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Human Rights

'No one is safe': As UN debates spyware threats, rights groups say ban it

Rights groups repeat their call for a moratorium on the use and sale of surveillance technology as UN Human Rights Council is set to debate its repercussions for human rights defenders
Inside Bahrain
Bahrain: Imprisoned Shia cleric abused and denied medical treatment
Pegasus spyware
Pegasus and other spyware threatens UN human rights work, Guterres warns
UK Politics
UK: Truss accused of 'misleading' Gulf human rights comments
Inside Bahrain
Bahrain ignoring death row inmate's pleas for medical care, says wife
UK Politics
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Human Rights
UK doubles money to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain through 'secretive' fund
Pegasus spyware
English court rules dissident's hacking case against Saudi Arabia can move forward
Gaza aftermath
Israel's latest massacre of Palestinians in Gaza is part of a long history of war crimes
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Covid-19
How the Covid vaccine rollout exposed inequality in the Middle East
Human Rights
UN warns Saudi Arabia execution of two Bahrainis could be 'arbitrary'
Pegasus spyware
Digital nightmare: The Arab dissidents ruined by phone hacking
Inside Bahrain
Bahrain: Culture minister sacked for refusing to shake hands with Israeli envoy
Inside Bahrain
UK Commons leader echoes call for Bahrain to release opposition figures
Diplomacy
Biden promises active US role in Middle East at regional Jeddah summit
Inside Bahrain
Rights groups criticise Bahrain over treatment of jailed hunger-striking academic
Eid
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Women
‘Reform’ is needed to end femicide and gender-based violence in the Middle East
Economy
Damascus, Tripoli and Algiers are least liveable cities in the world, says study
Inside Bahrain
UK government has no records of minister raising human rights cases during Bahrain visit
Religion
Eid al-Adha 2022: What is Qurbani? The Islamic sacrifice explained
Politics
Biden Middle East visit: Why an Israel-led security pact is a paper tiger
Andreas Krieg
Inside Bahrain
Fears of tuberculosis outbreak at Bahraini prison