We condemn the terror attacks in London and Manchester, but we also need to call out the cynical and dangerous response from those in charge who have one solution 鈥 more of the same.
British Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump are using these tragedies to ramp up Islamophobia, expand police powers, weaken civil liberties and strengthen the 鈥渨ar on terror鈥 鈥 the same policies that have failed to stop individuals from carrying out terror attacks.
Ms Saffaa is a聽Saudi聽artist currently studying in Australia. As part of her practice, she creates murals championing the freedom of women in聽Saudi聽Arabia 鈥 in particular drawing attention to the prohibitive 鈥済uardian颅ship鈥 laws.
Under these laws, women must be accompanied by a male 鈥済uardian鈥 to do many every day activities 鈥 laws the Saudi regime slightly relaxed last month in a sign of pressure from campaigners.
Via Twitter, Saffaa鈥檚 work was taken up by a grassroots movement in聽Saudi聽Arabia and is now synonymous with the struggle to end these laws.
The US is looking to聽聽for the Saudi Arabia-led war on Yemen, officials said on April 19 鈥 a move some see as聽聽that President Donald Trump is itching to take the US to a new war.
The United States administration of Donald Trump has so far carried out at least 70 air strikes in Yemen, on April 4, more than twice as many as those carried out last year under the Barck Obama administration, according to data provided by the Pentagon.
This month marks two years since the start of the Saudi-led, US-supported聽. Involving a blockade of Yemen and the聽聽of the nation鈥檚 economy, the war has made the prospect of famine very real.
This interview by John Pilger with Jullian Assange was filmed in the Embassy of Ecuador in London 鈥 where聽Assange is a political refugee 鈥 聽and broadcast on November 5. ***
John Pilger:
What鈥檚 the significance of the FBI's intervention in these last days of the U.S. election campaign, in the case against Hillary Clinton?
Julian Assange:
An air raid by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 60 people in Yemen, most of them inmates of a prison near the city of Hodeidah on October 30, TeleSUR English said that day.
The prison was struck three times on October 30 by coalition fighter jets in the latest attack on civilian facilities, including hospitals, by Saudi Arabia and its allies over the past year-and-a-half.
A Reuters witness at the security complex said the building was destroyed and medics pulled about 17 bodies away, many of them missing limbs. Others remained trapped under the rubble.
In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called out Saudi Arabia on September 22 for in Yemen that killed dozens of civilians, including children.
The US-backed Saudi coalition, which has been bombing Yemen since last year, struck a house in a residential area in western Yemen on September 21, killing 26 people, according to medics and residents.
Israeli white phosphorus attack on Gaza, 2009.
Saudi Arabia is using white phosphorus, a flesh-melting chemical, in its conflict with Yemen, according to social media reports. The US acknowledges that it has supplied the kingdom with the chemical.
