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On Terrorism, the UK Government Fails Moral and Legal Obligations

by Tom Pollitt | Dec 13, 2019

In a fitting Halloween story, Donald Trump chose October 31 to call in to the LBC radio show of...

Stateless in Syria: A Revocation of UK Citizenship Without Due Process

by Tom Pollitt | Dec 6, 2019

British lawyer Tasnime Akunjee has represented the families of all of the teenage school girls who left Bethnal Green Academy in London to join ISIS in 2015. He spoke to Insid…

Fresh Evidence of Saudi-UAE Whitewashing of Yemen Airstrike Violations

by Tom Pollitt | Aug 28, 2019

A report submitted to the UK government by The Global Legal Action Network includes new evidence about the extent of allegedly unlawful assaults on civilian targets in Yemen,…

In Transition, Sudan Wavers Between Jubilation and Uncertainty

by Inside Arabia | Aug 27, 2019

As Sudan moves a step closer to democracy with the swearing in of a sovereign council and a prime minister, the country faces potential pitfalls down the road.

Escalating External Pressure and Intensifying Internal Repression in Iran

by Maysam Behravesh | Aug 26, 2019

Contrary to the conventional argument advanced by proponents of American sanctions that the US “maximum pressure” campaign will weaken the Islamic Republic in the face of a ch…