Articles by Ian Black

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Saudi Arabia Tells Citizens to Ignore Latest WikiLeaks Release
Ian Black – The Guardian, 29 Jun 2015

21 Jun 2015 – Saudi Arabia has warned its citizens to ignore the 61,000 diplomatic documents leaked by the transparency site WikiLeaks, which give a rare insight into the kingdom’s habit of buying influence and monitoring dissidents.

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Global Outrage at Saudi Arabia as Jailed Blogger Receives Public Flogging
Ian Black – The Guardian, 12 Jan 2015

Kingdom stays silent as protesters contrast its opposition to Paris attacks on free speech with its own attacks on free speech.

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Qatar Promises to Reform Labour Laws after Outcry over ‘World Cup Slaves’
Ian Black, Owen Gibson and Robert Booth – The Guardian, 19 May 2014

Officials said they would replace the country’s “kafala” sponsorship system, which tethers workers to a single employer, who can therefore treat his workforce with impunity, pending the approval of a draft law.

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Secret Papers Reveal Slow Death of Middle East Peace Process
Seumas Milne and Ian Black, Middle East editor – The Guardian, 24 Jan 2011

The biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict has revealed that Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to accept Israel’s annexation of all but one of the settlements built illegally in occupied East Jerusalem. This unprecedented proposal was one of a string of concessions that will cause shockwaves among Palestinians and in the wider Arab world.

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