Author Archives: GCC

U.S. prisoner in Bahrain says he has been freed via royal pardon

A U.S. citizen who had been sentenced in Bahrain to 10 years in jail in [...]

Sport cannot ‘hide’ from human rights, Qatar conference hears

No country or body hosting global sports events can “hide” from the challenge of human [...]

Former German FA president free to call Qatar ‘a cancer on world football’

Court rules that comment ‘has nothing to do with defamation of Qatar FA’ ‘It is [...]

Britain has exported £2.8bn of arms to Saudi Arabia since it started bombing Yemen in 2015

Kingdom is the biggest recipient of UK arms exports despite repeated calls for an embargo [...]

MPs to investigate evidence of illegal weapons sales at London’s DSEI arms fair

Exclusive: The Committee on Arms Export Control will probe the arms fair as part of its [...]

Obama’s Gulf Abandonment Issues

President Obama might be in for a frosty reception when he heads to Riyadh on [...]