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Blood on our hands : Town famed for peace plans to invest £35m of taxpayers money in arms firm base

‘Blood on our hands’: Town famed for peace plans to invest £35m of taxpayers’ money in arms firm base Colin Drury © Provided by The Independent It is a medieval market town which, because of its Quaker heritage, has long been associated with peace and pacifism. Now, however, residents of Saffron Walden in Essex have been left aghast after it emerged their local council is to invest £35m of public money into developing a new manufacturing base – for a global arms company. Uttlesford District Council will plough the cash into the 184,000 sq ft facility as part of a new property portfolio aimed at generating future income.

A decade on from the uprising in Bahrain, the UK needs to look at its relationship with the kingdom

A decade on from the uprising in Bahrain, the UK needs to look at its relationship with the kingdom Bel Trew © Provided by The Independent A decade ago today, as pro-democracy uprisings raged across the Middle East, tens of thousands of protesters in Bahrain began their own rallies. Like many of the region’s revolutions, the protests were met with a bloody crackdown, according to those present (it’s an allegation the Bahrain government denies) – and 10 years later, many of the key voices of Bahrain’s revolt are behind bars, under travel bans or in exile. However, one difference is that over the last decade the UK has poured millions of pounds of taxpayer money into Bahrain in a bid to improve its human rights record. The UK has repeatedly said this £6.5m of technical assistance is having a positive impact on human rights.

UK refuses to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia, in line with US policy

The UK government has refused calls to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia and bring its policy towards the Gulf Kingdom in line with its major ally, the US. In one of his many policy reversals from the Tr.

Biden s announcement on Yemen is a hopeful sign – now the UK must follow suit

In a speech at the US state department last week, President Biden turned the war in Yemen from a forgotten crisis to front-page news. Since March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition, militarily and diplomatically backed by the US and UK in particular, has been involved in the conflict, which grew out of a failed political transition following the 2011 revolution. The war has killed more than 100,000 people, destroyed much of the country’s.

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