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November 21, 2019

Mohamed Ali: ‘Constructing prisons is a very lucrative business’

Egyptian whilstleblower Mohamed Ali has told MEMO that building prisons in Egypt is a very lucrative business. Since Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s rise to power in 2014 human rights activists...

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November 21, 2019

Iran begins reconnecting internet after shutdown over protests

Iran on Thursday began restoring internet access in the capital Tehran and a number of provinces, local news agencies and residents said, after a days-long nationwide shutdown meant to...

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November 21, 2019

UN official: Attack on Syria refugee camp ‘sickening’

A UN official for the Syria Crisis in a statement on Thursday ‘strongly’ condemned an attack that targeted vulnerable civilians, including elderly people, women and children on a camp...

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November 21, 2019

Greece to shut down 3 refugee camps

Greece will shut down three major refugee camps, according to officials, Anadolu Agency reports. The camps will be replaced by closed facilities with a capacity of 1,000 to 5,000 people, government spokesman Stelios...

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November 21, 2019

Leave the judgment to God: The role of Islamic discourse in addressing suicide

A mother came to me in the wake of her son’s suicide. She had consulted a Sheikh – in this case someone who claimed to be a religious leader...

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November 21, 2019

Israel PM charged with bribery, fraud, breach of trust

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, making him the first sitting prime minister to face prosecution. The news comes...

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November 21, 2019

Rights groups: 4,000 children arrested in Egypt since coup

Some 4,000 Egyptian children have been arbitrarily detained in Egypt since the 2013 coup, four human rights organisations have revealed. In a joint statement issued yesterday, the organisations documented...

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November 21, 2019

Third Iraq minister probed on corruption charges

Iraq’s Commission of Integrity (COI) announced today that it has summoned a third minister on charges of corruption and mismanagement. The COI said in a statement that the court...

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November 21, 2019

Sanders demands dignity for Palestinians in US leadership debate

US Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders received thunderous applause during a Democrat candidate debate following remarks that he would get tougher on Israel and champion Palestinian dignity if he became...

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November 21, 2019

Will Libya back away from allowing Gaddafi to stand trial at the ICC?

It appears that Libya’s Minister of Justice, Mohamed Lamloum, underestimated the public reaction to his statements before the International Criminal Court (ICC) last Tuesday. The ICC was hearing an...

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