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Des Yéménites assistent aux funérailles des victimes d'une attaque aérienne dirigée par l'Arabie saoudite à Saada, en août 2018. AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

October 23, 2019

Abandonner nos valeurs pour des ventes d’armes: l’étrange relation entre le Canada et l’Arabie saoudite

Jeremy Wildeman, University of Bath and Anthony Fenton, York University, Canada

Un an après une tristement célèbre dispute sur Twitter et le meurtre horrible de Jamal Khashoggi, les relations Canada-Saoudienne semblent prêtes à reprendre leur cours normal, si ce n'est déjà fait.

In this August 2018 photo, Yemeni people attend the funeral of victims of a Saudi Arabia-led airstrike in Saada, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

October 17, 2019

Trading values to sell weapons: The Canada‑Saudi relationship

Jeremy Wildeman, University of Bath and Anthony Fenton, York University, Canada

A year after an infamous Twitter spat and the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, the Canada-Saudi relationship appears poised to return to business as usual, if it hasn’t already.

In this October 2016 photo, fire and smoke rise after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depots on the outskirts of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. Approximately 70,000 people have been estimated to have died in Yemen’s civil war – and Canada is complicit. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

June 25, 2019

Canada’s labour movement must take a stand against the Saudi arms deal

Simon Black, Brock University and Anthony Fenton, York University, Canada

Why is Canada’s labour movement so quiet on the Saudi arms deal? It should be a voice for peace and human rights and demand that the Canadian government immediately cancel the deal.

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