UK backs loans for arms sales as report shows 75% of debt illegitimate
In a report released today, the UK government has revealed it guaranteed £132 million of loans to the Indonesian government for arms sales in the last year, along with further…
Campaigners reveal extent of British support to the Shah’s Iran
Liberal Democrats fail to follow Norway’s debt audit lead. Documents released under the freedom of information act to Jubilee Debt Campaign have revealed that all of the debt the UK…
Generating Terror
Jubilee Debt Campaign’s new report examines the way that western-backed institutions, such as the World Bank, supported the government of Guatemala as it terrorised its own people in the late…
Guatemala’s Chixoy dam: where development and terror intersect
A 1982 massacre paved the way for a hydroelectric dam built with development bank funds. What lessons have been learned? Thirty years ago a massacre took place in the Guatemalan…
Uncovering Zimbabwe’s Debt
Zimbabwe’s recent history has been characterised by political oppression, economic chaos and social division. That story is well known in the UK. However it is rarely the case that a…
BP violated human rights rules, says UK government
Company failed to respond to alleged intimidation by Turkish security forces along its UK-backed Caspian oil pipeline. Ruling places BP in breach of loan agreements, say campaigners.
