Alice K Ross leads a team at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism which tracks the government's use of deprivation of citizenship, as well as an award-winning project monitoring US covert drone strikes. She tweets @aliceross_.
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Published in: openSecurityDrones in Afghanistan—under the radarDrones in Afghanistan have been responsible for countless civilian casualties. That’s the problem—they’re countless.
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Published in: openSecurityHow one man was stripped of his UK citizenship—twiceThe UK home secretary has pushed legislation through Parliament which allows her to strip individuals of their citizenship, even if they are rendered stateless—but the case on which she drew turns out to have a Kafkaesque quality.
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Published in: openSecurityLords impede UK citizen-stripping move
In the latest episode in the UK government’s attempts to extend its power to strip UK citizens of their nationality, the House of Lords has thrown a spanner in the works.
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Published in: Shine A LightStripping UK citizenship by stealth
Despite official denials, evidence has emerged that the Home Office has deliberately waited until UK citizens it plans to deprive of their citizenship have left the country. This requires no judicial approval—and greatly hinders any appeal.
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Published in: openSecurityMaking UK citizens non-persons
Last week at Westminster, the home secretary introduced a late amendment to an immigration-control bill which would allow her to make UK citizens stateless—without first requiring recourse to the courts.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTheresa May, citizenship and the power to make people statelessTheresa May has already used her power to revoke citizenship to brutal effect. Now it is believed she wants to re-write the law so that she can make people stateless. The implications are worrying.