Middle East
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‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses
In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on…
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Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes
In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on…
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Gaza’s babies ‘scarred by war before first breath’ by malnutrition
Mothers who’ve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive…
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Syria at a crossroads: UN warns fragile transition needs global support
A year after the fall of the Assad regime opened the door to political and judicial reform, Syria’s future is…
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UN strongly condemns Israel’s unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem
The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound in East Jerusalem early on…
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Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza
The UN has called for an investigation into the recent “horrific” killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in…
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Syria: Hope emerges amid ongoing human rights challenges
For the first time in the country’s history, Syrians are preparing to publicly mark Human Rights Day next week —…
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Crackdown on Palestinian civil society is reaching alarming levels, warns UN human rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned an Israeli raid on the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in the…
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‘Decisive action’ needed to end Israel-Palestine stalemate
The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold the rights of the Palestinian…
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Iraq: UN mission ends, with pledge of continued support
The recent parliamentary elections in Iraq mark a fitting end to the work of the UN Mission in the country,…
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