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September 24, 2021

Number of first time asylum seekers in EU doubles

The number of first-time asylum seekers to the European Union has more than doubled over the spring months, Reuters said a report released today by the bloc’s statistics office revealed. Nearly...

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September 24, 2021

Two children die a week in Syria Al-Hawl camp, charity reveals

Two children die every week in north-east Syria’s Al-Hawl detention camp, a charity has revealed. According to a report by the UK-based charity Save the Children, at least 62 children have...

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September 24, 2021

US Congress approves $1bn for Israel missile defence

The US House of Representatives has approved $1 billion in new funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system, just days after the funding was removed from a broader spending bill....

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September 24, 2021

Israel suspends Gilboa Prison chief after prisoners escape

Israeli prisons authorities yesterday temporarily suspended the head of the Gilboa Prison, Freddy Ben-Sheetrit, after six Palestinian inmates dug their way out of the high security jail earlier this...

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September 24, 2021

Saudi Arabia releases prominent rights advocate after 15 years in prison

Saudi authorities yesterday released human rights defender, Abdul Rahman Al-Shamiri, after detaining him for 15 years . The rights organisation ALQST and the Prisoners of Conscience Twitter account quoted...

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September 24, 2021

France: government taken to court over arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Civil society organisations yesterday filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court of Paris against the French government’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. A joint statement by...

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September 24, 2021

Half of global casualties from cluster bomb were in Syria in 2020, report reveals

Over half of all worldwide casualties caused by cluster bombs in 2020 were in Syria, a new report has revealed. According to the publication released by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC)...

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September 24, 2021

Two jailed Azeri rights activists begin hunger strike in Iran

Two Azeri Iranian rights activists who have been detained by Iran yesterday began a hunger strike to protest the lack of education in the Turkish language and discrimination in...

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September 24, 2021

Lebanon: president meets maritime border negotiation team

Lebanese President Michel Aoun met at the presidential palace east of Beirut yesterday with his country’s delegation to the indirect maritime border demarcation talks with Israel. The team is...

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September 24, 2021

Jordan: minister says Syria crisis can only be resolved with US-Russian dialogue

Jordan’s foreign minister has said that the Syrian crisis can only be resolved through exclusively US-Russian dialogue, alongside a collective Arab role. “Russia has a major role in any...

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