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August 6, 2015

120 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails start open hunger strike

As many as 120 Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli Nafha prison have started an open hunger strike in protest against the repressive measures used against them, Minister of...

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August 6, 2015

Netanyahu appoints former settler leader as ambassador to Brazil

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed former chairman of the West Bank settlement council, Dani Dayan, as Israel’s ambassador to Brazil. In a statement issued by his office yesterday,...

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August 6, 2015

Fatah demands Jordan intervene to protect Al-Aqsa

Fatah has called for an “urgent and immediate intervention” from Jordan to stop settlers from attacking Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement to Quds Press yesterday, the group’s spokesman Raafat...

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August 6, 2015

Houthis kidnap prominent Yemeni journalist

The Houthi militias in Yemen have kidnapped journalist Abdulkader Alguneid after breaking into his home on Wednesday afternoon. Being the most prominent media voice in Taiz, he used his...

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August 6, 2015

The electricity uprising in Iraq

“If we cannot provide enough electric power for the Iraqis, why don’t the families buy private generators?” asked an Iraqi official during a recent press interview. It was similar...

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August 6, 2015

Al-Sallabi calls for investigation into alleged torture of Saadi Gaddafi

Islamic scholar Ali Al-Sallabi, a member of the General Secretariat of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, strongly condemned the torture of prisoners in Libyan prisons which was revealed...

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August 6, 2015

Administrative detention of Jewish extremists sends a message, but doesn’t go to the heart of the problem

Israel has long been criticised by human rights groups for its use of “administrative detention”. The term refers to detaining people – always Palestinians – without charge or trial....

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August 6, 2015

Israel advocacy group says settler arson attack could be ‘Arab hoax’

The Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA), one of the oldest Israel advocacy groups in the United States, has claimed that the fatal arson attack on a Palestinian home in...

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August 5, 2015

Have you heard of Achrat Mohamed?

Most people have heard of Cecil the Lion. Shot by Walter Palmer, an American recreational big-game hunter, the lion’s death sparked an international outcry. But have they heard the...

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August 5, 2015

Egypt’s prison death trap: 71 detainees have died in custody since January

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) has revealed that an increasing number of Egyptians detainees are dying in police custody after being held in...

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