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Mother of Egyptian activist starts hunger strike to call for his release

The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist has said that she has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak

The Independent UK

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

Ten-month-old Abdel-Rahman Abuel-Jedian is the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza and he's now paralyzed in the leg

The Independent UK

Wounded in a strike that killed her family, a 2-year-old joins Gaza's ranks of thousands of orphans

Two-year-old Siwar Abdel-Hadi is the lone survivor in her family after an Israeli airstrike on her home in central Gaza killed her parents and three siblings

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‘What is our future?’: the Nauru detention centre was empty. Now 100 asylum seekers are held there

The number of asylum seekers at the centre has been slowly growing, with fears they will spend years trapped on the island

The Guardian - AU

Syrian Farmers Abandon The Land For Steadier Jobs

After years of war, drought and economic crisis, Omar Abdel-Fattah was forced to rent out his farmland in northeast Syria, preferring a more stable job to provide for his family.

International Business Times

‘We’ll have more’: Palestinians in Lebanon lay killed Hamas leader to rest

Palestinians refugees from across the country pay their respects to top Hamas commander Saleh al-Arouri.

Al Jazeera

Challenge to NYU Law Review's Race and Sex Preferences May Proceed Pseudonymously, at Least for Now

[UPDATE: Added a brief discussion of pseudonymity and class actions.]

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How we met: ‘I was stranded on a climb. I called for help – and he answered’

Jane, 62 and Abdel, 60, met in a small Berber town while she was travelling in Morocco in 2005. They married months later, and now split their time between Tafraoute and Cornwall

The Guardian - UK

Eritrea accused of forcibly repatriating civilians caught up in Sudan fighting

More than 3,500 refugees are said to have been forcibly deported over the border in recent weeks

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese dual citizens who returned home uprooted by conflict

Dual nationals are frustrated by their foreign embassies and make their own evacuation plans.

Al Jazeera

‘Focus on the joy’: Morocco v France match is symbolic for Moroccan diaspora

Dual-national French-Moroccan citizens are ‘split in two’ but World Cup semi-final is also ‘bringing people together’, say football fans

The Guardian - UK

Family: Egypt activist deteriorated since hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says that they have seen him and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.”

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Egyptian activist calls off hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says they received a letter from him on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Ex-ambassador urges ministers not to lose interest in Alaa Abdel-Fattah

The British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist is on hunger strike in jail.

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Family: Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking water

The family of Egypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says he has started drinking water again

France 24

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah given 'medical intervention' in prison

Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike and stopped drinking water, his family said Thursday, demanding his release. The drama surrounding his fate is coinciding with Egypt’s hosting of the U.N. climate summit.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak promises family of Briton on water strike in Egypt jail he will raise case during Cop27

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister concerned the Prime Minister does not just pay “lip service” as she fears sibling could die during summit

The Independent UK

‘Blood on your hands’: Sister of Briton on hunger strike in Egypt begs Rishi Sunak to act

The unlawful jailing of Mr Abdel-Fattah, a writer and an activist, has sparked uproar around the world

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Police officer shares trauma of finding 12-year-old girl's body stuffed in suitcase

Dahbia B, who investigators say is under 20 and an Algerian citizen living illegally in Paris, is alleged to have "committed harm of a sexual nature" before carrying out "other violent acts" that caused the death of 12-year-old Lola Daviet

Asharq Al-Awsat

Human Rights Groups Condemn Torture in Lebanese Prisons

International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court. Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who…

The Independent UK

Egypt prosecutors deny prominent jailed activist faced harm

Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country's most prominent jailed activists

Daily Mirror

Refugee brothers, 16 and 27, who fled Syrian war split as one sent to Rwanda

The distraught Syrian said he'd rather kill himself than abandon his teen brother. The pair fled the war-torn country after being tortured by the regime

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