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The Coronavirus Crisis: As Yemen Faces a New Crisis with COVID-19 the World Stands Idly By
The UK and US continue to sell arms to the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen – a humanitarian crisis which has severely destabilised the country’s ability to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: In COVID-19, the US is Experiencing the Consequences of its Wars
CJ Werleman explains how the tables have unfortunately been turned on American citizens as they experience the Coronavirus pandemic – and how it should open their eyes to the damage inflicted by their country elsewhere.
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British Arms Sales Aiding Repression in Chile
Steve Shaw reports on the UK Government’s decision to continue to sell millions of pounds in arms and crowd-control equipment to Chile, where police are cracking down on protests against inequality and corruption.
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The Day I Discovered My Ancestor was a Slave Owner
Stephen Colegrave uncovers a family secret and realises how easy it is to whitewash our slavery roots.
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The London Dinner Oiling the Wheels of the Global Arms Trade
Steve Shaw reports on an exclusive event in the heart of London’s Mayfair which brings together politicians, businessman and media personalities.
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Government Refuses to Reveal How Many RAF Bombs Failed to Explode as it would Harm Arms Trade Manufacturer’s ‘Trade Secrets’
Iain Overton reports on the ‘dud’ missiles which might now litter Iraq and Syria and could explode, harming civilians.
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‘1917’ Review: Tales my Grandfather Never Told Me
Chris Sullivan rates Sam Mendes’ new war film up with the classics and remembers his grandfather’s survival through the worst of World War One.
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Could Trump have Started a Terrible New Era for Suicide Bombers?
Following the US President’s attack on Iran, the Shi’a suicide bomber – a human weapon that first emerged in the Middle-East in Iran – could resurface again
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Brexit and the Fracturing of British Identity: A Warning From Ireland
Hardeep Matharu speaks to acclaimed playwright Frank McGuinness about where the nationalist Brexit project being trumpeted by Boris Johnson could end up
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The Re-Emergence of English Nationalism Defines Brexit
Film-maker Sheridan Flynn explores English identity through an Irish lens and what Britain can learn from Ireland about how the divisions of Brexit can ever be healed.
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The Silencing of Palestinian and Kashmiri Voices on Social Media
Social media platforms are helping to prevent Kashmiri and Palestinian anguish from reaching a global audience
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Forced Migration – Death, Torture, Disease and Abuse
The consequences of forced migration must be a top developmental and humanitarian priority if so many needlessly wasted lives are to be saved.
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Sandhurst Earns Millions Teaching Overseas Troops – Including Many from Countries of ‘Human Rights Concern’
Soldiers from countries including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Saudi Arabia have attended Britain’s top military training centre – is it professionalising despots?
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An American Freelance Journalist on the US ‘Kill List’
CJ Werleman talks to Bilal Abdul Kareem, a Muslim American citizen who is a constant target of unexplained extrajudicial murder.
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A Visit to Eugeniy Dubitsky: A Victim of the War in Ukraine
Iain Overton reports from eastern Ukraine on the toll taken by five years of war on its citizens – individuals whose lives have been devastated, but who do not dwell on the pain of the present.
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A Hospital on the Edge of Civilisation
Iain Overton reports on a medical centre in eastern Ukraine which was caught in an unexpected war – a war which transformed everything.
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‘Profiting from Destruction’: French-Based Insurance Giant Accused of Destroying Palestinian Livelihoods
AXA and its affiliates are heavily invested in occupied territory settlements and illegal Israeli Security Wall.
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‘We are Not in the Battlefield, We Are Not Fighters, Why they are Killing Us?’ The Human Cost of the Quest for Peace in Afghanistan
Sayed Jalal, based in Kabul, explores how the Afghan civilian population is living through a conflict which impacts ordinary people the most.
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Why the Landmine Legacy of Princess Diana Must Address a 21st Century Reality
Iain Overton reports on how publicity around British landmine clearance efforts tend to ignore the War on Terror and the rise of IEDS.
