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Protests over who gets Lebanon's 'general amnesty' delay vote

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Palestinian Authority payment cuts leave families in crisis

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Morocco moves to abolish death penalty

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Israel advances bill to jail minors on terror charges

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Iran: Jailed US man's daughter has 'no confidence' in Biden

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Iran's judiciary demands protestors 'repent to be pardoned'

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Ben-Gvir looks to impose 4 minute shower time on prisoners

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21 February, 2023
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One Afghan woman's tortured account of Taliban imprisonment

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Prisoner allegedly 'tortured to death' at Egypt prison

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Eight Egyptian rights orgs urge 'real reform' to prisons

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Saudi Arabia
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How drug case gives a rare peek into Saudi 'legal apartheid'

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22 December, 2021
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Concerns over Covid-19 spread at notorious Egyptian prison

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Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband vows to keep up hunger strike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 November, 2021
Egypt
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Egypt mocked over song for newly opened prison

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Kuwait to pardon more prisoners next year amid overcrowding

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Meryl Streep signs letter urging release of jailed Iranians

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01 October, 2021
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Italy-Egypt oil and weapons deals undermine justice for Regeni

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Three killed as armed men storm Afghan prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 August, 2020
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Egypt arrests doctors, silences critics over coronavirus outbreak

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 July, 2020
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'Living in hope': Families of Syria detainees await news

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06 July, 2020