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September 6, 2017

Egypt to resume joint US military exercises

Egypt’s armed forces confirmed this week that joint military exercises between the Egyptian military and the US will resume this month for the first time since 2009 after they...

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September 6, 2017

Activists disrupt ‘world’s largest’ weapons expo in UK

Human rights campaigners have gathered outside the venue of one of the largest arms fair in the world which is being held in London to protest against the sale...

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September 6, 2017

Israel arms Myanmar military amid crackdown on Rohingya

Israel has continued to sell arms to Myanmar, despite international condemnation of the country’s crackdown on its Rohingya Muslim minority. According to Haaretz, in response to a petition filed...

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September 6, 2017

HRW: Egypt’s torture epidemic ‘a crime against humanity’

Allegations of Egypt’s endemic and systematic torture of political prisoners constitute a “crime against humanity,” according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday. In a 63-page...

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September 6, 2017

New report urges increased Palestinian coordination across the Green Line

A new report by the Palestine Strategy Group (PSG) has explored the relationships between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza...

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September 6, 2017

Report: 32 people killed under torture in Syria in August

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said Tuesday it had documented the deaths of 32 people due to torture in August, including 27 people killed by the Syrian regime....

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September 6, 2017

UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Yemen conflict

The United Nations’ human rights chief on Tuesday called for an independent international investigation into the conflict in Yemen. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said...

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September 6, 2017

China funds electric train project in Egypt

China allocated yesterday a 300 million Chinese yuan ($46 million) grant to Egypt for the implementation of the Egypt Satellite 2 (Egypt Sat-2) project. The agreement was signed between the...

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September 6, 2017

Syrian opposition group evacuates Hadalat refugee camp as prelude to withdraw to Jordan

Syrian pro-opposition Martyr Ahmad Al-Abdo forces announced yesterday that it will evacuate the Hadalat refugee camp near the northeastern border of Jordan and transfer its residents to Rukban camp...

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September 6, 2017

Israeli MK launches plan to pay Palestinians to emigrate, annex West Bank

An Israeli parliamentarian is urging the government to annex the entire West Bank and pay Palestinians – on both sides of the Green Line – to emigrate. Member of...

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