With its prominent position in the arms trade, and the impunity it grants countries like Saudi Arabia, Britain is playing with fire.
One can only wonder how the HRC can maintain its credibility while its member states are actively working against the council’s very raison d’être of protecting human rights.
In Awamiya, a Shia-majority town in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, a three-year-old boy has been shot and killed amid demolition and the shooting of civilians. Here, his mother speaks.
The UK has long been criticised for its close relationship with Saudi Arabia but it is time to rethink it.
If the Qatari crisis is not managed rationally, then it is likely to compound the present risks in the regional balance of power, with consequences for all states in the region.
Despite the real tension and rivalries, there is far more that unites Qatar and surrounding countries than what separates them.
Corbyn wants to talk about and address the causes of terrorist violence? This will require scrapping the Prevent Strategy.
The sanctions on Qatar aim to force the government of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to alter its foreign policy – particularly regarding its warming relations with Iran.
Hizbollah’s proven armed capability in Syria, Israel’s perceived political defeat in 2006, coupled with a possible US and Saudi green light, may make confrontation inevitable.
Trump’s regional approach to “peace” and stability and the new regional order, aims to ensure the normalcy of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours, especially the wealthy ones.
Jeffrey Donaldson MP should have ensured that a £435,000 donation his party accepted came from a legitimate source. Did he?
