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COP27
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Articles
7/5/2022 12:26:11 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi initiated a call for wide-ranging national dialogue among a multiplicity of political, social, and economic actors in April’s Ramadan Family Iftar Banquet.
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World
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Africa
7/4/2022 7:41:00 PM
The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia's north is overshadowing a "persistent cycle of violence" against civilians by security forces and armed groups in the Oromia region, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/4/2022 4:18:00 PM
Veteran political commentator Amr El-Shobaki gives Ahmed Morsy his take on how to make the national dialogue a success.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/1/2022 7:27:06 PM
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) marked the ninth anniversary of the 30 June 2013 Revolution, saying it coincides this year with "a key leap in advancing rights and freedoms in Egypt."
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World
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Africa
6/30/2022 10:52:42 PM
A United Nations rights panel focusing on Ethiopia says it's alarmed over continued violations and abuses in the East African country.
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World
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International
6/28/2022 12:26:29 PM
Police in India's capital New Delhi arrested a Muslim journalist Monday evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in what many have slammed as the latest example of shrinking press freedoms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
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World
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International
6/25/2022 10:25:32 PM
The Spanish prime minister on Saturday described a deadly migrant rush on the enclave of Melilla from Morocco as an attack on Spain's "territorial integrity", as human rights activists demanded an investigation.
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World
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Region
6/25/2022 3:01:19 PM
Human rights organizations in Spain and Morocco have called on both countries to investigate the deaths of at least 18 Africans and injuries suffered by dozens more who attempted to scale the border fence that surrounds Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
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Sports
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World
6/25/2022 10:22:12 AM
With this year's World Cup in Qatar clouded by labor and human rights issues, there's a push for the North American cities awarded games for the 2026 tournament to commit to livable wages, equitable hiring and worker protection.
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World
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Region
6/24/2022 7:05:09 PM
Saudi authorities have released a member of the country's Shia minority who was arrested at age 13 and had risked the death penalty, a human rights group said on Friday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/24/2022 2:01:26 PM
Poland is getting a loan of 450 million euros ($474 million) from a European human rights group to help it cope with the influx of refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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Africa
6/23/2022 12:09:16 PM
The UN rights chief said Thursday she was "horrified" at accounts of attacks in western Ethiopia that left hundreds dead at the weekend, urging authorities to hold "prompt, impartial and thorough investigations".
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Egypt
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Politics
6/22/2022 7:28:33 PM
Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights NCHR) and the House of Representatives’ Human Rights Committee have agreed to hold joint workshops to contribute to achieving the goals of the country's National Strategy for Human Rights.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/21/2022 8:39:04 PM
A delegation of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) visited Damanhour Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre on Sunday. The centre was recently inaugurated to replace a number of traditional old prisons.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/20/2022 1:06:30 PM
Mahmoud Karem, the vice president of Egypt’s National Council of Human Rights (NCHR), said the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is following up on the positive steps taken by Egypt to advance human rights, including the launch of the country’s National Human Rights Strategy and recent call for a national dialogue.
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World
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Africa
6/19/2022 11:15:52 AM
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said that security forces had summarily executed residents in Gambella, suspecting them of collaborating with rebels who attacked the southwestern city earlier this week.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/16/2022 5:04:11 PM
Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development (ECHRD) issued a report on Thursday detailing a threefold increase in Israeli hate speech and incitement against Palestinians on social media in 2021 over 2020 and describing its long term harms.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/14/2022 7:31:46 PM
Prominent human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announced on Tuesday the release of 10 pre-trial detainees who had been imprisoned on charges of joining a terrorist group, publishing and spreading false news and statements.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/14/2022 12:01:11 AM
Egypt says that it coordinated with more than 95 countries at the 50th UN Human Rights Council session on Monday to issue a joint statement on the family’s role within society and its right to protection from the state.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/13/2022 6:38:11 PM
The Egyptian authorities have released 15 pretrial detainees, including Islamist activist Magdy Korkor and producer Moetaz Abdel-Wahab, human rights lawyer Khaled Ali wrote on Facebook on Monday.
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