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Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’
<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights record</p><p>The acclaimed Australian film-maker Phillip Noyce is being paid by the Saudi regime to make a feature fil
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