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January 14, 2020

Bennett seizes $17,000 from family of Arab-Israel prisoner

Israeli occupation forces have confiscated 66,500 shekels ($17,000) from the family of prisoner Maher Younis who holds Israeli citizenship. Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday announced on Twitter that...

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January 14, 2020

Israel arrests rabbi who detained, abused 50 women in ‘cult’

Police raided an Israeli cult-like group yesterday headed by a 60-year-old man who has been holding women and children against their will under “slavery” conditions, in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood...

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January 14, 2020

Egypt using fake electricity meter readings to overcharge users

Lawmaker Ahmed Ali Ibrahim of the Free Egyptians Party said yesterday that fake readings from electricity meters have been causing serious economic burdens for thousands of Egyptians. Speaking during...

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January 14, 2020

Report: Syria Kurdish politician executed by Turkey-backed militia

A BBC Arabic investigation based on new findings suggests that the Syrian-Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf was executed by a faction of the so-called Syrian National Army (SNA) which is...

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January 14, 2020

Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019, report finds

Saudi Arabia has been found to have executed its highest recorded number of prisoners last year, despite guarantees from Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to reduce the number of...

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January 14, 2020

After torture, Egypt prisoner attempts suicide in prison

A detainee inside Egypt’s notorious Scorpion prison has attempted suicide due to the severe torture he endured and the harsh detention conditions, a leaked letter from inside the prison...

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January 14, 2020

Jordan’s king: Dialogue with Israel ‘paused’ for 2 years

In an interview with France24 broadcast yesterday, Jordanian King Abdullah II has said that dialogue with Israel had been “on pause” for two years. The king said the reason...

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January 14, 2020

Canada PM: US to blame for Ukraine plane accident in Iran

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that victims of a Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran would still be alive if the US hadn’t triggered tensions in the...

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January 14, 2020

Jordan sentences Israel citizen to 4 months in prison

On Monday a Jordanian court sentenced an Israeli, who illegally entered Jordan, to four months in prison and fined him 1,000 Jordanian Dinars ($1,450), Petra, the Jordanian official news...

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January 14, 2020

Human rights groups to boycott pre-G20 summit in Saudi Arabia

Three of the most prominent international human rights organisations decided on Monday to boycott a series of meetings for civil society organisations, scheduled to take place in the Saudi...

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