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December 4, 2020

US blocks Xinjiang cotton imports over Uyghur ‘slave labour’

The US Customs and Border Protection agency said on Wednesday that its ‘Withhold Release Order’ would ban all cotton products from China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, one of China’s largest producers, Reuters reported. The ban...

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December 4, 2020

Nigeria pirates demand $1.3m to release Lebanon, Egypt hostages

Nigerian pirates who hijacked a cargo ship and kidnapped the crew last week have demanded $1.3 million in exchange for their release, the National reported. Ten crew members, including three...

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December 4, 2020

Palestinian child suffers broken jaw while in Israel detention

A Palestinian child detainee underwent surgery yesterday after he was brutally beaten by Israel soldiers, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS). The 16-year-old from the Al-Arroub refugee camp,...

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December 4, 2020

SOHR: Over 900 mercenaries return to Syria from Karabakh

More than 900 pro-Turkish Syrian fighters have returned home following the end of hostilities between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory...

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December 4, 2020

Egypt releases EIPR staff after international outcry

Egypt released three senior staff of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) group on Wednesday amidst an international outcry over their arrest, the BBC reported. Human rights activists Karim Ennarah, Gasser Abdel-Razek...

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December 4, 2020

In first-ever, female academic chairs Saudi Shura Council meeting

The Shura Council of Saudi Arabia, a consultative body that has no-executive power within the absolute monarchy, made its own little history today by allowing a woman to chair...

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December 4, 2020

Saudi Arabia releases over 1,500 detainees due to lack of evidence

Saudi Arabia has released more than 1,500 detainees throughout the country due to the lack of substantial legal grounds for their arrest and detainment, local media has reported. The...

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December 4, 2020

Hezbollah drone crosses into Israel during military exercise

A Hezbollah drone crossed into Israel yesterday, interrupting a military exercise, Ynet News reported, citing Lebanon’s Al-Nahar television channel. The unmanned drone crossed the disputed border during the second day of Israel’s military...

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December 4, 2020

Syria: Displaced children run after rubbish truck scavenging for food

Displaced Syrian children have resorted to sifting through rubbish to look for food in the liberated territories of north-west Syria due to a shortage of humanitarian aid. In a...

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December 4, 2020

Brotherhood: Senator’s calls to designate us as terror group shift focus from Egypt’s abuse of oppositionists

Today, 4 December 2020, is the date fixed by the Italian judiciary to prosecute five members of the security forces of the Egyptian military coup who kidnapped the Italian...

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