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Saudi Arabia declares war on free speech and civil liberties
Jan 20, 2019 10:51Saudi Arabia has done it again … that is to land itself in the middle of a controversy that exposes not just the dictatorial devolution of its system of governance but the inaptitude of its governing dogma to self-sustain against the pushes of technology.
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PM Modi faces ouster amid rural anger, Muslim discontent
Jan 20, 2019 09:07Hundreds of thousands of people have joined a massive demonstration in India to rally support for the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming general elections.
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Former UN rights chief Mary Robinson pulls out of Dubai festival over jailed activist
Jan 15, 2019 08:41The former United Nations human rights commissioner, Mary Robinson, has boycotted the Arab world's biggest literary festival in Dubai, responding to an open letter by a group of prominent figures calling for the unconditional release of an Emirati activist.
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Aal-e Khalifa regime axing own feet through human rights violations
Jan 08, 2019 13:26The situation in Bahrain is alarming and sooner or later bound to explode, says Iran’s English language daily ‘Kayhan International’ in its viewpoint column.
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Annual migrant deaths in Mediterranean fall by over a quarter: UNHCR
Jan 04, 2019 02:48The UN refugee agency says the number of migrants who died or went missing attempting to cross the Mediterranean fell by more than a quarter in 2018 over the previous year, to 2,262.
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Trump’s war on immigrants
Dec 18, 2018 13:30Nearly 15,000 immigrant children are being held in a network of detention centers across the United States.
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Yellow Vest rallies spread to Canadian cities
Dec 16, 2018 11:19Protesters wearing yellow vests, inspired by the rallies that have been taking place in France over one month, took the streets in various cities across Canada on Saturday.
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Video contradicts Israel’s claim on disabled Palestinian’s killing
Dec 11, 2018 12:26A recently released video footage has showed Israeli forces shooting a disabled Palestinian man in the back, despite the usurper regime’s claim that he was killed during clashes in the occupied West Bank.
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HRW rejects Saudi words, urges Riyadh to let observers ensure safety of female activists
Dec 07, 2018 15:04The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Saudi Arabia to allow independent observers to gain access to and ensure the safety of a number of women activists jailed in the kingdom, saying Riyadh is no longer trustworthy after its lies about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Human rights official: Khashoggi killed after Trump's greenlight
Dec 04, 2018 12:48Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani argued that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a victim of internal conflicts and feuds between the US democrats and was killed only after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman received a green light from President Donald Trump.