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Yemen, Arms-Seller UK Denies
Inner City Press FOIA Request
After 170 Days, Appeal
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Video,
1st
Person
UNITED NATIONS,
February 15 – The United
Kingdom's murky role in the
killings in Yemen persist even
in the face of a Freedom of
Information Act request from
Inner City Press.
More than five
months ago on 15 August 2017
Inner City Press asked the UK
government for records
concerning Yemen. The UK sells
weapons to Saudi Arabia, and
has now implanted a UK citizen
as UN envoy on Yemen in the
person of Martin Griffiths
(Inner City Press story and
questions here.)
After repeatedly extending the
time to response, now the UK
has denied access to all
responsive records, letter here,
saying that "the release of
information relating to the
UK’s discussion on UN business
could harm our relations and
other member states of the
United Nations (UN)."
Here
on Patreon is the full denial
letter, from which Inner City
Press is preparing an appeal,
on Cameroon as well - it has
40 working days.
This is shameful
- the UK is also exiting
transparency.
As
Inner City
Press pursues
these
questions at
the UN, it
remains restricted
to minders by
the head of
the UN
Department of
Public
Information
Alison Smale,
who it is
noted is
British - and
functionally a
censor. A
retaliator,
too? Smale has
not explained
why Inner City
Press' long
time work
space is
assigned to
no-show,
no-question
Egyptian state
media Akhbar
al Youm.
On Cameroon
and Yemen, UK Denies Inner
City Press FOIA Request
After 170 Days, Preparing
to Appeal, 40 Work...
by Matthew
Russell Lee on Scribd
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