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April 20, 2017

‘Saudi, Russia cooperation on Syria possible’

Saudi Arabia and Russia may coordinate bilateral efforts in a bid to help resolve the Syrian crisis, a former member of Riyadh’s Consultative Assembly, Muhammed Al-Zalfa, said. Al-Zalfa, who...

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April 20, 2017

Reports of violations and deaths in Egyptian jails

More than 50 people have been killed in prisons in Egypt in the first quarter of this year, a new damning report by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights...

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April 20, 2017

Settlers set up barbeques outside prison to taunt Palestinian hunger strikers

Members of Israel’s right-wing National Religious Party, typically known by its Hebrew name “Mafdal”, held a barbecue today in front Israel’s Ofer prison where Palestinian prisoners have entered the...

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April 20, 2017

Algerian parliamentary candidate found dead

The body of a missing National Liberation Front (FLN) candidate in Bejaia has been recovered after he went missing last month. The body of Djouder Said, who was running...

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April 20, 2017

Algeria elections: Women kept out of sight

Opposition parties in Algeria have been reprimanded by state authorities for putting up posters showing the faceless portraits of female candidates for May’s legislative election. Election monitoring officials ordered...

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April 20, 2017

Algeria’s repression of the Berber uprising

What: The 1980 Berber Spring Where: Tizi Ouzou, Algeria When: 20 April 1980 What Happened? On 10 March 1980, Algiers’ decision to cancel a conference in the University of...

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April 20, 2017

Solitary confinement of Palestinian minors reflects plight of adults in Israeli jails

As solitary confinement for Palestinian prisoners makes headlines once again within the context of the “Freedom and Dignity” mass hunger strike, Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) released...

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April 20, 2017

Iraq Shia cleric visit to Egypt draws ire of activists

Egyptian and other Arab activists have launched a social media campaign to denounce a visit to the capital Cairo by the head of the Iraqi Shia National Alliance parliamentary...

News
April 20, 2017

Chairman of Egypt’s leading newspaper resigns

The chairman of Egypt’s biggest-selling state-owned newspaper, Al-Ahram, resigned Wednesday after protesting about interference in the running of the publication. Ahmed El-Sayed Al-Naggar had been among prominent journalists who...

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April 20, 2017

Saudi Arabia to restrict shopping mall jobs to its own nationals

Saudi Arabia is planning to limit the jobs available in shopping malls exclusively to Saudi nationals, who currently make up a minority in the retail sector’s labour force compared...

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