Witnesses to War Crimes: British Special Forces in Afghanistan
A superb Panorama investigation broke its most recent revelations in May. Working with veterans as key sources, investigative journalists uncovered evidence of war crimes by British special forces over a whole decade. At CIJ Summer, two of the journalists involved tell us how they cultivated those sources, what other ways they had of gathering evidence – and what happens next.
Watch BBC Panorama. Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes. 12 May 2025.
Hannah O’Grady
Hannah O’Grady is an investigative journalist with the BBC’s Panorama programme, and is responsible for some of Panorama’s most notable investigations in recent years. She began investigating the actions of British Special Forces seven years ago.
Joel Gunter
Joel Gunter is an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for the BBC. For the past three years he has worked on the BBC’s investigation into war crimes by UK Special Forces. Other recent work includes a year-long expose of global monkey torture networks and coverage of the war in Ukraine, for which he won a foreign press award.
- 27 June 2025 12.30–13.30
Location: LG01