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Paris court sentences singer Saad Lamjarred to prison over rape, assault
Music
February 25, 2023
Paris court sentences singer Saad Lamjarred to prison over rape, assault
The Paris Criminal Court sentenced Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred on Friday to six years in prison, on charges of rape…
EFA issues decision to boycott Mortada Mansour
Egypt
January 30, 2023
EFA issues decision to boycott Mortada Mansour
The Egyptian Football Association issued a statement through its official accounts on social media, which included the results of the…
Ransomed and beaten: Migrants face abuse in Libyan detention
Middle East
October 13, 2021
Ransomed and beaten: Migrants face abuse in Libyan detention
ONBOARD THE GEO BARENTS OFF LIBYA (AP) — Osman Touré was crying from the pain of repeated beatings and torture…
After leaked videos, Iran opens cases against prison guards
Middle East
August 31, 2021
After leaked videos, Iran opens cases against prison guards
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian prosecutors opened criminal cases against six guards at the country’s notorious Evin prison,…
Special Report: Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
World
April 15, 2021
Special Report: Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
ADIGRAT, Ethiopia (Reuters) – The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she…
Allegations of shackled students and gang rape inside China’s detention camps
World
February 19, 2021
Allegations of shackled students and gang rape inside China’s detention camps
Hong Kong (CNN) – On the first day of her new teaching job at a Chinese government-run detention center in Xinjiang, Qelbinur…
New Zealand child abuse inquiry finds quarter of a million harmed in state and faith-based care
World
December 16, 2020
New Zealand child abuse inquiry finds quarter of a million harmed in state and faith-based care
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were physically and sexually…
Amber Heard accuses Depp of throwing bottles like ‘grenades’
Culture
July 22, 2020
Amber Heard accuses Depp of throwing bottles like ‘grenades’
LONDON (AP) — Amber Heard alleged in a British court on Wednesday that her ex-husband Johnny Depp threw “30 or…
In libel case, Depp says Heard hit him with ‘haymaker’ punch
Culture
July 13, 2020
In libel case, Depp says Heard hit him with ‘haymaker’ punch
LONDON (AP) — Johnny Depp accused Amber Heard of hitting him with a “haymaker” punch during an altercation near the…
Photos: Upper Egyptian man locks sister in derelict room for 22 years
Egypt
July 4, 2020
Photos: Upper Egyptian man locks sister in derelict room for 22 years
A man in Upper Egypt locked his sister inside a derelict room for 22 years in an act of inhuman…