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Daniel Wickham

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Daniel Wickham is a student at the London School of Economics who writes on human rights and the Middle East and North Africa region

David Cameron shakes hands with the King of Bahrain outside Number 10 in 2013

Bahrain is ruthlessly crushing dissent and torturing its own citizens

Saudi-led air strikes over the past 12 days have failed to stop the Houthi advance across Yemen towards Aden

Britain and America are helping Saudi Arabia push Yemen towards total

World leaders at Paris unity march

The Paris march was an emotional display, but it was full of hypocrisy

Obama's re-election: a time for prayer?

It wasn't skin colour that made black Americans vote for Barack Obama