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No Military Trials activist Salma Abdelgelil Photo by Rachel Adams
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NoMilTrials: Arresting change

Despite the worrying number of men and women still facing military trial…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Australian journalist Austin Mackell who was arrested along with colleagues in the Nile Delta town of Mahalla Austin Mackell
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Charges against Australian journalist dropped

Charges were pending for six months

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Maryam Al-Khawaja, a Bahraini human rights defender and acting president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights AFP PHOTO
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Bahraini activist denied access to Egypt

Maryam Al-Khawaja denied entrance to Egypt for "Top secret"

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Protesters march towards the Ministry of the Interior building in Downtown Cairo on 24 August Mohamed Omar
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New protests set for Friday

“We shall organise different marches to Tahrir square right after the Friday…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Libyan Islamist hardliners use a bulldozer to raze the mausoleum of Al-Shaab Al-Dahman near the centre of Tripoli on 25 August AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
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Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Stranded on the border with Turkey, a Syrian mother takes care of her children after they were displaced from their houses due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
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Refugees stranded as Turkey closes border

With 80,000 refugees have already crossed its borders, Turkey declares it’s a…

Fady Salah Fady Salah
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Daraya massacre aftermath highlights war-crimes

Finding 200 dead bodies, activists accuse the Syrian army of war crimes

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Despite Morsy’s efforts to form a Quartet to solve the Syrian crisis the fighting continues. Syrian children walk past a grounded army tank in the northern town of Azaz on 23 August AFP PHOTO/ ARIS MESSINIS
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Iran supports Quartet Committee for Syria

The faithful ally to Syria supports President Morsy Quartet committee plan

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Syrian families which have been displaced due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces are seen near the Syrian border with Turkey on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
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More Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR

Amid Brahimi’s worry, more Syrians flee the conflict-torn country

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
EgyptPolitics

Political movements divided over August 24

Political movements and factions stand divided regarding their participation in the 24…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha