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March 18, 2020

Forced displacement and the US-Israel special relationship

Democrats in the US House of Representatives have sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking the government to ensure that Israel is not using military equipment...

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March 18, 2020

Rights group: Coronavirus outbreak in Middle East prisons would be a ‘tragedy’

Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor warned that an outbreak of the novel coronavirus among prisoners in jails in the Middle East would “lead to a devastating tragedy in no time”, a...

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March 18, 2020

Coronavirus: First death in Turkey confirmed

Turkey confirmed its first novel coronavirus-related death late yesterday as the number of cases in the country has risen to 98. Health Minister of Turkey Fahrettin Koca announced the...

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March 18, 2020

Is the Egyptian regime trying to kill Osama Morsi?

Abdullah Morsi’s last request to human rights lawyers was to continue denouncing the conditions of his brother Osama’s detention, and the abuses that he was being subjected to. The...

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March 18, 2020

Algeria bans street marches due to virus; some protesters unswayed

Algeria has banned street protests over the coronavirus, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Tuesday, in a bid to end a year of unprecedented mass demonstrations that brought down the...

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March 18, 2020

Rashid Khalidi on the past and future of Palestine

The terms “century” and “one hundred years”, often interchangeable, shared a strange coincidence on 28 January, when the eminent Palestinian-American academic Professor Rashid Khalidi published his latest book, The...
March 18, 2020

Tunisia imposes 12-hour daily curfew to counter coronavirus

Tunisia will impose a curfew from 6 pm. to 6 am. starting Wednesday with the army patrolling the streets, Tunisia’s president said on Tuesday, tightening the measures to counter...

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March 18, 2020

Iran: 103-year-old beats coronavirus

A 103-year-old Iranian woman successfully recovered after contracting the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed thousands of lives worldwide since early this year, reports Anadolu Agency. According to Nevid Danayi,...

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March 18, 2020

Israel's confirmed coronavirus cases jump by 40 percent in 24 hours

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel have jumped by 40 percent to 427 in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, predicting a steeper rise as mass-testing...

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March 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia closes mosques, calls G20 leaders to meet over coronavirus

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that mosques would no longer be open for the customary five daily prayers or Friday congregations, an exceptional move to limit the spread of...

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