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Prisoner swap, release of Iran’s assets unrelated: FM
Aug 14, 2023 10:49Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian dismissed any connection between the exchange of prisoners with the US and the release of Iran’s assets frozen abroad.
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Hundreds go on mass hunger strike at Bahrain's notorious Jau prison
Aug 10, 2023 03:57Hundreds of Bahraini political prisoners are taking part in a hunger strike to protest ill-treatment and hard conditions at Bahrain’s notorious Jau prison.
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Israel killed 37 Palestinian children since start of year, says Defense for Children International
Aug 05, 2023 12:52An international and independent child rights organization says Israeli military forces have killed more than three dozen Palestinian children during separate incursions in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2023.
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UN sounds alarm over Sudan's catastrophic humanitarian situation
Aug 05, 2023 12:17The United Nations has warned that ongoing fighting between rivaling forces in Sudan has plunged the humanitarian situation of the impoverished nation from critical to catastrophic.
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India suspends passports of dozens of Kashmiris citing security reasons: Report
Aug 04, 2023 04:04Indian authorities have suspended the passports of dozens of Kashmiris including journalists and political activists, terming them as “security threats to India”.
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Ousted Myanmar leader’s 33-year jail term cut by six years
Aug 01, 2023 11:33Myanmar junta partially pardoned charges against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, cutting her 33-year jail sentence by six years.
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Former childcare worker faces 1,623 child-abuse charges in Australia, overseas
Aug 01, 2023 11:16A former childcare worker in Australia has been charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offenses, including rape, against 91 young girls across the country and abroad over a 15-year period.
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West’s deafening silence on terrorist attacks behind global scourge: Gharibabadi
Jul 27, 2023 09:07Iran’s top human rights official has censured Western countries and international organizations for remaining silent on a recent deadly terrorist attack in the country’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province.
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Three Palestinians martyred in Nablus
Jul 25, 2023 08:32Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, martyring three Palestinians.
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Alabama set to resume lethal injections despite botched executions
Jul 20, 2023 08:49The US state of Alabama is set to resume executions by the use of lethal injection for the first time since the state blocked the practice due to unprecedented botched executions last year.