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Rise In Egypt Executions Reveals 'Depth Of Human Rights Crisis': Amnesty

Egypt has embarked on an execution spree in recent months, putting scores of people to death. Amnesty International warns that executions in October and November alone were double of those carried out in 2019.

02 December 2020North Africa
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Bracing For The Biden Era, Egypt's Sisi Intensifies Brazen Crackdown On Human...

In-depth: As the countdown to the end of a friendly Trump administration begins, the Sisi regime crackdown on human rights defenders is testing the waters of international patience.

27 November 2020North Africa
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Morocco: Demonstrators Demand Respect For Human Rights

Demonstrators in Morocco have taken to the streets of the capital, Rabat, to demand an improvement to the human rights situation.

16 December 2019North Africa
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Serious violations of human rights in Libya: UNSMIL’s Salame

The UN's Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a statement highlighting several serious human rights violations recorded in the country.

11 December 2019North Africa
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Meet Iraq's human rights advocate who lived through two genocides

Dr. Widad Akreyi, who lived through two genocides, has become one of the major defenders of human rights in Iraq and beyond.

14 June 2019Iraq
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HTS 'Arrest And Torture' Syrian Activists And Opponents: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that dozens of Syrians in opposition-held Idlib are being detained and tortured by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)

29 January 2019Syria
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'Vast Areas Of Impunity' For People Trafficking: UN Report

According to a recently released report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), "vast areas of impunity" remain globally for people traffickers.

07 January 2019Middle East
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Libya: Workshop discusses human trafficking from Sirte

A number of Libyan officials and activists have attended a workshop held by the Department of Political Science at the University of Sirte, to find solutions to tackle illegal migration from their city into Europe.

24 December 2018North Africa
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Conference in Erbil calls for law reform against human trafficking

Lawyers and civil society activists in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq call for greater legal capabilities to convict ISIS militants, especially those who kidnapped and killed Yazidi men, women and children.

01 August 2018Iraq
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UN Security Council sanctions six people for human trafficking in Libya

Sanctions include global asset freeze and travel ban on individuals identified

09 June 2018North Africa
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In Libya, ISIS is using human trafficking to finance its activities

A new UN report has warned of potential collusion between human traffickers and state institutions in Libya, amidst further concerns that groups such as ISIS...

09 February 2018North Africa
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Civilians recount the traumatic moments they were used as human shields by...

As the battle for Mosul rages on, one of ISIS’ most sinister tactics has been its use of human shields. Tens...

27 February 2017
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ISIS uses tens of thousands as human shields

ISIS appears to be using tens of thousands of people as “human shields” in and around Mosul, where Iraqi forces...

31 October 2016
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Aleppo: Russia under fire at Human Rights Council

Country’s air campaign in Syria’s Aleppo prompts NGOs to call for UN member states to drop it from the council....

28 October 2016
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Islamic State uses civilians as human shields in battle for Mosul: UN

Geneva – As US-backed Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Army troops close in on Mosul city, they continue to unearth grave evidence of...

27 October 2016
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Islamic State said to use human shields as coalition advances on Mosul

Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages...

19 October 2016
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