Saudi Arabia
British government report into human rights tries to whitewash its allies’ crimes
The Tories, who enable the abuse of human rights, pretend they are freedom's champion
US paramilitary training for Khashoggi assassins
Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the US State Department.
The truth behind the Khashoggi killing
The Dissident is the true story of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian journalist who walked into his country’s consul in Istanbul and disappeared.
Why Britain assists the crimes of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia continues to wage a brutal, yet profitable war in Yemen. Nick Clark explains the role of western imperialism
The Troublemaker—Tories criminalise Travellers who have no place to go
Travellers will bear the brunt of a new discriminatory law from the Tories.
The Troublemaker —council votes to review construction of Margaret Thatcher statue
Previously, South Kesteven district council had agreed to fund the event, due to be held in Grantham, Lincolnshire, this year.
Tories will restart arms sales to murderous regime in Saudi Arabia
08 July 2020The Tory government is to resume selling arms to Saudi Arabia—now in its fifth year of a devastating war on Yemen—despite a court ruling that such sales were unlawful.
Perfect Candidate is a film that challenges stereotypes
16 March 2020The Perfect Candidate is a political fable with a kick. It tells the story of Maryam (Mila Al-Zahrani), a doctor living in Saudi Arabia who finds herself accidentally running for the local council.
Britain backs war crimes in Yemen after 32 killed in raid
18 February 2020Saudi Arabian airstrikes killed at least 32 civilians last Saturday in brutal revenge for a military setback.
No more wars over oil
17 September 2019Saudi Arabia and the US are driving closer to war with Iran, following drone strikes on Saudi Arabian oil plants last Saturday.
Warmongers to descend on London ‘festival of violence’
27 August 2019Representatives of some of the world’s most brutal regimes are set to descend on London next week.
British arms found in Yemen show up links between Tories and Saudi Arabia
20 August 2019More evidence of Britain’s role in Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen was uncovered this week.
Letters—Oxford Union has helped to legitimise far right bigotry
27 November 2018The Oxford Union, a posh private debating club for Oxford University students, invited far right guru Steve Bannon to speak a fortnight ago.
Oil is an incentive in the US and Saudi relationship
27 November 2018The recent see-sawing of the oil price has a lot more to do with politics—particularly geopolitical competition among states—than economics
British-backed war on Yemen kills 85,000 children
21 November 2018Some 85,000 children in Yemen under the age of five have are thought to have died of hunger or disease in the last three years
Tory hypocrisy over famine in Yemen
13 November 2018Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called on Saudi Arabia to “stop famine and cholera intensifying” in Yemen ahead of meeting with the country’s rulers this week.
Murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows up a brutal regime
28 October 2018Arabian activist Ameen Nemer tells Socialist Worker how a journalist’s murder will shine a light on the regime’s brutality
Khashoggi killing lifts lid on a murky world
23 October 2018W ith every new detail that emerges, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi seems as desperate as it was gruesome.
Clash between Turkey and Saudi Arabia gives Donald Trump a headache
16 October 2018We’ve seen again how hard it has become to manage the Middle East in the interests of Western imperialism. The players this time are the US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Murder in Yemen—Saudi coalition crimes revealed
01 September 2018A UN panel of experts has released a damning report into the Saudi-led war in Yemen, revealing widespread use of torture. Nick Clark unpacks the evidence
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- Cheers as Big Ride for Palestine arrives in east London
- Heroism and horror—true story of Auschwitz escape
- Blame legacy of Thatcherism for Scotland’s drug death figures
- What’s behind the turmoil in Tunisia?
- Empty shelves—nothing super about the market
- Health workers rage at Tory pay insult outside Downing Street
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