human rights award in Arshad Sharif’s name launches in Geneva, four years after his killing.
Event: pressclub.ch/launch-of-the-a…
Arshad contributed to Behind Closed Doors. He discusses his reporting (from 23:22):
youtu.be/uob5Q2dqS4k?t=1402
A bedroom apparently frozen in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Photographs and notes from exploring Japan’s abandoned buildings earlier this year:
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How did offshore finance take shape?
Oil companies were shifting profits offshore as early as the 1920s. Michael Hudson explains how the system worked in this deleted scene from The Spider’s Web.
Watch: youtu.be/2WD_v9L9ui8
My documentary The Man Who Knew Too Much, about Colin Wallace, propaganda and intelligence in Northern Ireland, is now on Disney+ in Europe.
Watch here (availability varies by country):
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Returning objects also means asking what their removal took from a community: history, cultural memory and the right to tell its own story. Imperial Illusions explores these wider questions, although not the Parthenon case itself.
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The attacks took place in Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire against two prominent supporters of the jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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British special forces murdered civilians in their sleep: former members accuse SAS of decades of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan
Over 30 British veterans have accused the UK’s Special Forces (SAS and SBS) of executing unarmed civilians, including children, during night raids in Iraq and Afghanistan. In testimonies to the BBC’s Panorama, they described a decade of war crimes, including killing detainees and injured fighters at point-blank range, and planting weapons on bodies.
“They handcuffed a young boy and shot him,” one former SAS member said. “He was clearly a child, not even close to fighting age… This didn’t just happen once.” He added that troops would shoot handcuffed detainees, then remove the restraints and plant a pistol to justify the killing. “The killing of detainees became routine, they kept a kill tally” he said.
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“Imran Khan’s persecution is met with silence because challenging his imprisonment would mean confronting the very military generals with whom the UK maintains its strategic ties.”
Powerful piece by @ShazadAkbar
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Clearing out unsold merchandise. 2 boxes of Princes of the Yen DVDs and Blu Rays and about ten 97% Owned DVDs. Contact me if you're interested [email protected] Asking for £100 for the lot, UK postage included.
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New doc trailer "Imperial Illusions" will go live 8th of March 15:30 GMT "A film about how Britain created a fantastical illusion about empire, and how when that imperial illusion was crumbling, Britain attempted to bury the past and create a new fantasy."
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Offshore leaks have revealed repeatedly that PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) use British finance & British offshore jurisdictions to launder their wealth, hide it and re-invest that wealth back into global financial system.
Doc by Michael Oswald @Independent_POV @MurtazaMehdi
Excerpts from the documentary "Behind Closed Doors" highlight "corruption in high places and those who enable it." Arshad Sharif was tragically shot and killed in Kenya in October 2022 after being forced to leave Pakistan for exposing the corruption of the Sharif Mafia and the army chief’s political interference in ousting Imran Khan. Thanks to General Asim Munir, this mafia now holds power through a stolen mandate, facilitated by the military establishment.
Complete documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=uob5Q2dq…
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Behind Closed Doors is now available on Amazon Prime in the UK amazon.co.uk/Behind-Closed-D…
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls for immediate release of Imran Khan
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🎞️ "Behind Closed Doors", directed by Michael Oswald & Murtaza Mehdi. You can view the film on their YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=uob5Q2dq…
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