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“We don’t have lots of demands for repatriation. We just want our safety and security to be guaranteed, and the government of Myanmar should restore our citizenship and equal rights.”
A Moroccan man stripped of his Danish citizenship had his death sentence over terrorism charges commuted to 25 years in jail.
Who will protect Rohingyas sent to remote, flood-prone island?
Comment: The international community must act now to prevent further atrocities against Rohingya refugees, writes CJ Werleman.
Netanyahu offers Palestinian-Israelis a 'new era' despite 'racist incitement'
The prime minister has previously 'warned' Israeli voters of crowds of Palestinian citizens of Israel heading to the polls.
Ghosn meeting with French investigators postponed: lawyers
French and Lebanese investigative judges as well as the defence lawyers postponed a meeting with Carlos Ghosn
UK to ban China imports 'linked to Uighur camps'
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab's proposals will likely fall short of sanctioning Chinese officials linked to Uighur re-education camps and forced sterilisation programmes, according to a media report.
Negotiating Yemeni identity as a Muwalladin of Hadramawt
Aisha al-Jaedy explores the social complexities and challenges of growing up as a Muwalladin - Yemenis who are born to foreign parents.
'Bargaining tools': Saudi speeds up trials before Biden era
With the Biden administration expected to take a firmer stance on Saudi Arabia's human rights record, the Gulf kingdom is putting on trial and ...
Assange faces UK court ruling on extradition to US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a UK court ruling over whether he should be extradited to the United States on espionage charges.
India's Assam state passes bill banning Islamic schools
The bill in Assam, home to India's notorious detention camps, replaces existing acts which legislated funding and support for Madrasas as part ...
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard lands in Israel
Jonathan Pollard is an American that was jailed in the US in 1985 for giving away classified documents to Israel.
Uighur activists alarmed by China-Turkey extradition treaty
Uighur activists have sounded the alarm that members of the community in Turkey could be forcibly returned to China, where they face risk of ...
Stateless Bidoon suicide attempt prompts outcry in Kuwait
A 27-year-old from Kuwait's stateless Bidoon community attempted to set himself alight over dire living conditions, local media have reported.
Five Kuwaiti officials imprisoned for embezzlement
Kuwait's Criminal Court has sentenced at least five government officials and employees to prison in two separate cases involving seizing public ...
Bibi's new election foe poses challenge to Biden
With Sa'ar leading the charge against Netanyahu, it is certain that the Biden administration will face a very hardline Israeli government, ...
The best books by Arab authors in 2020
Book Club: From fiction to insightful memoirs and social commentary, The New Arab rounds up some of the best books written by Arab authors this year.
Lebanon passes landmark law criminalising sexual harassment
Lebanon's parliament on Monday passed a landmark bill criminalising sexual harassment and amended a controversial domestic violence law.
Three killed amid alarming rise in murders among Palestinian-Israelis
Three Palestinian-Israeli relatives have been shot dead in the city of Baqa al-Gharbiyya, bringing the total number of murders in the ...
Iran court sentences British-Iranian anthropologist to nine years
Kameel Ahmady, who has done research on FGM and child marriage in Iran, says his charges stem from his research into "harmful traditions in ...
Jailed Saudi activist in terrorism court on 'spurious' charges
Loujain al-Hathloul's court case, which is being heavily criticised by the international community, has begun.
Australian Uighur family reunited after leaving Xinjiang
Sadam Abudusalamu met his three-year-old son for the first time on Thursday when the family were reunited at Sydney airport.
Saudi Arabia begins trial of activist Loujain al-Hathloul
Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul faces the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence on what UN experts called 'spurious' charges.
A dispatch from India's culture war
Comment: Much of India has long celebrated the intermingling of Hindu and Muslim practices, but an Islamophobic, BJP-sponsored law now threatens ...
Saudi Arabia hands American doctor six-year prison sentence
A Saudi court sentenced Dr Walid Fitahi to six years in prison and renewed a travel ban against his wife and children, all of whom are dual ...
A report has exposed the 'barbaric' conditions British women and children are kept in in Syria.
Tauqir Sharif had been held by the HTS militant group since August.
Ahmadreza Djalali is said to be in solitary confinement at Evin prison ahead of his execution.
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