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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
ByLiz Cookman, Tom Levitt, Hoda Osman and Zeinab Mohammed Salih December 22, 2025

Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and SudanThirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre b…

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Iranian boxing champion at imminent risk of execution as retrial request rejected
BySarah Johnson December 19, 2025

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, 30, was arrested in 2020 for taking part in nationwide democracy protests, and has been tortured in prisonA boxing champion in prison in Iran is thought to be at imminent risk of execution after his request for a retrial was…

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Morocco accused of ‘horrific’ abuse of detained gen Z protesters
ByRenée Boskaljon December 18, 2025

As country prepares to host Africa Cup of Nations, families and rights groups tell of police brutality, with hundreds still heldThe arbitrary detention of hundreds of gen Z protesters in Morocco and alleged “horrific” beatings have been condemned by hu…

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Victims of Iran’s 2022 crackdown file criminal complaint against 40 officials
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor December 16, 2025

Claim filed in Argentina alleges crimes against humanity were carried out on Women, Life, Freedom protestersA group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022 have filed the first criminal complaint …

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Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran
ByStaff and agencies December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

Mohammadi ‘violently’ detained along with other activists at memorial event in Mashhad, her foundation saysThere are fears for the wellbeing of the 2023 Nobel peace prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, after she was detained by Iranian security forces at a …

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Child bride spared execution in Iran after blood money is paid
BySarah Johnson December 11, 2025

Guardian story helped to draw attention to planned hanging of Goli Kouhkan over death of abusive husbandA child bride who was due to be executed this month in Iran over the death of her husband has had her life spared by his parents, who were paid the …

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
ByMark Townsend December 3, 2025

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistlebl…

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
ByMark Townsend December 3, 2025

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistlebl…

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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
ByAgence France-Presse in Jerusalem November 27, 2025

The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire…

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