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January 14, 2021

Tunisia’s road to democracy

On 14 January 2011, Tunisia’s long-time President of 23 years Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to step down after mass protests broke out in the country in...

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January 14, 2021

One year since US-Egypt citizen Moustafa Kassem died in Egyptian prison

Today marks one year since Egyptian-American citizen Moustafa Kassem died in an Egyptian prison after embarking on a hunger strike over his unjust detention. Kassem was 54 and working...

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January 14, 2021

Can the Arab Spring really be an Israeli conspiracy?

Ever since the launch of the Tunisian revolution ten years ago, some have accused the Arab popular revolutions of being an “Israeli or American conspiracy”. The intention has been...

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January 14, 2021

Sharp decline in Lebanon human rights, says HRW

Human rights in Lebanon have seen the most drastic deterioration in decades, according to the Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) World Report 2021. The country’s poverty rate doubled in 2020 as...

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January 14, 2021

Egypt’s private sector is squeezed by the army’s hold over the economy

The Egyptian Minister of Finance, Dr Mohamed Maait, has confirmed that the country is set to witness a greater role for the private sector in economic development, as it...

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January 14, 2021

Israel MK threatens to destroy Iran nuclear program if US returns to deal

An Israeli minister in the ruling Likud party has warned that if the United States is to return to the Iran nuclear deal under the new administration of President-elect...

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January 14, 2021

Shia cleric calls for Iraq to find alternative for Iran gas

Influential Shia Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has called for Iraq to find an alternative to Iranian gas used to operate electricity plants after imports were halted due to the debt...

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January 14, 2021

EX-HRW director calls on Egypt to release elderly prisoners

Executive Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), Sarah Leah Whitson, yesterday called on Egyptian authorities to release elderly prisoners. In a video posted on Twitter by Batel Campaign, Whitson said: “I am speaking today...

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January 14, 2021

The ‘Munich Quartet’ should continue to remind them; it may help some

The fourth meeting of the “Munich Quartet” — Germany, Jordan, Egypt and France — ended in Cairo this week. It was mainly concerned with the Palestinian issue. The fifth...

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January 14, 2021

Gaza aid worker attends 154th court hearing in Israel

Former Gaza aid worker, Mohammad El-Halabi, is attending his 154th court hearing in Israel, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) said yesterday. The 42-year-old, who was the director of World...

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