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February 22, 2018

Rights groups slam court delay in ruling on Israel’s withholding of Palestinian bodies

Human rights groups have slammed the country’s Supreme Court for allowing a delay in a decision on the state’s practice of withholding Palestinian bodies from their families. On Monday,...

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February 22, 2018

Israel to seize 5,000 dumans of West Bank land in Tulkarm

Israeli occupation authorities are seeking to control around 5,000 dunums (five square kilometres) of Palestinian land located in the West Bank village of Tulkarm, a Palestinian Authority (PA) official...

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February 22, 2018

Bahrain bans members of dissolved parties from running in elections

Bahrain has amended its law to prevent members and leaders of dissolved political parties from running in parliamentary elections, Al-Watan News reported yesterday. “The parliament has to prevent everyone...

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February 22, 2018

Israel demolishes Arab village of Al-Araqeeb for 125th time

Israeli occupation authorities yesterday demolished the Arab village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negevfor the 125th time in seven years, Quds Press reported. Activist Aziz Al-Tawari said: “The Israeli occupation...

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February 22, 2018

Municipal services in Gaza reduced by 50%

Palestinian municipalities in the Gaza Strip yesterday announced the halving of their services as a result of the energy and funding crisis in the besieged Strip, Quds Press reported....

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February 22, 2018

Israel starts building homes at new illegal settlement in West Bank

Israeli occupation authorities started building homes at the new illegal Israeli Jewish settlement north of West Bank city of Ramallah, Quds Press reported yesterday. According to Israeli TV Channel...

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February 22, 2018

Women around the world mobilise for Syria

As the world looks on while a Srebrenica-style massacre unfolds in eastern Ghouta, news of another dark side to the brutality of the Syrian regime is also beginning to...

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February 22, 2018

Amnesty: Yemen war has increased child marriages

“Inequalities” between men and women in Yemen have been “exacerbated” as a result of the ongoing crisis in the country and resulted in the “rise” of negative coping mechanisms,...

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February 22, 2018

Amnesty: Egypt’s human rights crisis escalated in 2017

Amnesty International has condemned what it terms Egypt’s “human rights crisis”, in its annual World Report which found the crackdown on civil society escalated further in 2017. The report,...

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February 22, 2018

Amnesty: Rise of state repression in the Gulf

The world is in danger of spinning out of its humanitarian axis warned Amnesty International in its annual report on “The State of the World’s Human Rights”. Published today,...

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