World
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Region
1/2/2022 4:26:37 PM
After a day's work in an Iraq public sector job, Azhar offers legal support to women who are victims of domestic abuse, something she knows well given her experience with a brutal husband.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
12/23/2021 6:49:39 PM
Renowned Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif was released from prison on Thursday after completely serving her 18-month-long prison sentence after being convicted with spreading false news, her lawyer Khaled Ali announced.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
12/20/2021 3:34:12 PM
The Emergency State Security Misdemeanour Court sentenced renowned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Monday in the case 1228/2021 to five years in prison over joining a terrorist group and spreading false news inside and outside the country.
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World
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Region
12/19/2021 12:19:29 PM
Opposition activists in Sudan were set for new protests Sunday to mark the third anniversary of mass demonstrations that ended the dictatorship of president Omar al-Bashir as fears mount for the democratic transition.
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World
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International
12/5/2021 10:31:51 PM
Anti-racism activists were beaten up Sunday as far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour held his first presidential campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video that highlighted his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.
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World
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International
11/13/2021 3:18:08 PM
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's daughter on Saturday registered her candidacy for vice president in next year's elections and was chosen as the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the late dictator's son, in an alliance that has alarmed human rights activists.
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World
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Region
11/11/2021 7:40:10 PM
The designated chief executive of NSO, the Israeli firm infamous for phone hacking, is resigning less than two weeks after being nominated, a source close to the company said Thursday.
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World
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Region
11/8/2021 7:24:52 PM
Security researchers disclosed Monday that spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists, half affiliated with groups that Israel's defense minister controversially claimed were involved in terrorism.
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World
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Region
11/6/2021 2:08:31 PM
Sudan's protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month's power grab, calling for two days of nationwide strikes starting Sunday.
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World
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International
11/6/2021 11:00:12 AM
Four women have been found dead in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday, following reports that activists had been killed.
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World
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International
11/5/2021 11:38:42 AM
Thousands of youth activists were preparing to descend on Glasgow on Friday to protest against what they say is a dangerous lack of action by leaders at the COP26 climate summit.
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World
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Region
10/27/2021 10:06:56 AM
Sudanese security forces detained three prominent pro-democracy figures, family members and activists said Wednesday, as international pressure mounted on the country's military to walk back the coup it staged earlier this week.
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World
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International
10/26/2021 1:01:15 PM
Women activists in Kabul held up signs that read "why is the world watching us die in silence?" on Tuesday, protesting the international community's inaction on the crisis in Afghanistan.
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World
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Region
10/23/2021 9:37:06 PM
Two years after a now-defunct protest movement shook Lebanon, opposition activists are hoping parliamentary polls will challenge the ruling elite's stranglehold on the country.
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World
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Region
10/16/2021 8:25:10 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned as "inexcusable" a deadly crackdown by Paris police on a 1961 protest by Algerians whose scale was covered up for decades, disappointing activists who hoped for an even stronger recognition of responsibility.
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World
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International
10/7/2021 9:51:48 AM
Britain is eager to brandish its environmental credentials before the upcoming COP26 summit, but it is grappling at the same time with mounting protests from climate activists.
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World
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International
10/2/2021 12:38:48 PM
Twitter has appealed a French court decision that ordered it to give activists full access to all of its relevant documents on efforts to fight hate speech
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World
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Region
9/29/2021 12:57:26 PM
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, hurling stones at cars and homes and leaving several people wounded, including a Palestinian toddler, activists said Wednesday.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/20/2021 4:54:56 PM
Dozens of renowned international performers, activists, world leaders, and philanthropists will be taking part in a 24-hour global event that begins on 25 September
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World
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Region
9/13/2021 11:47:49 AM
Activists shared a video on social media showing the Israeli soldiers banning a Palestinian paramedic from helping the injured
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