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April 17, 2020

Egypt: Alaa Abdel Fattah protests family visit ban with hunger strike

Well-known Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has gone on hunger strike to protest against the ban on family visits implemented by authorities since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. His...

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April 17, 2020

GCC approves food supply network for member states

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has today approved the establishment of a common food supply network among its member states. The proposal for such a network was made by...

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April 17, 2020

Saudi executes Yemen man for stabbing Spain performers

Saudi Arabia has carried out the execution of a Yemeni man convicted over the stabbing of at least three Spanish dancers during a live performance at a festival in the capital...

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April 17, 2020

Amazon donates $300,000 to supply Israel with medical equipment

Global ecommerce company Amazon has donated $300,000 to a non-profit US organisation which is supplying medical equipment to healthcare professionals and patients in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic. The donation by...

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April 17, 2020

COVID-19 is exacerbating neo-colonialism, including in Egypt

On Tuesday the UK’s Ambassador to Egypt, Geoffrey Adams, hailed the news that a shipment of protective medical gowns would be sent from Egypt to the UK. A great...

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April 17, 2020

Turkey’s Spiderman comes to the rescue of those in lockdown

Spiderman has hit the street of Antalya, Turkey, to delivery groceries to those living under lockdown. Wearing a Spiderman costume, Burak Soylu, drops essentials to the elderly in an...

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April 17, 2020

China sends 2 boxes of aid to coronavirus hit Syria

China delivered two boxes of medical supplies to Syria to help in its fight against COVID-19 yesterday, Syrian state media reported. Test kits arrived at Damascus International Airport when...

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April 17, 2020

UN urges Iraq to pass laws to tackle domestic violence

Numerous UN offices in Iraq yesterday urged the government to expedite Anti-Domestic Violence Laws amid reports of a rise in such attacks during the coronavirus lockdown. In a joint...

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April 17, 2020

Israel: Migrant workers must repay money used during coronavirus pandemic next year

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office has changed a draft law demanding migrant workers repay money withdrawn from state-run deposit accounts during the pandemic from January 2021. The deposit accounts, which...

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April 17, 2020

Calls for global action to save Palestinian prisoners

The Palestinian Forum in Britain today called on international institutions and human rights organisations to pressure Israel to release thousands of prisoners in light of the outbreak of the...

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