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Post-Assad Syria
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Syria's disappeared: The long road to justice after Assad

Over a decade after Syria's prison atrocities were exposed by whistleblower ‘Caesar’, families of the missing still search for answers and a grave to mourn at

Alex Martin Astley
20 November, 2025
India
World
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Indian opposition leader returns to jail after vote ends

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 June, 2024
Hijab
World
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US detention centre changes hijab policy following incident

Brooke Anderson
01 August, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt's ex-Zamalek head Mortada Mansour to form party

Thaer Mansour
08 June, 2023
Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi
MENA
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Jailed Egyptian rights lawyer's wife 'freed' after detention

Thaer Mansour
17 April, 2023
Turkey
MENA
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Turkish court jails journalist under 'disinformation' law

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 February, 2023
Algeria
MENA
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Algeria: Ex-energy minister sentenced to 20 years in prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 January, 2023
Iran
MENA
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Iran releases Oscar-winning film actress held over protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 January, 2023
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Alaa Abdel Fatah
MENA
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Alaa Abdel Fattah's mother says he looked 'weaker, thinner'

The New Arab Staff
24 November, 2022
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Chad
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Egypt pardons & releases jailed Chadian rebel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 September, 2022
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Myanmar
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Suu Kyi sentenced to three years for electoral fraud

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 September, 2022
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Malaysia
World
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Malaysian court sentences former first lady for bribery

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 September, 2022
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India
World
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India: Eleven convicted of gang-rape of Muslim woman go free

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 August, 2022
Lebanon
MENA
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Thirty-one inmates escape from Lebanon jail: authorities

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 August, 2022
Iran
World
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Iran returns two activists to jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 May, 2022
Georgia
World
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GA jail agrees to Ramadan mealtimes after 'food deprivation'

Brooke Anderson
21 April, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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'Egypt is a big cell' says activist freed from jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 January, 2022
Saudi Arabia
Offbeat
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Removing WhatsApp members 'punished with jail time' in Saudi

The New Arab Staff
20 November, 2021
iraq
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MENA
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Iraqi police questioned after 21 prisoners escape jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 May, 2021
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MENA
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Algeria whistle-blower jailed for a year

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 April, 2021
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MENA
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Egypt fiercely rejects criticism of human rights record

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 March, 2021