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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/9/2021 9:40:00 PM
Egypt’s record on human rights and democracy took centre stage during Parliamentary Speaker Hanafi Gibali’s visits to Belgium and Spain.
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World
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International
12/9/2021 6:04:57 PM
China committed genocide in the Xinjiang region by preventing births in the Uyghur population, a London panel investigating alleged human rights abuses concluded on Thursday.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/9/2021 4:36:00 PM
Twelve human rights organisations signed a statement commending the accomplishments made by Egypt over the past year to consolidate the culture of human rights, especially after ending the state of emergency in October.
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World
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International
12/9/2021 1:19:27 PM
The U.S. has ordered an arms embargo on Cambodia, citing deepening Chinese military influence, corruption and human rights abuses by the government and armed forces in the Southeast Asian country.
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World
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Region
12/8/2021 9:22:27 PM
Iran has voiced criticism over new US sanctions imposed on a dozen Iranian entities and officials accused of "serious" human rights abuses.
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World
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International
12/8/2021 3:41:01 PM
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday that Australia will join the U.S. in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns.
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World
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Region
12/7/2021 11:00:35 PM
The United States slapped fresh sanctions on a dozen Iranian officials and entities for "serious" human rights abuses Tuesday, days after nuclear talks with Tehran halted with no sign of progress.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
12/7/2021 2:37:49 PM
A Mansoura state security misdemeanour court has ordered the release of researcher Patrick George Zaki pending trial on charges of spreading false news inside Egypt and abroad, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) announced on Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
12/7/2021 12:47:32 PM
Islamist militants waging a brutal insurgency in northern Mozambique have abducted more than 600 women and children over the past three years, Human Rights Watch said in report Tuesday.
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World
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International
11/30/2021 5:10:31 PM
Taliban fighters have summarily killed or forcibly ``disappeared'' more than 100 former police and intelligence officers since taking power in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
11/29/2021 7:07:39 PM
A Cairo misdemeanour economic court has fined prominent human rights activist Hossam Bahgat EGP 10,000 for insulting the National Elections Authority.
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World
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International
11/19/2021 3:41:36 PM
A British heavy machinery company has denied allegations by an international rights group that it is complicit in alleged Israeli abuses in the occupied West Bank.
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World
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Africa
11/17/2021 5:28:25 PM
Ethiopia's human rights watchdog said Wednesday it had been barred from visiting detainees rounded up in mass arrests under a wartime state of emergency.
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World
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Africa
11/16/2021 1:57:00 PM
The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at surging arrests in Ethiopia since the country introduced a state of emergency on November 2.
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World
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Africa
11/15/2021 6:51:14 PM
South Africa's Human Rights Commission opened hearings Monday into July riots that left 354 dead, with witnesses giving vivid accounts of how the violence spilled into homes and devastated families.
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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 10:14:08 PM
Israel faced growing calls on Thursday to release five Palestinians who have been on hunger strike for weeks to protest a controversial policy of holding them indefinitely without charge, including one who has been fasting for 120 days and is in severe condition.
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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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Africa
11/6/2021 6:14:44 PM
Ethiopia must be ready to make "sacrifices" to "salvage" the country, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Saturday, as fighting in the north intensifies between government forces and Tigrayan rebels who threaten to advance on the capital.
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World
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Region
11/6/2021 2:45:19 PM
A confidential Israeli dossier detailing alleged links between Palestinian human rights groups and an internationally designated terrorist organization contains little concrete evidence and failed to convince European countries to stop funding the groups.
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