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          France breached woman's rights over school headscarf ban, UN says

          EuropeAugust 04, 2022
          Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was defence minister during the country’s civil war that ended in 2009. AP

          Rights group seeks arrest of former Sri Lankan president in Singapore

          AsiaJuly 25, 2022
          Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, wearing a white cap, is escorted by police outside the Patiala House Court in New Delhi on July 2. AFP

          Indian blogger wins brief respite from police action

          AsiaJuly 19, 2022
          This undated file handout photograph taken and released on October 15, 2021 by the Anadolu Culture Center shows Parisian-born Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala speaking during an event in Istanbul. AFP Photo

          European court condemns Turkey for keeping businessman jailed on baseless charges

          WorldJuly 11, 2022
          People light candles during a vigil in Bethlehem in May in memory of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Reuters

          Shireen Abu Akleh: bullet that killed journalist handed to US investigators

          MENAJuly 03, 2022
          Prison authorities at Qarchak are denying prisoner Narges Mohammadi access to vital medication at the jail, Amnesty International says. AFP

          Iranian jail accused of withholding medication for prize-winning activist

          MENAJuly 01, 2022
          Suella Braverman, UK Attorney General, criticised the European Court of Human Rights for intervening in the government's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda under a controversial immigration policy. Bloomberg

          UK's Attorney General says Britons should decide who stays in country

          UKJune 19, 2022
          Children collect dry branches to burn and warm themselves after snowfall at Salat Zagrous Camp for internally displaced Syrians. EPA

          In charts: the global refugee trends of 2021

          UKJune 16, 2022
          The Rwanda deportation flight at Boscombe Down Air Base near Wiltshire, England, was grounded at the last minute. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

          Clash on UNHCR at heart of European ruling on UK-Rwanda deportations

          UKJune 15, 2022
          Iraqi fighters belonging to the Shiite group Asaib Ahl Al Haq stand guard outside their headquarters. AFP

          Iraqi government failing to stop militia killings, UN says

          MENAJune 03, 2022
          Syrians await the release of detainees held in regime prisons. AFP

          Even after the fighting stops, new images re-traumatise Syrians

          CommentMay 06, 2022
          Tehran has been accused of taking foreign citizens prisoner on baseless charges to use them as leverage in foreign policy negotiations. Reuters

          Sweden warns citizens not to travel to Iran amid row over war crimes trial

          MENAMay 02, 2022
          British-Lebanese barrister Amal Clooney of the Clooney Foundation for Justice attends the United Nations 'Arria-formula' meeting, an informal gathering of Security Council members, on April 27, 2022, in New york to discuss how the UN can support and coordinate accountability efforts for serious crimes in Ukraine. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

          Amal Clooney: Ukraine a 'slaughterhouse right in the heart of Europe'

          USApril 27, 2022
          An internally displaced Sudanese family poses for a photograph outside their makeshift shelter within the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons in Darfur, Sudan. Reuters

          UN 'appalled' as more than 200 killed in fighting in Sudan's Darfur

          USApril 27, 2022
          Omar Bdour, chief executive of the London Arabia Organisation, has come a long way from the hilltop village of his childhood, but his reasons for empowering women very much stem from that rustic upbringing. Photo: Omar Bdour

          Omar Bdour – champion of Arab women's rights

          Arab ShowcaseApril 14, 2022
          A female prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison. Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl

          Iranian prisoners ‘left to die after pleas for medical help ignored’

          WorldApril 12, 2022
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