Author Archives: GCC
Higher Education Academy under pressure over Bahrain links
Academics claim that partnership ‘undermines’ organisation and allows University of Bahrain to ‘normalise’ country’s regime [...]
Kuwait court sentences MPs to jail terms for storming into parliament
27 NOVEMBER, 2017 Court sentenced current MPs Jamaan al-Harbash and Waleed al-Tabtabai to five years [...]
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EXCLUSIVE: Tory MPs accused of ‘perks for questions’ over Saudi Arabia visit
Row comes after Saudi Arabia foreign ministry oversaw threefold increase in lobbying of British MPs [...]
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Bahrain: Court Rejects Nabeel Rajab’s Appeal Against Two-Year Prison Sentence for Speaking to Journalists
22 November 2017 – Nabeel Rajab’s sentence to two years in prison for speaking to [...]
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Saudi-UAE push to mobilize tribes against Qatari emir
Nearly six months into the Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are [...]
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Saudi Arabia: Internet activist Naima Al-Matrood sentenced to six years in prison
On 10 November 2017, the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sentenced Internet [...]
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