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Rights groups urge Yemen rebels to free prominent activist
Middle East

Rights groups urge Yemen rebels to free prominent activist

International rights groups on Friday urged Yemen’s Shia rebels to free a prominent Yemeni activist who used social media to…
Lebanon repeals ‘marry the rapist’ law
Middle East

Lebanon repeals ‘marry the rapist’ law

Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday abolished a law that allowed rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims. The repeal of…
Update: Jordanian parliament repeals ‘marry the rapist’ clause
Middle East

Update: Jordanian parliament repeals ‘marry the rapist’ clause

The lower house of Jordan’s parliament on Tuesday scrapped a provision in the kingdom’s penal code that allowed a rapist…
Court adjourns lawsuit demanding Aqrab prison shutdown to June 15
Egypt

Court adjourns lawsuit demanding Aqrab prison shutdown to June 15

The commissioners for the State Council’s Administrative Court adjourned on Thursday a lawsuit demanding the shutdown of the heavy-guarded al-Aqrab…
UN says 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies
Middle East

UN says 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies

The United Nations said on Thursday up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as Iraqi forces push into the…
Bahrain bars Human Rights Watch staffer from FIFA event
Middle East

Bahrain bars Human Rights Watch staffer from FIFA event

A Human Rights Watch activist said Wednesday that Bahrain has barred him from entering the tiny island nation for the…
HRW: Houthi rebels, allies using banned landmines in Yemen
Middle East

HRW: Houthi rebels, allies using banned landmines in Yemen

Houthi forces and their allies have been using banned landmines in war-torn Yemen, causing hundreds of civilian casualties and threatening…
A Saudi woman’s plea for help exposes risks runaways face
Middle East

A Saudi woman’s plea for help exposes risks runaways face

A young Saudi woman's plea for help after she was stopped in an airport in the Philippines en route to…
Philippine and Saudi leaders discuss labor, anti-narcotics
Middle East

Philippine and Saudi leaders discuss labor, anti-narcotics

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Tuesday with King Salman in Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Filipinos work as…
Court dismisses claim demanding closure of HRW in Egypt
Egypt

Court dismisses claim demanding closure of HRW in Egypt

The Administrative Court dismissed a claim, filed by lawyer Shehata Mohamed Shehata, on Tuesday for the Solidarity Ministry to shutdown…
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