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Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers

 

Human rights groups accuse Israel of dodging obligations to millions in occupied territories who may wait months for vaccination

 

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President of Brazil says it ‘makes no sense’ for him to be vaccinated   Jair Bolsonaro’s comments called ‘stupid and selfish’ in country where 600,000 people have di

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Lebanon sentenced me to 10 years in prison for helping sick Palestinian children – I consider my work a badge of honour   As a doctor, I believe turning away from desperately ill kids – be t

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Chile president Piñera faces impeachment after Pandora papers leak   Opposition politicians launch proceedings against Sebastián Piñera over possible irregularities

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Syrian detainees' families forced to pay huge bribes to corrupt officials - report

 

Report says arrest and extortion of Syrian population is major source of funding for Assad regime

 

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (fmr.Zaire): Congolese people have been brutalised since 1996. Why isn’t the west helping?

 

Despite accusations of war crimes in the central African country, the international community seems unmoved

 

Wed 6 Jan 2021 07.15 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/06/congolese-people-have-been-brutalised-since-1996-why-isnt-the-west-helping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American lawyer arrested by Hong Kong police in national security crackdown

 

John Clancey, the chairman of the Asian Human Rights Commission, detained on day that saw dozens of pro-democracy activists arrested

 

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The lives of others: Ute Mahler's images of the real East Germany – in pictures

 

In 1974, the German photographer set out to convey the truth about how people really lived in the communist GDR – depicting her fellow citizens with a ‘timeless coolness’

 

Wed 6 Jan 2021 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jan/06/ute-mahler-images-real-east-germany-in-pictures

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Brazilian football has a racism problem – from grassroots to the elite

 

Two depressing incidents over the festive season show discrimination is apparent in every level of Brazilian football

 

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Turkey: Students protest against Erdogan-appointed university rector

 

Hundreds of students criticized the appointment of the new rector due to his close ties with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-students-protest-against-erdogan-appointed-university-rector/a-56129129

 

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'It’s incredible': why do two convicted Greek neo-Nazis remain at large?

 

Christos Pappas, Golden Dawn’s de facto number two, is missing, while MEP Ioannis Lagos has refused to return home

 

Helena Smith in Athens
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Israel is a non-democratic apartheid regime, says rights group

 

Embassy spokesperson rejects ‘false claims’ in report that alleges policies perpetuate supremacy of Jews over Palestinians

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
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We are Israel's largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid

 

The systematic promotion of the supremacy of one group of people over another is deeply immoral and must end

 

Hagai El-Ad  (Israeli human rights activist, and executive director of B’Tselem)

Tue 12 Jan 2021 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/12/israel-largest-human-rights-group-apartheid

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Emicida, a rapper on a mission to recover Brazil's black history

 

Musician and maker of ‘heroic’ Netflix documentary warns his country is on a dangerous path

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Mon 18 Jan 2021 05.00 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Alexei Navalny is appealing to the people, over the heads of Russia's crooked system

 

The government continues to rely on repression, but Navalny’s rallying cry has galvanised the opposition

 

Tue 19 Jan 2021 13.28 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/19/alexei-navalny-people-russia-system-government-repression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe can only fix its relationship with Africa if it exorcises its colonial ghosts

 

Paternalism and racism must be tackled if the EU is to rebuild trust with a young, economically dynamic continent

 

Tue 19 Jan 2021 14.36 GMT Last modified on Tue 19 Jan 2021 14.39 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/jan/19/europe-relationship-africa-colonial-racism-eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia's blockade of Qatar is over – but my father is still in jail for opposing it

 

My father, the Islamic scholar Salman Alodah, is among the many prisoners of conscience languishing in Saudi jails

 

Tue 19 Jan 2021 10.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Woman jailed for record 43 years for insulting Thai monarchy

 

Anchan, in her 60s, had hoped for leniency and said she did not realise audio she shared was inappropriate

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
 
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EU border force head faces calls to quit over allegations he 'misled' MEPs

 

Frontex director Fabrice Leggeri accused over failure to appoint officers to protect people’s rights, with home affairs commissioner calling for ‘clarity’

 

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https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/egypt

 

 

 

Detention of Patrick Zaki

 

A judge keep postponing his release whenever set deadline comes up...a real SHAME...Yesterday it wa sagain postponed for another 15 days...He's been incarcerated since Feb. 2020..

