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Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch

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  1. 32 minutes ago

    Highly unethical for Mary Robinson to have made pronouncements about Sheikha Latifa in conditions of confinement, relying on kidnappers’ assertions of her condition (and why they kidnapped her), and without independent examination by experts

    Sheikha Latifa: Mary Robinson 'backed Dubai version of events'
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    The seized drug is killer opiod fentanyl (By )

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    "I gave that b*tch one of the punches. A girl or not, they're just Arabs." Filmed with a hidden camera, these scenes reveal the violent and Islamophobic attacks by the far-right group Generation Identity.

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    The man who also saw one way of addressing 'Islam-inspired terrorism': "make sure…we know that Jesus Christ is the only solution for our world.”'

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    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "We will continue to fight these battles, it is a never ending struggle… until the Rapture." The Rapture: The Armageddon in which all Jews will…
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    In Opinion Elizabeth Drew, a journalist who covered Watergate, writes, "An impeachment process against President Trump now seems inescapable."

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    Patagonia to donate entire Trump administration corporate tax cut to environmental groups. CEO calls tax cut ‘irresponsible’

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    The Egyptian authorities have accused her of "membership in a terrorist group"

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    "You're taught that homosexual feelings are actually temptations from the devil. I prayed so hard to try and pray the gay away," says .

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    Saudi King Shakes Up Cabinet, Keeping Power in Son’s Hands

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    Wow. Major Cabinet reshuffle, brings in Ibrahim Assaf as Foreign Minister replacing A Jubeir. Prominent, patient, experienced and v wellknown on international stage. Was minister of finance, state minister and was also among those held at Ritz.

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  11. 54 minutes ago

    Here is now deleted tweet asking govt to take over areas YPG has withdrawn from esp - entirely predictable of course - thanks ⁦⁦⁩

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    1 hour ago

    was free to go wherever she wished, when she wanted, say what she wanted, give her opinion. Did the person she sat next to have that choice?

    Sad misuse of her voice: Mary Robinson labelled a 'willing pawn' over visit with princess
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    Possible explosion at Con Edison facility in Queens turns sky blue

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    An Oregon man has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance.

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    Turkey: Journalist Yasin Kobulan - on trial for "propagandising for a terrorist organisation” via social media - had his his first hearing this week. He faces up to 13 years in prison if convicted

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    Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South

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    Israeli PM Netanyahu set to meet with Bolsanaro, neo-fascist new president-elect in Brazil Bibi expected to offer quid pro quo: intel and procurement for Brazil’s “domestic security” in return for commitment to move Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem

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    1 hour ago

    More than 29,000 Palestinians were injured during 2018 – the highest number in a single year since began collecting data in 2005

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    2 hours ago

    If Dubai Princess Latifa is a "vulnerable," "troubled young woman," was she like that before attempting to escape her gilded prison or only after the UAE forcibly returned her there? The only certain thing is that a quick lunch won't provide the answer.

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    A police sergeant tasked with guarding a Christian church has been charged with premeditated murder in the shooting deaths of a man and his son who had been working nearby

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