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March 14, 2015

Thousands of Syrians ‘tortured’ by regime

Nearly 13,000 Syrians, including 108 children, have been tortured to death in regime prisons since the uprising began in March 2011, a monitoring group said on Friday. According to...

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March 14, 2015

Kuwait arrests Islamist leader over Saudi ‘insult’

Kuwait has arrested the leader of the Islamist Ummah Party for allegedly insulting the neighbouring Gulf state of Saudi Arabia on television, the interior ministry has revealed in a...

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March 14, 2015

Houthis release Islamist leader but keep 3 more in custody

Yemen’s Houthi rebels released one of the leaders of the Congregation for Reform on Friday evening but have kept three others in custody, Anadolu has reported. The reform movement...

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March 14, 2015

International solidarity efforts continue 12 years after killing of Rachel Corrie

Protests by international solidarity activists against Israel’s military occupation continue 12 years after the killing of Rachel Corrie. The young woman was crushed by an Israel Defence Forces armoured...

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March 13, 2015

Rare Islamic and Christian manuscripts recall a more inclusive Middle East

The book is heavy, somewhat fragile despite its bulk, the papers stained yellow with age and hardened by dust and time. The inside leaf showcases a mesmerising scrawl of...
March 13, 2015

Will foreign investors in Egypt have blood on their hands?

The regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has staked its future on an investment conference, for which he is desperate to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). Egypt does not need...

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March 13, 2015

British Muslims disillusioned with political process

Sadiq Khan, the Shadow Secretary for Justice, recently lamented the lack of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) MPs in parliament as a disgrace and admitted that the steady...

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March 13, 2015

UNICEF: 14 million children at risk in Syria, Iraq conflict

The UN children’s agency has warned the escalating conflict in Syria and Iraq has put more than14 million children across the region under risk of violence, poverty, trauma and...

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March 13, 2015

Reprieve: UK Government fights to keep lawyer snooping details secret

The UK government today argued that it should not have to admit to several Libyan renditions victims, or to the public, whether it spied unlawfully on their protected communications...

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March 13, 2015

Torture in the UAE

Today, the issue of the continuing and methodological torture of prisoners of conscience in the UAE takes a new decisive turn. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights will today...

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