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December 27, 2017

Saudi General Reportedly Tortured To Death After Refusing To Fork Over His Fortune

Middle East, Perspective /

Now, Middle East Eye reports that one of MBS’s guests has reportedly died under torture rather than fork over his money and assets to his domineering relative. He was reportedly beaten and tortured so bad his family members had difficulty recognizing his body. Major general Ali Alqahtani, who was detained in early November as part […]

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How the UAE justifies its clampdown on dissenting voices

Middle East, Perspective, United Arab Emirates /

In a story that did the rounds last week, the United Arab Emirates representative to the UN, Ahmed Awad, stormed out of a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session in Geneva after refusing to directly address criticisms made by civil society groups concerning the deteriorating human rights situation in the country. Introduced by the United Nations

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Gulf crisis lays bare UAE lobbying

Middle East, Perspective, United Arab Emirates /

Al-Monitor December 12, 2017   One of Washington’s most powerful Middle East operators is fast becoming one of its most over-exposed. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has developed a sophisticated lobbying and public relations enterprise over the past decade that has helped position the oil-rich country as a key economic and counterterrorism partner for the

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Israel’s ‘realities on the ground’ make a solution to the conflict harder to achieve

Palestine, Perspective /

On 23 December 2016, the last UN Security Council Resolution on Palestine and Israel was passed. The resolution reaffirmed the illegality of Israeli settlement activities stating that “the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law”.

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