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April 25, 2015

HRW: Gulf pays more $6b to supress Egyptian opposition

Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth has said that latest support of Gulf States to Egypt was channelled to “suppress dissent.” Roth tweeted on Thursday: “It’s expensive...

News
April 24, 2015

Important lessons from the Birzeit University elections

The conduct of public opinion polls may not be as well-entrenched in the Middle East as it is in the west but there are no doubt other credible means...

Commentary & Analysis
April 24, 2015

Medical professionals respond to serious threat to The Lancet

The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals, is under attack from more than 500 doctors from across the globe over an open letter it...

News
April 24, 2015

Of migrants, murder, and historical myopia

Nearly 2,000 people have been killed this year while attempting to make the perilous sea journey across the Mediterranean to the supposed safe haven of Europe – or rather,...

Article
April 24, 2015

Mediterranean migrants are desperate; Europe can’t just turn them away

On Thursday, the bodies recovered from the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant disaster were buried in Malta. There were only 24 coffins, although an estimated 800 people died. None of the...

Blog
April 24, 2015

Division amongst Yemeni parties regarding conditions of ending the crisis

The idea of holding talks to end the crisis in Yemen is welcomed by all parties, but with the continued Saudi attacks and airstrikes, no agreement has been reached...

News
April 24, 2015

Morocco allows citizens to challenge government decisions

Morocco has approved two bills allowing its citizens to challenge decisions made by the government and its institutions and to propose new laws, the government spokesperson said yesterday. Morocco’s...

News
April 24, 2015

Palestinian FM: Israel stopped South African minister’s visit to Palestine

Israel has stopped a planned visit by South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande to the Palestinian territories scheduled for later this month, the Anadolu Agency reported a...

News
April 24, 2015

Internally displaced Palestinians march to Hadatha

On April 23rd, the day that Jewish Israelis celebrated ‘Independence Day’, several thousand Palestinian citizens of Israel marched to the depopulated village of Hadatha in the annual March of...

News
April 24, 2015

Baghdad attacks leave three dead, 15 injured

Three separate attacks left three people dead and 15 injured, including an Iraqi army officer, in Baghdad today, an Iraqi police source said. Two civilians were killed and eight...

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