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In the 'kingdom of silence', the caged bird raps
Oped, Published on 18/07/2025
» In Syria, the caged bird raps. On my first night imprisoned, I began to write:
Iran's judiciary says 71 killed in Israeli strike on prison
Published on 29/06/2025
» DUBAI - Israel's attack on Evin Prison in Iran's capital Tehran on June 23 killed 71 people, Iranian judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said on Sunday.
When films speak louder than missiles
Oped, Published on 26/06/2025
» Jafar Panahi tells it as he sees it: "An attack on my homeland, Iran, is in no way acceptable," the Iranian filmmaker wrote on Instagram last week. "Israel has violated Iran and should be tried in an international trial as a war aggressor."
Freed Belarus opposition figure urges Trump to help release all prisoners
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» VILNIUS - Belarus opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky, who was released following an appeal from the White House, said Sunday that US President Donald Trump could secure the freedom of all Belarusian political prisoners.
Belarus opposition leader freed from jail after US mediation
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» WARSAW - Belarus's top jailed opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky was freed alongside over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday in a surprise release hailed as a "symbol of hope".
Israel to expel French nationals on Gaza aid boat
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel is to expel by the end of the week four French nationals held after security forces intercepted their Gaza-bound aid boat, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday, as an Israeli NGO said one of the French campaigners was briefly put in solitary confinement.
Russia, Ukraine swap first prisoners in large-scale exchange
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped a first group of captured soldiers -- part of an agreement reached during peace talks that appeared to be in doubt over the weekend.
Six-year-old among group arrested over killing of Myanmar general
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2025
» Myanmar’s military has arrested a six-year-old girl as part of a group it labelled “terrorists” in connection with the assassination of a retired general and former diplomat, according to a junta-run newspaper on Friday.
US envoy says Hamas response to ceasefire proposal 'unacceptable'
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas announced on Saturday that it had submitted its reply to a US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Washington's main negotiator almost immediately criticised the response as "totally unacceptable".
Israel minister says 'time to go in with full force' in Gaza
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» JERUSALEM - An Israeli far-right minister said on Friday it was time to use "full force" in Gaza, after Hamas said a new US-backed truce proposal failed to meet its demands.