Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2022-05-31

  Leaked police list shines spotlight on China's crackdown on Xinjiang Muslims

  For some Uighurs living outside China who identified detained relatives and acquaintances on the list, it was the first information they have been able to access about their relatives in years.

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  Human Rights

  2022-05-20

  Displaced Syrian children bear brunt of war's psychological, physical impact

  Driven out of their homes by Syrian regime and Russian bombing, some children have been in exile their entire lives, subsisting in makeshift camps dependent on international aid for survival.

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  Human Rights

  2022-05-11

  Donors pledge $6.7 billion for Syria under shadow of Ukraine war

  Russia, a supporter of the Syrian regime and targeted by the West for its invasion of Ukraine, was not invited to the conference. This year's pledge outstripped the $5.6 billion raised last year.

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  Human Rights

  2022-05-09

  Houthis' pledge to phase out child soldiers met with scepticism

  The Houthis have agreed to stop recruiting children for their war effort and to release child soldiers, but it remains to be seen if this plan will translate into action.

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  Human Rights

  2022-04-19

  Iraq works to clear explosive remnants of war with international help

  Efforts to rid the country of mines and other explosive remnants of war from the ISIS incursion and other conflicts are starting to chart progress.

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  Human Rights

  2022-04-12

  Iran accused of deliberately withholding health care to prisoners

  Iran's 'chilling disregard for human life' has effectively turned its prisons into 'a waiting room of death for ill prisoners', Amnesty official says.

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  Human Rights

  2022-04-11

  Syria White Helmets film first-aid tutorial for Ukraine rescuers

  Syrian first responders share with their Ukrainian counterparts bitter knowledge gleaned from over a decade of war involving Russian forces.

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  Human Rights

  2022-03-29

  Darkness falls for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

  The economic crisis, plummeting currency and hike in the price of heating oil have left many Syrian refugees facing darkness and danger.

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  Human Rights

  2022-03-24

  Yemen in tatters as conflict enters 8th year

  The Houthis have rejected a GCC invitation to attend talks in Riyadh between March 29 and April 7, and a few days later launched a wave of cross-border attacks at civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia.

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  Human Rights

  2022-03-18

  Organ sale a sad route to survival amid Iran's economic woes

  The sale of kidneys, livers and corneas is on the rise in Iran, where deep financial hardship brought on by the regime's misplaced priorities has seen some take desperate measures to survive.