Men hold nooses found at Saydnaya military prison near Damascus on Tuesday. Wed 11 December 2024: During the rule of the collapsed Baath regime in Syria, thousands were subjected to torture in dozens of centers beyond Sednaya prison. Since the uprising began in March 2011, the fallen Baath regime reportedly tortured and killed thousands. However, […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: A newly-published research on Tuesday shed a light on widespread anti-Muslim bias in British media with GB News accounted for half of UK news channels coverage about Muslims and Islam, much of it with negative portrayals. Following a two-year analysis, the research produced by the Centre for Media Monitoring (CFMM) showed […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked Human Rights Day with a stark warning Tuesday about escalating violation of human rights globally, calling for collective action to address challenges. “On Human Rights Day, we face a harsh truth. Human rights are under assault,” Guterres said in a video message. Highlighting the enduring effects […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: South Africa has set the agenda for its Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency with the commencement of the first engagement of the more than 130 meetings that will precede the G20 Summit in 2025. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, officially opened the first G20 Sherpas Meeting in […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: African Union Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities Adama Dieng on Monday called for urgent actions to combat racism, negative ethnicity, xenophobia, and all forms of intolerance in the region. Speaking at the International Conference on Genocide Prevention in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Dieng said that […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: A new report by Civicus Monitor has revealed that the Palestinian cause has accounted for 10 per cent of all global restrictions on free speech in 2024. The violations documented were either carried out in the occupied Palestinian territories or were targeted against individuals and organisations expressing solidarity with Palestine around the globe. […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: China’s President Xi Jinping Tuesday called for embracing global solidarity and cooperation, weeks ahead of former US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. “Humanity is a closely entwined community with a shared future. Countries are not riding separately in some 190 small boats, but are rather all in a […]
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A medical worker gives a toddler oxygen through a respirator following an alleged poison gas attack in eastern Ghouta, Syria on April 8. 2018. Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP Tue 10 December 2024: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) raised serious concerns Monday over the status of Syria’s chemical weapons […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: Syrian opposition factions working to free detainees from the regime’s dungeons have found three underground floors at Sednaya Prison which remain inaccessible, with detainees trapped behind electric gates and concealed doors . Local social media accounts showed hundreds of prisoners leaving the prison, which was a slaughterhouse for dissidents. Many of […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: The United States will maintain its presence in eastern Syria and will take measures necessary to prevent a resurgence of Daesh [ISIS], Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro said on Sunday. Speaking hours after Syrian opposition announced they had toppled Bashar al-Assad‘s government, Shapiro called on all parties to protect civilians, particularly minorities, and […]
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