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Starved, tortured, bombed: the fate of refugees trapped in Libya
Middle East

Starved, tortured, bombed: the fate of refugees trapped in Libya

Acute malnutrition, forced labour, torture: NGOs have sharpened their tone against the shocking conditions endured by refugees and migrants in…
News ‘Victims and perpetrators’: Rehabilitating Indonesia’s child bombers
World

News ‘Victims and perpetrators’: Rehabilitating Indonesia’s child bombers

Thrown off a motorbike as her parents blew themselves up, nine-year-old Mila was the sole survivor of a family suicide…
Rights group says Syria co-opting humanitarian efforts
Middle East

Rights group says Syria co-opting humanitarian efforts

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government is co-opting humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance and sometimes using it to “entrench repressive…
Middle East survey sees patchy progress in views on women’s and LGBT+ rights
Middle East

Middle East survey sees patchy progress in views on women’s and LGBT+ rights

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More men than women in Iraq say they have been sexually harassed, while only 6%…
Georgia’s parliament speaker resigns after unrest
World

Georgia’s parliament speaker resigns after unrest

Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze resigned on Friday, the country’s ruling party confirmed. The decision followed a night of violent protest in the…
In Lebanon, Syrian refugees face new pressure to go home
Middle East

In Lebanon, Syrian refugees face new pressure to go home

ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese authorities are making their most aggressive campaign yet for Syrian refugees to return home and…
Migrants in the Gulf see dreams of higher wages ruined
Middle East

Migrants in the Gulf see dreams of higher wages ruined

Migrants have always been tempted to the world’s biggest cities by tales of fortunes made and streets paved with gold. Similar…
‘Not here for decoration’: Thai transgender MPs make history in parliament
World

‘Not here for decoration’: Thai transgender MPs make history in parliament

Smiling broadly, Tanwarin triumphantly cast her vote for prime minister as the first transgender MPs enter parliament in Thailand, where…
Human Rights Watch lies about Egypt’s human rights situation: SIS
Egypt

Human Rights Watch lies about Egypt’s human rights situation: SIS

Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) has stated that the Human Rights Watch has routinely fabricated lies about the human rights…
Iraq sentences 3 French citizens to death
Middle East

Iraq sentences 3 French citizens to death

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced three French citizens to death. The three were found guilty of joining the “Islamic…
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