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Gaza Genocide
After Columbia, Pro-Palestine protests expand to major US universities
Students of major universities in the United States have launched pro-Palestinian protests demanding divestment from companies involved in Israel's occupation of Palestinian land and "genocide" in Gaza. The arrest...
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Leicester Ram Navami procession: Muslim groups seek police action against Hindutva mob for Islamophobic chants
Multiple Muslim organisations lodged complaints with Leicestershire police seeking action against a Hindutva mob for their Islamophobic chants raised during Ram Navami procession.
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Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights violations in India
Parliamentarians from several countries have come together to express their profound concern over escalating human rights violations in India.
Gaza Genocide
Two days after Israeli forces pronounced him dead, Abu Shujaa appears ‘alive’ in Tulkarm
Earlier this week, Israeli occupation forces carried out a brutal three-day raid of Tulkarm's Nour Shams refugee camp. During the onslaught, Israeli soldiers carried out mass arrests to end rebellious movements in the occupied West Bank.
Gaza Genocide
Bodies of 50 Palestinians found in mass grave in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Emergency services in Gaza have retrieved the bodies of 50 Palestinians from a mass grave at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, according to local media, two weeks after Israeli forces withdrew from the area.
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European regulators to probe Into Facebook’s ad data collection
European regulators on Friday announced two separate antitrust investigations into Facebook regarding its use of advertising data.
The probes, one from the European Commission and the other from the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),...
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Sheikh Jarrah: After Muna, Israel arrests her twin Mohammed al-Kurd
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested the outspoken twins from Sheikh Jarrah activists, Muna al-Kurd and Mohammed al-Kurd. Muna and Muhammed, who is forced to share their house with Israeli...
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Israel arrests 23 year old Muna al-Kurd, iconic leader of Sheikh Jarrah protest
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested the 23 year old activist and journalist Muna al-Kurd from her home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in Jerusalem, Palestine News Agency Wafa reported.
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One million Palestinians arrested by Israel since 1967, 226 died inside prisons: Report
Around one million Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces since the 1967 Middle East war, according to a local NGO, Commission on Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
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‘Digital rights’ key to inclusive post-pandemic recovery: UN experts
Upholding human rights online must be part of global efforts to recover better following the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of United Nations independent experts said on Friday.
Opinion
Rwanda genocide: Macron forgiveness plea resets historic ties
Jonathan Beloff, SOAS, University of London
French president Emmanuel Macron has just paid his first state visit to Rwanda. While many world leaders have visited the central African nation of...
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Still time to reverse damage to ravaged ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking World Environment Day
Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched “an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth”, on the eve of World Environment Day.
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WHO urges wealthy nations to donate their surplus vaccines
WHO is urging wealthy countries to donate their surplus doses to poorer countries instead of giving them to less vulnerable groups, such as children, and they have so far donated 150 million doses via the COVAX sharing scheme.
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Kids risk generational catastrophe from COVID-19 virus: Report
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected children's rights worldwide, with young people risking a generational catastrophe if governments do not act, a rights group said in an annual survey.
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Corona pandemic to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said on Wednesday.
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COVID-19; WHO grants emergency authorisation to Sinovac vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, the second Chinese-produced shot to get its endorsement, a WHO statement said.
Opinion
‘Mowing the grass’ no more: How Palestinian resistance altered the equation
Ramzy Baroud
The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine...
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