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Manama offers prisoners extra rights after ‘biggest’ mass hunger strike in Bahrain’s prison history
Aug 29, 2023 13:57Bahraini authorities have proposed to offer more rights to political prisoners, following inmates' mass hunger strike in protest against the inhumane conditions at the notorious Jau prison earlier this month.
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France convicts 2,000 people in connection with June protests
Aug 29, 2023 13:50France has convicted nearly 2,000 people for having participated in protests against police brutality and racial profiling in late June.
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Rohingya Muslims demand safe return to home after 6 years of exodus
Aug 25, 2023 11:29Rohingya Muslim refugees demand their safe return to their homeland, Myanmar, on the sixth anniversary of the violence that forced them to flee to Bangladesh.
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Afghan women stopped by Taliban from attending university in Dubai
Aug 25, 2023 04:00Dozens of young women have been barred by the Taliban from leaving for the United Arab Emirates where they were planning to complete their university education.
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Afghan women paying price for imperialist US policies
Aug 25, 2023 03:56The US invasion and the 20-year-long occupation of Afghanistan have led to a humanitarian crisis for Afghan women, who are now facing oppression, poverty, and rights violations. Human rights advocates say the US and its allies are responsible for the dire plight of Afghan women.
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Israeli blockade endangers lives of cancer patients in Gaza
Aug 25, 2023 03:52The suffering of cancer patients in Gaza continues as the Israeli blockade persists, posing a grave threat to their lives. Despite the high number of cancer cases in Gaza, the Israeli regime restricts the entry of medicines and spare parts for radiation therapy machines to enter Gaza.
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Hamid Nouri says Swedish authorities strip search him every week, control his calls
Aug 22, 2023 11:24The son of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally imprisoned in Sweden, says Swedish authorities strip search his father every week, adding that they have imposed restrictions on him.
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Fishing among dangerous jobs in Gaza amid Israeli siege
Aug 19, 2023 13:27Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip put their lives in danger each time they go fishing to provide for their families, amid threats posed by Israeli naval forces.
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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners start indefinite hunger strike over violent raids on cells
Aug 18, 2023 08:03Hundreds of Palestinians being held inside detention facilities across the occupied territories have launched an indefinite hunger strike to protest mistreatment by prison service forces and violent raids on their cells.
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Crime against humanity: Iran’s top rights official decries Western sanctions
Aug 17, 2023 03:13Iran’s top rights official says the unilateral US sanctions on the Islamic Republic amounts to a crime against humanity, as they severely undermine the basic rights of the entire nation.