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Students at Bogazici University have been cheekily blaring Metallica classics at their protests against the appointment of the AKP party-linked rector, who is a fan of the group.
Turkish security forces 'beat' and 'strip-searched' students detained over anti-government protests, their lawyer alleged.
Kuwaitis lambast appointment of all-male parliamentary committee for women
News of the appointment of three Islamists to a committee for women's rights was roundly criticised by Kuwaiti social media users, including prominent women's rights advocates and academics.
Denmark's women-led Mariam Mosque: Unorthodox reformation or overdue recognition?
Sherin Khankan and a group of Islamic academics founded the women-led Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen in 2016, sparking a debate among ...
Algeria's sleeping revolution is reignited
Comment: Some said the Arab Spring would never reach Algeria, but as the people cheered on the regional protests, their own revolution was ...
UNESCO, students celebrate World Arabic Language Day
UNESCO says it will work with academics to see how Arabic can best be preserved for future generations.
5,000-year-old Great Pyramid artefact found in Scotland
The fragment of cedar wood has been found to date back 5,000 years to the building of the pyramid at Giza.
The uses and abuses of how we define antisemitism
Comment: The IHRA's definition of antisemitism is being used to attack free speech, repress social justice work and criminalise Palestine ...
Egypt orders release of rights activists after global pressure
A security and juridical source told AFP that three staff of a high-profile Egyptian rights group were ordered released by the country's public ...
'Emily in Paris' star wishes Egyptian activist happy birthday
'I'm thinking of you,' actor William Abadie said in the video message to jailed human rights advocate Karim Ennarah.
Scarlett Johansson urges Egypt to release imprisoned rights activists
The American actress urged authorities to release activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EiPR) in a video posted on the ...
Rise in executions reveals 'human rights crisis' in Egypt
Egypt has embarked on an execution spree in recent months, putting scores of people to death.
Activists, academics express concerns over IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Palestinian and other Arab academics, artists and activists said the current IHRA definition of anti-Semitism conflates Judaism with ...
Veteran Egyptian human rights activist dies of Covid-19
Hafez Abu Seada, a co-founder of the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights who was arrested several times by the regime of former President ...
UN 'very concerned' over Egypt arrest of rights workers
The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrests of three human rights activists in Egypt, amid a continued crackdown on dissent by ...
Egypt hits back at critics of rights group arrests
Egypt's foreign ministry dismissed global criticism of its arrests of three staff members of a the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
UN urges Egypt to free rights activists
The UN, Amnesty International and countries including the UK and US have raised concerns over the arrest of EIPR staff.
Egypt rights group says third member arrested
Egyptian authorities arrested a third member of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a leading local human rights group, in less than a ...
Egyptian activists arrested for contact with Western diplomats: HRW
Egyptian human rights defenders Karim Ennarah and Mohammed Basheer were arrested following a meeting with several western diplomats on human ...
Egypt rights group says another staff member arrested
Egyptian authorities arrested a second staff member of EIPR, a leading local human rights group
Egypt arrests office manager of leading rights group
Egypt arrested the office manager of a leading human rights group Sunday on charges including "joining a terror group" and "spreading false ...
Pandemic redundancies speak volumes about real state of progress
Comment: Precarious and casualised, women of colour face lower pay, under employment, unfair treatment and discrimination at a time when we need ...
Amnesty International slams Egypt's crackdown to Sudanese refugees protest
Amnesty International called on Egypt to investigate the treatment of the Sudanese protesters by security forces, including alleged beatings.
Egypt frees over 400 arrested in rare, anti-government protests
Protests have been effectively banned in Egypt since 2013, following the military ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Abu Zeid was part of a satirical television talk show before the authorities halted its broadcast.
This week we focus on a long-anticipated prisoner release in Yemen.
HRW has urged Pakistan to completely end the practice of virginity testing.
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