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Patrick_Zaki

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The Hill We Climb: the Amanda Gorman poem that stole the inauguration show

 

The 22-year-old poet wowed the crowd with her reading during Joe Biden’s swearing-in. Here’s the transcript of her text

 

• An inspiration to us all’: Amanda Gorman stirs hope and awe

 

 

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Wed 20 Jan 2021 19.11 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Illinois poised to become first state to end wealth-based pre-trial detention

 

State passed Pre-trial Fairness Act which the governor, JB Pritzker, has long expressed his support for

 

 

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British Virgin Islands' governor launches inquiry into alleged corruption

 

Gus Jaspert’s extraordinary step comes amid claims of a climate of fear in the UK overseas territory

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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‘People are hungry’: why Tunisia's youth are taking to the streets

 

Unemployment – especially among the young – falling living standards and lockdowns have sparked riots across the country

 

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'The problem is Putin': protesters throng Russia's streets to support jailed Navalny

 

More than 2,500 are arrested at rallies across the country as cities see huge turnouts in support of opposition leader

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Sat 23 Jan 2021 18.49 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/the-problem-is-putin-protesters-throng-the-streets-to-support-navalny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We will go after aggressors': France to tighten incest laws, vows Macron

 

President promises legislative changes after book accuses top commentator of abusing stepson

 

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Vladimir Putin's £1bn ($1.374B) palace of pleasure: Grander than Versailles, it's a monument to the Russian leader's vanity - complete with lap-dancing room and ice hockey rink... allegedly paid for by oligarchs desperate for his patronage, writes RICHARD KAY

  • Putin's palace on Russia's southern Black Sea coast swarms over 190,000sqft
  • Russian leader is reputedly one of the richest men in the world worth £160bn
  • Construction costs have reached a £1 billion according to Alexei Navalny

 

By Richard Kay for the Daily Mail

Published: 22:01 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 20 January 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9169565/Tsar-Putins-1billion-palace-pleasure-monstrous-monument-Russian-leaders-vanity.html

 

 

 

 

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'The release of six decades of fear': Egypt's lost revolution

 

25 January 2011 marked the start of Hosni Mubarak’s fall but also moves by the military to take over

 

Sun 24 Jan 2021 15.22 GMTLast modified on Sun 24 Jan 2

by Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/egypt-lost-revolution-hosni-mubarak-military-takeover

 

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Greece and Turkey in talks to try to avert military escalation

 

Countries resume dialogue aimed at calming tensions in Aegean and Mediterranean after five-year gap

 

Helena Smith in Athens
Mon 25 Jan 2021 05.00 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Putin rejects Navalny's claim that he owns palace on Black Sea

 

Russian president claims he has nothing to do with property after video exposé by opposition leader

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow and Luke Harding
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Motorcade rallies call for impeachment of Bolsonaro in Brazil

 

Protests take place across country at what many see as president’s shambolic Covid response

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
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Chile court overturns convictions for 1982 murder of former president Frei

 

  • Judges rule Eduardo Frei Montalva ‘not a victim of homicide’
  • Doctor and driver among six convicted in Pinochet-era death

 

Reuters in Santiago
Mon 25 Jan 2021 17.35 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Things are getting worse': Tunisia protests rage on as latest victim named

 

Police brutality and unemployment worsened by the pandemic continues to drive young protesters onto streets to demand reform

 

Wed 27 Jan 2021 13.18 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Egypt’s political prisoners ‘denied healthcare and subject to reprisals’

 

International community must put pressure on Egypt to prevent prison deaths, warns Amnesty International

 
 
Ruth Michaelsonin Cairo
Tue 26 Jan 2021 07.15 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Israel, apartheid claims and roadblocks to peace

 

Readers respond to an editorial on the human rights group B’Tselem’s accusation that Israel is running an apartheid regime

 

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Thu 21 Jan 2021 17.51 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/israel-apartheid-claims-and-roadblocks-to-peace

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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Chile court overturns convictions for 1982 murder of former president Frei

 

  • Judges rule Eduardo Frei Montalva ‘not a victim of homicide’
  • Doctor and driver among six convicted in Pinochet-era death

 

 
Reuters in Santiago
Mon 25 Jan 2021 17.35 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Things are getting worse': Tunisia protests rage on as latest victim named

 

Police brutality and unemployment worsened by the pandemic continues to drive young protesters onto streets to demand reform

 

 
Wed 27 Jan 2021 13.18 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Egypt’s political prisoners ‘denied healthcare and subject to reprisals’

 

International community must put pressure on Egypt to prevent prison deaths, warns Amnesty International

 
 
 
Ruth Michaelsonin Cairo
Tue 26 Jan 2021 07.15 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Israel, apartheid claims and roadblocks to peace

 

Readers respond to an editorial on the human rights group B’Tselem’s accusation that Israel is running an apartheid regime

 

Letters

Thu 21 Jan 2021 17.51 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/israel-apartheid-claims-and-roadblocks-to-peace

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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German neo-Nazi jailed for murder of pro-immigration politician

 

Stephan Ernst given life sentence for killing CDU’s Walter Lübcke in June 2019

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin
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