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UN experts on Monday called for an end to the arbitrary, indefinite detention of approximately 52,000 people in Syria. The detained individuals — mainly concentrated in North East Syria — are those whom the local Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused of membership to the extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL), with over [...]

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Tens of thousands of Moroccans rallied in Rabat on Sunday to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza. Protestors took to the streets to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine and their anger over US support of the war. Massive crowds of demonstrators wave Palestinian flags while chanting for a “Free Gaza.” Israel’s siege [...]

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UNICEF regional director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, on Saturday condemned Russia’s rocket attack on Kryvyi Rih in the Ukrainian Dnipro region last week, noting that the organization is working to support affected families while coordinating emergency assistance. The attack, with a missile striking a residential neighborhood, resulted in the death of [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) suspended attorney Erez Reuveni on Saturday for failing to “zealously advocate on behalf of the United States.” The said failure refers to Reuveni’s open admission in court that the DOJ committed an administrative error by removing Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the US. Garcia is an El Salvador national [...]

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UNICEF on Saturday urged Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza to avoid placing the lives of 1 million children at risk – citing the country’s obligations under international law. According to the statement, no aid has entered Gaza since March 2, resulting in “shortages of food, safe water, shelter, and medical supplies.” UNICEF warned [...]

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Thousands gathered Saturday for an emergency protest in Washington DC to fight the “US-funded Israel genocide,” and the government crackdown on free speech. Protestors stated that US President Donald Trump has spent “billions of US tax dollars to aid Israel in committing atrocities against the Palestinian people.” The People’s Forum, one of the organizers of [...]

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The Trump administration on Friday announced a Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT) to fight “gender ideology” in school programs and activities. Title IX is a federal law from the Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funds. The Title IX SIT is designed to [...]

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The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding accountability for violations and abuses by the Syria’s ousted Bashar Assad regime through transitional justice, and declaring support for “the commitments of the interim authorities’ in their efforts to form a transitional government and ensure free elections in the future. Assad al-Shaibani, foreign [...]

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Texas Attorney General Ken Pax­ton filed a lawsuit Friday against the city of San Antonio for unlawfully using public funds to subsidize out-of-state abortion travel. This follows a similar injunction filed against the city of Austin in September. The San Antonio City Council recently approved $100,000 towards the city’s Reproductive Justice Fund (“the fund”) in [...]

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on April 4 urged the Caribbean island nation of Dominica to investigate the apparent police attack on a journalist last month during the protests, which erupted in response to the passage of certain legislation. A police officer allegedly verbally abused EmoNews journalist Soana Benjamin and seized her equipment. RSF executives have [...]

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