Category: Kuwait

14 February 2023

REVEALED: MPs’ Gifts from Gulf States Accused of Human Rights Abuses

Analysis by this newspaper reveals Conservative MPs make up the majority of those in receipt – as post-Brexit trading opportunities appear to be trumping ethical concerns for the Government

Max Colbert and Iain Overton

Bahrain, Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Funding, House of Commons, Kuwait, Middle East, Oman, Parliament, Qatar, Rights, Saudi Arabia, Trade, UK Politics, United Arab Emirates
6 April 2022

How Johnson’s Government is Using Oligarchs in its Attempt to Rebuild the ‘Red Wall’

Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin explore how the Government is inviting questionable regimes into Britain’s former industrial heartlands

Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin

Boris Johnson, Brexit, Business, China, Conservative Party, Democracy, Economics, Finance and Money, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Funding, Inequality, Kuwait, London, Middle East, Rights, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Society, Trade, UK Politics, United Arab Emirates, War and Conflict
13 October 2021

Government Approves Export of Tear Gas to a Third of the World

New research shows that the UK has approved export licenses of tear gas to regimes with concerning records on freedom of speech and assembly

Murray Jones

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Foreign Affairs, France, Hong Kong, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, UK Politics, United Arab Emirates, War and Conflict