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Sahel: Lawyers in Chad to boycott trials of hundreds of anti-government protestersF

Lawyers in Chad have vowed to stop work during a mass trial, due to start Tuesday, of more than 400 people detained over deadly anti-government protests. Officially, around 50 people -- including 10 members of the security forces -- died when police opened fire on...
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Human Rights: Saudi Arabia jails Tunisian midwife for a retweetF

The sister of a Tunisian woman jailed by Saudi Arabia for retweeting a post about Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Friday urged Tunis authorities to intervene on her behalf. Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia considers the Shiite group, which is backed by its archfoe Iran, a...
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Sahel: Rights watchdog urges independent probe into Chad deathsF

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chad to let outside investigators probe clashes last week between security forces and anti-junta protestors that left dozens of dead. "Chadian authorities need to immediately ensure that an effective, independent investigation will...
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Egypt releases activist Zyad el-Elaimy as it prepares to host global climate conferenceF

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has  pardoned a former parliamentarian, lawyer and key activist from the 2011 revolt who has been jailed for the past three years, officials said Monday.  Zyad el-Elaimy, 42, arrested in June 2019 on charges of fomenting "unrest...
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