MV BarimaDocumented record

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Every question is answered on the questions page, with the evidence named and the limits stated. The answer is written by Claude Opus 5 reading across the whole corpus, and it is checked before it is published — against the documents, and adversarially, which is how this archive has caught and corrected its own errors. Those corrections are logged on the revisions page.

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If you hold a document this archive is missing — a certificate, a log, a tender file, an inspection report — the method and gaps page lists what has been searched for and not found.

What this cannot do

This archive does not give legal advice, does not speculate about the guilt or innocence of the three men charged on 28 July, and does not take a position on who should resign. Questions on those subjects will be answered as questions about what the record shows, or answered by saying that it shows nothing.