Tag: Global Voices
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Violence in Arsal Is a Reminder of How Vulnerable Syrian Refugees Are in Lebanon
“Whatever happened, we have to recognize that the response towards these attacks where refugees/Syrians are all assumed guilty is inhumane”
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‘There Is No Holiness in an Occupied City’: Jewish Activists Protest Israel’s ‘Jerusalem Day’
“This is not an occasion to celebrate. Jews around the world must resist this violence, supposedly perpetrated in our names.”
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To Take a Stand for Love, Beirut Pride Had to Overcome Hate
A hotel where the first event was scheduled canceled on organizers after facing pressure from religious groups. But that hasn’t stopped Beirut Pride from going forward.
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Venezuela’s Protests Arrive in Lebanon
“What nerve. Tarek WIlliam Saab, who should ensure the Human Rights of Venezuelans and doesn’t do it, goes and talks about Human Rights in #Lebanon.”
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‘We Are Not Slaves, We Want Our Rights’: Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers March on Labour Day
Hundreds of migrant domestic workers and Lebanese activists took to the streets on Labour Day to protest against Lebanon’s notorious Kafala system and for justice.
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Students and Staff Condemn Talk by Israel’s UK Ambassador at SOAS, University of London
London’s SOAS University saw hundreds protest Israeli ambassador’s visit to campus, denouncing it as “an official exercise in state propaganda.”
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‘Children Were Dying Everywhere’: A Syrian Videographer Recounts the Al Rashideen Explosion That Killed Over 100
Abd Alkader Habak appears in a photo that was widely shared on social media in which he is running with an injured child in his arms. Here is what happened.
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Activists Cry Foul as Lebanon Imposes a Tax Hike Right Before Postponing Elections, Again
Elections have been postponed three times in Lebanon since 2013. As a result, eligible voters from ages 21 to 28 have never had a chance to vote.
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Syrian Civil Society in Douma Navigates a Tough Crackdown
Fundamentalist backlash to a magazine article has thrown civil society in Douma and Eastern Ghouta into turmoil, as activists and journalists struggle to get back to work.
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Jaysh Al-Islam Is Leading Peace Talks in Geneva, While Clamping Down on Speech in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
The group controlling the region has shut down a magazine and five well-known civil society organisations, according to activists.
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Palestinians Mourn ‘Intellectual-Activist’ Killed in Gun Battle With Israeli Forces
“Why is his people absent? Who was those that were supposed to protect him? Who was supposed to hide him?”
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Two Syrian Activists Explain Their Experiences Being Imprisoned by ISIS in Al Bab
“The days passed, and I never expected to come back here, the place from where I entered humiliated…I never expected to get out of here.”
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As Border Wall Looms Over Mexico, a Closer Look at Israel’s Internationally Condemned Wall
“Netanyahu’s support for Trump and the wall shows in all its meanness how low the Israeli prime minister has reached. Shameful.”
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Visit by France’s Marine Le Pen Leaves Many Lebanese Unimpressed
Marine Le Pen was granted the honor of a State Visit in Lebanon. Here’s how she spent it.
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Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabia’s Politicians and Media Love Trump’s Tough Talk on Iran
Some, however, warned that escalating tensions could end badly: “We live in the same region with Iran, any war on Iran means we all going to be devastated”.
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What Eyewitnesses Say Happened When Israeli Police Tried to Demolish Umm el-Hiran, a Bedouin Arab Village
Eyewitnesses explain what happened in Umm el-Hiran on the morning of January 18, 2017 as Israeli authorities prepared to destroy a Bedouin village
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‘Painting on Death’: One Syrian Artist’s Mission Under Siege in Douma
“We will make a Christmas tree from your shells and bombs, and light it for peace in our wounded Ghouta.”
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Saudi Arabia Says It Will Stop Using British-Made Cluster Bombs in Yemen
Since 2015, Saudi forces have been using the weapons, which 100 nations have banned.
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Lebanon Deports Prominent Migrant Worker Unionist
Law enforcement officers in Lebanon are cracking down on unionists committed to organizing the country’s migrant workers, and labor activists find themselves squeezed and left with few options.
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“The End is Near”. “Remember What We Sacrificed”. Dispatches from Eastern Aleppo.
“I direct my message to Syrian activists […] I ask them to send out our message that we have sacrificed for and keep on sacrificing.”
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Eastern Aleppo Health Director: Due to Systematic Attacks Against Hospitals, All Are Now Out of Service
As the Syrian regime and Russian government continue their assault on besieged Eastern Aleppo, the Aleppo Health Directorate announced that all remaining hospitals in Aleppo are out of service.
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It Took 2.5 Years, But Lebanon Finally Has a President Again
After a 2.5-year power vacuum, Lebanon finally has a president again. But what does it mean?