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January 26, 2021

Egypt cartoonist arrested on 10th anniversary of 2011 uprising

Egyptian authorities yesterday arrested a cartoonist after he posted a video tribute to the country’s 2011 uprising on the tenth anniversary of the first mass protests, Reuters reported. Cartoonist...

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January 26, 2021

We are still part of the January Revolution and it is part of us

Bread, freedom and social justice was the slogan chanted by Egyptians on the streets ten years ago yesterday. Yes, it has been ten years since the January Revolution. I...

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January 26, 2021

After 20 operations, Syrian mother sees her sons again

A Syrian mother who lost her sight following a barrel bomb explosion at the hands of the Assad regime has been able to see her sons for the first...

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January 26, 2021

Lebanon: foreign minister requests secrecy in Central Bank probe

Lebanon’s caretaker foreign minister has asked Switzerland to investigate his country’s Central Bank Governor in secret. Charbel Wehbe made his request in a meeting with the Swiss ambassador to...

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January 26, 2021

Fatah reject’s Dahlan party’s proposal to run on one list

The Fatah movement has turned down a proposal made by the Democratic Reform Current, led by dismissed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan, to run on a joint list in the...

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January 26, 2021

Amnesty slams Egypt’s punitive measures against revolutionaries

Rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed human rights abuses in Egypt in a new report to mark the ten-year anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising. Jails in Egypt are packed with the revolutionaries...

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January 26, 2021

CAAT: UK government must halt arms sales to Egypt

On the tenth anniversary of the Egyptian uprising, the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) has called on the UK government to end arms sales and support for the Egyptian...

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January 26, 2021

Palestine and the election game (Part 1)

Read part 2 here The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas was adamant that he was cancelling security coordination with the occupation state, pulling out of the Oslo...

Article
January 26, 2021

PA reiterates plan to sue firms trading with settlements

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has condemned increasing escalation by Israeli Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, reiterating his government’s decision to prosecute firms trading with...

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January 26, 2021

Yemen’s UAE-backed body pledges to thwart president’s decisions

The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen on Sunday pledged to prevent the implementation of decisions made by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi without prior consultations, the Safa news agency...

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