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First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country
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First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country

After the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Ms. Al Zamel and her family relocated to Egypt. She stayed there with her family for three years but the situation...

18 January 2025 · 4 min read

Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority
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Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority

The development comes one week after a court in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank ordered the closure of several Al Jazeera websites. A Palestinian Authority ministerial committee had earlier...

18 January 2025 · 3 min read

Lebanon: Appeal for 1.4 million to boost life-saving support

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Lebanon: Appeal for $371.4 million to boost life-saving support

Announced at the Grand Serail in Beirut by Deputy Prime Minister Saade el-Shami and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Imran Riza, the appeal extends emergency efforts through March 2025.It builds on the original...

17 January 2025 · 3 min read

Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
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Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise

His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast, and amid reports of an imminent...

17 January 2025 · 4 min read

US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education
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US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education

Independent rights expert Reem Alsalem hailed the landmark 9 January decision by the Kentucky court declaring the US Department of Education’s regulations implementing the Title IX legislation as unlawful. The...

17 January 2025 · 2 min read

UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria
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UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria

“I arrived, I have to say, with a heavy heart, given the compounded traumas over decades in both countries, but I see signs of new beginnings,” said Volker Türk –...

16 January 2025 · 3 min read