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Lawmakers from Turkiye’s ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party brawled in parliament’s general assembly on Tuesday over the detention and replacement of a DEM Party mayor in southeast Turkiye. On Monday, police detained Mehmet…
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Tunisian lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba was tortured by police officers after being arrested on Monday, lawyers and a human rights organization said on Wednesday after he collapsed in court and was taken to a hospital. The Interior Ministry did…
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A judge has released a top official in Tunisia’s biggest labor union, one day after he was detained, the union said. The Tunisian General Labor Union denounced the detention of Tahar Mezzi, saying it was a politically motivated attempt…
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Three Palestinian brothers rounded up by Israel in the Gaza Strip said they and fellow detainees were beaten, stripped to their underwear, burnt with cigarettes and subjected to other forms of mistreatment during their detention. Sobhi…
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Italy’s detention of three Tunisian migrants awaiting asylum decisions has been ruled illegal under domestic and EU law by a Sicilian court, The Times reported on Monday. The ruling is viewed as a rebuke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…
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A Tunisian anti-terrorism investigative judge has decided to hold three prominent politicians and a high-profile businessman in pre-trial detention, their defense team said, amid a continuing crackdown targeting opposition figures. The…
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The US reiterated on Thursday its concern over the Iran-backed Houthi militia’s continued obstruction of the peace process in Yemen and harassment American and UN-employed local Yemeni staff. “If they are serious about peace and…
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Israel is considering whether to extend the detention of a 17-year-old Palestinian with a rare neuromuscular disorder who has been held without charge for nearly a year in what authorities refer to as administrative detention, his father…
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Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday began his fourth day in immigration detention as Australian authorities finalized a legal defense explaining their decision to cancel his visa over questions about his COVID-19 vaccine…
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Moroccan journalist and rights activist Omar Radi, in detention for 11 months accused of espionage and rape, protested his innocence Tuesday in his first appearance before a judge. The case against him was void and did “not justify my…
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