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A Palestinian man assists a wounded protestor during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip/AFP

May 17th, 2018 - 01:46 GMT

17 Rights Bodies Send Letter to Israeli Gov't Demanding it Stop Killing Civilians

Around 17 human rights and civil society organizations operating in Israel and the Palestinian territories have sent a joint letter to the Israeli government demanding it to stop killing civilians and embarking on a fair and real peace process.

"These fellow human beings must have access to food and medicine. Now." (AFP/File)

November 23rd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Opinion: The Deliberate Targeting of Civilians Led to the Eastern Ghouta Crisis

UAE forces have been accused of major human rights abuses in Yemen, and the US is being urged to take action. (AFP)

August 6th, 2017 - 10:51 GMT

Call for US to Review UAE Torture Allegations in Yemen

Mohammed al-Qiq, a Palestinian prisoner who carried out hunger strike, talks to a man in a hospital in the northern Israeli town of Afula on February 5, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

May 8th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Force Feeding Hunger-Strikers 'Violates Medical Ethics'

International medical charities say Syrian government forces target hospitals, clinics and ambulances in opposition-held areas. (AFP)

April 23rd, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Deadly regime airstrikes hit Syrian hospital

A Syrian opposition fighter in Hama, 23 March 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 1st, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

With chemical weapons, Syrian government bombards hospitals in Hama

Smoke rises from a Syrian regime airstrike on rebel positions inside Aleppo. (AFP/George Orfalian)

August 23rd, 2016 - 07:30 GMT

As Aleppo fighting rages on, UN humanitarian chief calls for immediate action

In a decision that shocked the world - including the Arab World - Britain voted this week by a narrow margin to leave the European Union. (AFP/Chris J. Ratcliffe)

June 25th, 2016 - 08:01 GMT

Arabs react to Brexit

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails increasingly use hunger strikes as a way to draw attention to administrative detention - internment without trial or charge. (File photo)

March 27th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Five Palestinians on hunger strike to protest administrative detention, solitary confinement

Mohammed al-Qiq, an imprisoned Palestinian journalist who has been on hunger strike for 72 days, says he has rejected Israel's decision to temporarily suspend his administrative detention. (AFP/File)

February 5th, 2016 - 07:49 GMT

Palestinian journalist rejects Israeli court ruling to suspend detention, continues hunger strike

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January 25th, 2016 - 12:48 GMT

Hunger striking Palestinian journalist on brink of death: lawyer

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January 24th, 2016 - 02:56 GMT

Journalists in Gaza demonstrate in support of hunger striker

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January 23rd, 2016 - 05:31 GMT

Amnesty calls for release of Palestinian hunger striker