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Opinion
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6/16/2013 9:20:04 PM
Despite concerns on democracy and human rights under Cairo's Muslim Brotherhood regime, the US, in renewing military aid on the quiet, has signalled that Egypt is too important to its interests to abandon
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World
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Region
6/16/2013 11:25:06 AM
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rebel fighters killed at least 60 Shiites this week
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World
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Region
6/15/2013 5:24:40 PM
Two Saudi women were sentenced for 10 years for helping a Canadian woman to leave her Saudi husband with their children
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World
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Region
6/12/2013 1:46:47 PM
Turkey began efforts to gain the EU membership in 2005, hindered over human rights and Cyprus-related concerns
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World
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Region
6/11/2013 5:41:19 PM
Richard Falk, UN monitor of human rights in Palestinian territories, rejects Israeli pressure for him to step down after Boston marathon remarks 'spun' as 'anti-Semitic'
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World
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Region
6/10/2013 2:32:26 PM
Richard Falk, UN outspoken human rights expert, urges probe into Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners, which is rampant with torture and illegal, arbitrary detention
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World
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Region
6/8/2013 2:04:50 PM
A Yemeni court orders a new probe into the alleged involvement of former president Saleh and 12 of his top aides in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising against his rule
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World
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Region
6/8/2013 11:53:03 AM
Thousands of civilians and fighters who fled Qusayr to Eastern Bweida four day ago are unaccounted for as Syrian regime forces clear Eastern Bweida: human rights monitors
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Egypt
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Politics
6/6/2013 9:46:14 PM
Lawyer for prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma says his client has begun hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention by authorities
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World
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Region
6/6/2013 1:37:28 PM
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says regime troops using missiles to bombard Eastern Bweida village, which is housing refugees from regime-controlled Qusayr
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World
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International
6/5/2013 5:38:56 PM
'Dire' human rights situation in Eritrea forces thousands to flee, UN Human Rights Council reports; Eritrean ambassador calls UN conclusions 'unfair'
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World
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Region
6/5/2013 3:49:48 PM
A Russian Foreign Ministry statement slams reports of UN commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Syria, citing bias towards the rebels
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Egypt
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Politics
6/5/2013 3:30:14 PM
Human Rights Watch denounces Tuesday's conviction of 43 NGO workers, calls for amendments to draft NGO law
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World
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Region
6/4/2013 7:49:10 PM
Two Saudis were executed after they were convicted of two separate murders
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World
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Region
6/4/2013 6:06:57 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised the Jordanian government's decision to block 290 unlicensed local news websites
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Egypt
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Politics
6/4/2013 5:50:23 PM
'We denounce these cases that target freedom of opinion and expression', say human rights groups after Coptic Christian lawyer receives one-year sentence for comments made on Facebook
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Egypt
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Politics
6/4/2013 4:21:34 PM
Lawyer says jail sentences imposed on NGO workers are aimed at pleasing public opinion; rights groups say they are intended to silence independent voices
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World
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Region
6/4/2013 1:40:30 PM
UN human rights office says that a probe should be conducted into police impunity in dealing with anti-government protesters in Turkey
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World
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International
6/3/2013 7:34:09 PM
Fifty signatories are needed for the treaty to come into effect
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World
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International
6/3/2013 11:08:00 AM
Protesters demand reforms and the release of political prisoners vow to press the Ethiopian government with more demonstrations, a day after thousands took part in a rare display of public protest
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