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June 23, 2021

Uzbekistan recalls students from Egypt, Turkey as part of clampdown on ‘unofficial’ Islam

Authorities in Uzbekistan are once again restricting and controlling the practise of Islam after some years of easing its previous hard-line policy towards non-state sanctioned interpretations. According to a report on Sunday...

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June 23, 2021

If the US withdraws from Afghanistan, who will fill the security vacuum?

Military withdrawals announced by the United States don’t always happen the way that we expect them to. They are either drawn-out over a number of years, during which they...

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June 23, 2021

Egypt executes 8 people

The Egyptian government executed eight people on Monday bringing the total number of people hanged this year alone to 57, according to the NGO Reprieve. The news comes shortly...

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June 23, 2021

MEMO in conversation with Dr Samah Jabr

Join us for a live conversation with Palestinian psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer Dr Samah Jabr to discuss the mental health issues impacting Palestinians in light of Israel’s recent bombardment...

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June 23, 2021

Another textbook scandal exposes EU’s selective outrage

Another textbook scandal has broken out but this one has the potential to expose double standards and selective outrage within the EU, Israel’s largest trading partner. A top EU...

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June 23, 2021

Rights group urges UAE to allow prisoner of conscious to attend daughter’s funeral

The Emirates Detainees Advocacy Centre (EDAC) has expressed “deep concern” at news that contact has been lost with UAE detainee of conscience and human rights activist Mohammad Abdul Razzaq...

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June 23, 2021

Saudi Arabia arrests judge, officials in $134m corruption case

Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has arrested several government employees including a judge, for alleged involvement in corruption, an official source at the authority said, the Saudi Gazette reports. In...

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June 23, 2021

German media giant tells pro-Palestine staff to find another job

The CEO of Axel Springer, a Berlin-based agency, told the company’s 16,000 employees to find another job if they have a problem with an Israeli flag being posted outside...

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June 23, 2021

Khashoggi’s killers were trained in the US

Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the US State Department,...

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June 23, 2021

Amnesty slams Greece for brutally deporting asylum seekers

Amnesty International slammed Greek authorities for the torture, ill-treatment and illegal pushback of migrants and refugees to Turkey. In a report titled “Greece: Violence, lies, and pushbacks”, Amnesty reported...

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