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          Displaced Palestinians inspect damage to the Yaffa School following an Israeli air strike east of Gaza city on April 23. EPA

          'Trump effect' is catastrophe for billions, Amnesty International says

          MENAApril 28, 2025
          Lawyers said some of the penal code amendments could lead to more abusive practices by Egyptian police. AFP

          Egypt's parliament approves sweeping changes to penal code

          MENAJanuary 15, 2025
          Lorries carrying bodies arrived daily at the Tell Al Nasser cemetery off the motorway between Homs and Hama. Lizzie Porter / the National

          Gravediggers tell a story of tortured souls in Syria

          MENADecember 24, 2024
          The head of the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Paulo Pinheiro said the most important thing in documenting human rights abuses in Syria was 'to protect the civilians'. EPA

          Syria Commission chief on his 13 years of documenting human rights abuses

          USDecember 20, 2024
          EPA / Reuters

          The Assad regime were world leaders in torture. Its survivors will determine Syria's future

          CommentDecember 20, 2024
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          The flag-draped casket of Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamad during his funeral in Damascus. Getty Images

          Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamada buried in Damascus

          MENADecember 12, 2024
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          MENADecember 09, 2024
          Migrants arrive at the harbour in Los Cristianos, Tenerife, in Spain, on November 18. EPA

          Spain to legalise undocumented immigrants

          EuropeNovember 20, 2024
          Pro-Palestinian protesters display a banner while demonstrating outside the High Court in London, Britain, 18 November 2024. Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq and Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) are taking legal action against the British Department for Business and Trade, challenging exports of weapons and military equipment to Israel. A hearing to discuss how to progress the case is taking place on 18 November at the High Court, after the hearing scheduled for October 2024 was adjourned after the Government had suspended some licenses. EPA / ANDY RAIN

          Palestinian human rights group takes UK government to court

          UKNovember 18, 2024
          A file photo of Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari. Getty Images

          Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari dies by suicide in protest against regime

          MENANovember 14, 2024
          Sudanese army soldiers patrol an area in Khartoum North. AFP

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          MENANovember 13, 2024
          Children carrying a loudspeaker. The children of Patna Rahika are Musahar Dalits. They do not study as there is no school in the village. Taniya Dutta for The National

          India's Musahars: Rat-eating poorest of poor still dwell on society's fringe 75 years after caste system's end

          AsiaOctober 25, 2024
          Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Reuters

          UN rights chief warns Israel against 'large-scale, forcible transfer' from north Gaza

          MENAOctober 17, 2024
          British Foreign Secretary David Lammy. PA

          British Foreign Secretary Lammy to make official visit to China

          UKOctober 17, 2024
          A session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. AFP

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