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‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran
ByDeepa Parent July 18, 2025

Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaignersIn late October 2022, as protests over 22-year-old Mahsa Amini…

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EU accused of ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ of Palestinians over failure to confront Israel
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels July 16, 2025

Stinging rebuke from Amnesty International follows EU ministers declining to endorse any sanctions over Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe EU has been accused of a “cruel and unlawful betrayal” of Palestinians and …

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‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Tel Aviv July 13, 2025

Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel over Gaza war is not all down to antisemitismThe “humanitarian city” Israel’s defence minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration…

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‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Tel Aviv July 13, 2025

Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel over Gaza war is not all down to antisemitismThe “humanitarian city” Israel’s defence minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration…

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Yes, Israel’s plan for Rafah would be a crime – but international law has never protected Gaza | Raja Shehadeh
ByRaja Shehadeh July 12, 2025

Palestinians continue to hold on to the practice we call sumoud – refusing to give up or leave – despite the world turning its back on usOver the past 21 long months of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, voices all over the world have decried the demise o…

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Yes, Israel’s plan for Rafah would be a crime – but international law has never protected Gaza | Raja Shehadeh
ByRaja Shehadeh July 12, 2025

Palestinians continue to hold on to the practice we call sumoud – refusing to give up or leave – despite the world turning its back on usOver the past 21 long months of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, voices all over the world have decried the demise o…

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Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza July 11, 2025July 11, 2025

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian FoundationAt least 798 people have been killed while seeking food at distribution points operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Found…

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‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees
BySaeed Al-Batati in Al-Mukalla July 10, 2025

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely survivingThe pain of going to bed hungry is becoming familiar for Jamila Rabea. It’s hard to sleep. The meagre rations of bread, tomato paste and …

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‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees
BySaeed Al-Batati in Al-Mukalla July 10, 2025

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely survivingThe pain of going to bed hungry is becoming familiar for Jamila Rabea. It’s hard to sleep. The meagre rations of bread, tomato paste and …

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Saudi Arabia executing ‘horrifying’ number of foreigners for drug crimes
ByTom Levitt July 8, 2025

Hundreds put to death for non-violent drug offences over past decade, with little scrutiny of Saudis, says AmnestySaudi Arabia has carried out a “horrifying” number of executions for drug crimes over the past decade, most of which were of foreign natio…

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