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June 15, 2015

Egypt: 58 civilians referred to military court

Egypt’s Attorney General, Judge Hisham Barakat yesterday referred the cases of 58 civilians from Giza, west Cairo, to the military prosecutor on charges they committed terrorist acts in the...

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June 15, 2015

How Hamas is dealing with the Amnesty report

Since the end of the Israel’s offensive against the people of Gaza last summer, Hamas has spent a great deal of its energy on proving to human rights organisations...

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June 14, 2015

South African court prevents Sudan’s al-Bashir from leaving country

A high court in South Africa issued an interim order Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country. Al-Bashir is currently in South Africa attending the 25th...

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June 14, 2015

The child soldiers of Yemen’s conflict

The Old City of Sana’a, inhabited for more than 2,500 years, is one of the oldest cities in the world. On Friday, airstrikes reduced its historic houses to rubble....

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June 14, 2015

Erdogan is still in the driving seat

A newspaper once published a report announcing the death of American author Mark Twain; he sent a message saying, “The report about my death is rather exaggerated.” This anecdote...

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June 14, 2015

ICC calls on South Africa to arrest Sudanese president

The International Criminal Court has called on South Africa to arrest the president of Sudan, amid media reports that he will attend an African Union summit in Johannesburg. ICC...

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June 14, 2015

Yemen’s Houthis take provincial capital

Houthi Shia militants and forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh have seized control of Al-Hazm, district capital of the north-western province of Al-Jawf. Al-Jawf borders Saudi...

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June 13, 2015

US concerned about Kurdish offensive in northern Syria

The US said Friday that it is concerned about the human rights record of Syrian Kurdish fighters after a recent offensive in northeast Syria forced thousands of Arabs and...

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June 13, 2015

IHH and Qataris send 27 aid trucks to Syria

Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has said it will help deliver more than 30,000 food packages to over 15,000 families in Syria. In cooperation with the Qatar Charity association,...

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June 13, 2015

US transfers seven Guantanamo detainees to Oman

The US Department of Defence has announced the transfer of seven detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman. According to a Pentagon statement on Friday (local time) the detainees...

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