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New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, July 29, 2019 0:00 - 0 Comments
Comment | Britain’s shameful, complicit silence over Bahrain’s executions
On Saturday, Bahrain executed two political prisoners, Ali Al-Arab and Ahmed Al-Malali, amidst worldwide condemnation by politicians and human rights campaigners. The complicit silence of the UK government shows Britain has no respect for human rights, write Sam Walton and Eman Hashim.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, June 25, 2019 15:29 - 0 Comments
Comment | Brothers in Arms Sales: Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson’s shameful record on Yemen
As the Tory leadership race enters its final phase, one word unlikely to be invoked by either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt is Yemen. This comes in spite — or rather because — of the disastrous role both men have played in exacerbating the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Tuesday, June 18, 2019 19:38 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins | Hollow Man: Boris Johnson’s delusions of grandeur won’t survive reality
It now seems almost certain that the Tory Party will make Boris Johnson the next UK Prime Minister. Narcissistic, opportunistic, incompetent, shallow, devoid of loyalty or decency, he has wanted the Big Job for a long time, and has said and done everything to get it.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, February 11, 2019 20:38 - 1 Comment
Comment | It’s high time Britain left Gavin Williamson’s imperial delusions behind
Gavin Williamson's reckless comments highlight the need for the UK to move away from its history of military interventionism and peddling arms to despots and embrace a more positive role in the world, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 25, 2018 13:54 - 0 Comments
Comment | Britain’s homelessness crisis shames us all
Last week, a homeless man was found dead yards away from the Houses of Parliament, the latest victim of Britain's homelessness crisis. Sam Asumadu reflects on the roots and lessons of a national scandal.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 20, 2018 0:00 - 0 Comments
Comment | After Khashoggi: This toxic UK-Saudi relationship cannot continue
For decades, successive UK governments have fuelled, armed and enabled a terrible regime to continue its authoritarian rule over Saudi Arabia. It shouldn't take the disappearance and death of a journalist for UK politicians to realise this must end, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, October 19, 2018 17:29 - 0 Comments
Comment | The Abdi Ali tragedy shows Britain is still failing its black men and boys
Two months ago, Abdi Ali, a 17-year-old Londoner, was found murdered a few miles from his home. He had been missing for eight months. Ahead of a fundraiser in his memory tomorrow, Sam Asumadu asks why his story has received so little attention or coverage.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 15:55 - 0 Comments
Comment | The Bahraini authorities are slowly killing my father. Why is Theresa May helping them?
I have been on a hunger strike for almost two months to save my father's life and shed light on the suffering of all those who, like him, are paying the price for believing in democratic values in Bahrain, writes Ali Mushaima.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:31 - 0 Comments
Comment | How much more suffering must Yemenis take before the UK ends its arms sales?
If the bombing of a school bus full of Yemeni children isn’t enough to stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, then what more would it take? Asks Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, August 6, 2018 14:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis | For the Many: How Labour’s 2017 General Election Manifesto changed everything
If the 2017 election was unusual in that large numbers of voters changed their views during the course of six weeks, Labour’s manifesto was one of the key reasons for their doing so, argues Mike Phipps.
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