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November 25, 2015

2,000 Egyptian women arrested and 20 raped under Sisi

The Revolutionary Alliance of Egyptian Women, a women’s rights opposition group, has revealed that “since the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, over 2,000 women have been arrested…...

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November 25, 2015

Leaked documents show 12 torture tactics practiced by Egypt’s national security

A letter written by a detainee in one of Egypt’s notorious detention centres in Fayoum and smuggled out of an underground cell has provided detailed information on 12 torture...

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November 25, 2015

We need a new deal for Europe’s Muslims

France’s own war on terror, which has generally taken a different tack to that of the rest of the West, leaves much to be desired. The argument that its...

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November 25, 2015

Chief of Iranian Revolutionary Guard seriously injured in Syria

Iranian media sources have confirmed that General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been seriously injured in Aleppo, Syria....

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November 25, 2015

Cultural provocation won’t change political tendencies

In Moroccan politics, the recurrence of — often hot — cultural frictions on such issues as personal freedoms, language policy or artistic events reveal hidden socio-political divergence. Their politicisation...

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November 25, 2015

Israel meets with Google and YouTube to discuss censoring Palestinian videos

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has met with representatives of YouTube and Google to discuss ways to cooperate in what she calls the fight against “inciting violence and...

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November 25, 2015

Israel renews Jerusalem ban for Islamic movement leaders

The Israeli authorities have renewed the ban on two Islamic movement leaders from entering Jerusalem for the third six-month period in a row. The movement’s Deputy Head, Kamal Khatib,...

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November 25, 2015

PA calls on Saudis to pardon Palestinian poet on death row

The Palestinian Authority has called on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to pardon a Palestinian poet who has been sentenced to death for renouncing Islam. “We appeal to our...

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November 25, 2015

Egypt rejects UN call to investigate killing of Sudanese nationals

The Egyptian foreign ministry has rejected a call by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to investigate the killing and injury of Sudanese migrants in the Sinai Peninsula near the...

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November 25, 2015

Syria: Where reason is crushed in the rush to war

The First World War started over less. Jets from Turkey, a member of NATO, shot down a Sukhoi 24 fighter from Russia, a state with around 7,700 nuclear warheads,...

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