I write to you from Qatar. Since June 2017, a group of states (including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt) severed diplomatic relations and imposed an economic blockade on Qatar

I write to you after my appearance on BBC Newsnight (www.tinyurl.com/alpeshnewsnight) where I was, in the words of the programme’s presenter, ‘defending PM Modi from allegations of sectarianism’



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