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Posted: 11th October 2022

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A decade after the Arab Spring saw pro-democracy movements sweep across the Middle East, many repressive regimes remain in power - especially in the oil-rich Gulf region.

Even British visitors are not safe from their crackdowns, risking accusations of spying for MI6 and life in jail.

But instead of facing sanctions for their human rights abuses, Gulf oligarchs are buying up luxury properties in the UK, watching horse races with the royal family and studying at Sandhurst.

Our latest film follows the fight back by exiles from one Gulf state, Bahrain, as they chase oligarchs around London and the Home Counties, in a battle to keep their dreams of democracy alive.

All our members are invited to join us, for free, at our first live screening event in London on the 26th of October, which will be followed by a panel discussion with the directors.

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The UK anticipated a “serious confrontation between Russia and Ukraine” as far back as 1992, declassified files show. One senior official even questioned whether Ukraine was “a real country”.

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The UK’s current war in Yemen is not the first time Britain has contributed to devastating the country. Sixty years ago, a coup in North Yemen prompted UK officials to begin a secret war that also led to tens of thousands of deaths – and, as now, no British minister was ever held to account.

The Foreign Office is keeping secret a cache of documents about the former Prince of Wales that were due for declassification. An ex-government minister tells Declassified the secrecy is “outrageous”.