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Items by Anjuman Rahman
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Syria: ‘I finally learnt how to enjoy the torture,’ says former prisoner
Screams of agony became the norm, his own as well as thousands of others. And so did the deafening silence. For three years, Omar AlShogre, 24, was confined in a 4 foot by 4 foot cell, and trapped skin to skin with 40 to 50 other detainees in an...
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Lebanon protesters search for their revolutionary crushes
For more than a week, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have taken to the streets in what has been dubbed the “October Revolution”, to call for the fall of the government. The sudden movement erupted after the government’s plan to tax the use of internet telecommunication applications Whatsapp, Facebook and...
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Britain’s delay in recognising the state of Palestine is illegal, says ambassador
Britain is yet to acknowledge its historic responsibility for the calamitous situation facing the Palestinians....
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Egypt has resorted to framing teachers as terrorists
It’s becoming a scene all too familiar, the public anger at the ruling elites, the repeated calls for mass protests, the flashpoints of demonstrations erupting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, almost as if the 2011 revolution is incomplete. At present, Cairo is under a heavy lockdown with authorities and plainclothes security...
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Demi Lovato accused of whitewashing the occupation by taking sponsored trip to Israel
American pop star and actress Demi Lovato has been accused of ignorance on the Palestinian issue after she posted several photos from her sponsored trip to Israel with lengthy captions praising the country as “absolutely magical”. Many have accused the 27-year-old singer of ignoring the apartheid system affecting Palestinians as...
