Jamie Merrill
Al Jazeera English
United Kingdom
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Exclusive: UAE company 'hacked US-Iranian magnate's email'
Court documents claim Rakia breached Farhad Azima's laptops and tried to slander his character after deal turned sour. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: UK has sold $1bn of weapons to Turkey since coup attempt
Figures revealed on eve of Turkish president's visit to London, and amid criticism of Ankara's crackdown on alleged coup plotters and war in Syria → Read More
UK arms campaigners win right to appeal hearing over weapons to Saudi ruling
The Court of Appeal ruling means campaigners can continue battle to block arms exports to Saudi Arabia → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: UK sells $445m of arms to Israel, including sniper rifles
Value of sales increase tenfold after 2014 Gaza war amid warnings UK weapons, including gear for snipers, could be used to kill Palestinians → Read More
ANALYSIS: UK trading 'soft power' for hard cash in post-Brexit arms deals with Gulf
With a year to Brexit, opposition leaders and campaigners say the UK is rushing to 'frankly disgusting' trade and defence deals in Middle East → Read More
REVEALED: Britain's 'secret' arms sales to Middle East human rights abusers
The UK has increased by 20 percent the use of opaque 'open licences' in dealings with controversial governments → Read More
Theresa May misled parliament over Yemen UN resolution: Corbyn
Accusation comes as UK and Saudi Arabia sign preliminary deal for sale of 48 Typhoon fighter jets → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: UK approves $42m in spyware sales to Middle East 'regimes'
UK approved sale of surveillance gear to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Israel, among others, according to figures from rights campaigners → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Huge rise in Britain's secretive arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Labour's Emily Thornberry says the government is 'fuelling' Saudi war in Yemen, as new figures show 'secret' arms exports have soared → Read More
Saudi crown prince to face protests on 7 March visit to Britain
Protest group announces demonstration against 'chief architect of brutal war in Yemen', Mohammed bin Salman → Read More
REVEALED: UK spends $2.5bn bombing Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
The UK has spent more on smart weapons than it has spent on humanitarian aid in Iraq, campaigners say → Read More
Saudi inquiry into Yemen strikes ignores hundreds of reports of civilian deaths
Just 41 out of more than 300 allegations of civilian casualties in Yemen have been investigated by the Saudi-led coalition → Read More
Emily Thornberry demands Theresa May stops ‘bowing and scraping' to MBS
The shadow foreign secretary has called on Theresa May to use Britain's diplomatic power to push for a ceasefire in Yemen → Read More
REVEALED: Saudi crown prince's UK visit delayed amid protest fears
The reported delay to the visit comes as rights groups are preparing to stage protests → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Tory MPs accused of 'perks for questions' over Saudi Arabia visit
Row comes after Saudi Arabia foreign ministry oversaw threefold increase in lobbying of British MPs → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Britain drops 3,400 bombs in Syria and Iraq
MEE analysis reveals extent of RAF attacks on IS, while British government maintains there is 'no evidence' a single civilian has died → Read More
Amber Rudd and top Tories share platform with anti-Muslim Hindu leader
Conservative MP Bob Blackman invited Tapan Ghosh, a Hindu nationalist who has praised the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Burma → Read More
Queen accused of horse trading with Bahrain on human rights
The gift of an Arabian horse has prompted outrage from activists who say it lends cover to Bahrain's rights crackdown → Read More
UK accused of blocking UN inquiry into alleged war crimes in Yemen
Rights groups say UK is putting arms sales to Saudi Arabia before investigations into civilian deaths from coalition bombings → Read More
'No torture in Bahraini prisons' claims UK-backed rights group
Rights groups have dismissed the claims by Bahrain’s National Institute for Human Rights as 'at odds with reality' → Read More