Author Archives: GCC

Israel seeks to establish diplomatic ties with Bahrain

Government sources confirm Israel and Bahrain are in talks to establish official relations, as Netanyahu [...]

The UAE is trampling human rights. Man City must finally speak out

The jailing of British academic Matthew Hedges is an abuse the club can’t ignore. It’s [...]

Authors boycott UAE book festival over Matthew Hedges jailing

Historian Antony Beevor and journalist Frank Gardner among several authors to announce they will not [...]

Qatar 2022: £40 a week to build the World Cup stadiums

Workers from some of the world’s poorest countries are being paid a pittance to deliver [...]

How Saudi Arabia is trying to erase Yemen’s history

The Saudi-led destruction of Yemen, an ancient cradle of civilisation, seems to come from a [...]

Saudi Arabia tortured female right-to-drive activists, says Amnesty

Women’s accounts include being given electric shocks and flogged, hung from the ceiling, and subjected [...]