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Thousands of documents detailing some of the most shameful acts and crimes committed during the final years of the British empire were systematically destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of post-independence governments, an official review has concluded.<\/p>\n

Those papers that survived the purge were flown discreetly to Britain where they were hidden for 50 years in a secret Foreign Office archive, beyond the reach of historians and members of the public, and in breach of legal obligations for them to be transferred into the public domain.<\/p>\n

The archive came to light last year when a group of Kenyans detained and allegedly tortured during the Mau Mau rebellion won the right to sue the British government. The Foreign Office promised to release the 8,800 files from 37 former colonies held at the highly-secure government communications centre at Hanslope Park in Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes | The Raw Story<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the rest at the link. It’s really worth it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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