Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2021-07-16

  Iran's Baluch minority neglected amid 'coronavirus tsunami'

  As the Delta variant spreads, impoverished Sistan and Baluchestan residents are contending with crowded hospitals and a shortage of care.

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  Human Rights

  2021-07-01

  Rights groups slam Houthis' trial, abuse of Yemeni model

  The Houthis reportedly offered to release Entisar al-Hammadi if she would help them entrap their enemies with 'sex and drugs'. She refused.

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  Human Rights

  2021-06-21

  Decoding Iran's vaccine strategy: denial, deception, dishonesty

  As COVID-19 continues to kill Iranians amid the regime's mismanagement, Tehran carries on with deceiving the public and prioritising politics over people's health.

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  Human Rights

  2021-06-01

  New Syria war toll adds 42,000 killed under regime torture

  Nearly half of the 100,000 newly confirmed fatalities are civilians, most of them killed under torture in Syrian regime prisons. Nearly 500,000 total have been killed in the war.

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  Human Rights

  2021-05-31

  China arrested over 1,000 imams amid crackdown on Islam in Xinjiang

  Chinese authorities targeted imams for 'crimes' such as preaching, convening prayer groups or officiating weddings. Others were detained for refusing to turn in Qur'ans to be burned.

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  Human Rights

  2021-05-20

  Syrian refugees struggle with distance learning in Lebanon

  With Lebanon facing multiple crises, Syrian refugee children confront a host of distance learning challenges as they pursue an education.

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  Human Rights

  2021-05-17

  Investigation details China's campaign to sterilise Muslim women in Xinjiang

  Women are forced to be fitted with contraceptive devices or be sterilised, abort pregnancies, pay steep fines if they had too many children, and take drugs that stop their menstrual cycles.

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  Human Rights

  2021-05-06

  China's 'Sinicisation' policy aims to stamp out identity of Muslim minorities

  Beijing is committing 'crimes against humanity' by attempting to erase Muslim culture and religion through 're-education' camps in Xinjiang, says Human Rights Watch.

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  Human Rights

  2021-05-03

  Lebanon's financial crisis 'broke our backs' this Ramadan, refugees say

  The financial crisis and high unemployment rate have affected not only the Lebanese, but Syrian refugees as well, who are enduring difficult living conditions and meager iftar meals in Ramadan.

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  Human Rights

  2021-04-27

  Houthis abduct medical workers for refusing to go to frontlines

  Around 30 medical workers who defied the Houthis' orders to treat their fighters on the front were abducted and remain missing at a time when Yemen's medical sector is near collapse.