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Qatar deports migrant workers after protest over unpaid salaries

Qatar has been praised worldwide for its labour reforms, however some violations still remain. Sixty workers were arrested after taking to the streets to protest six months of unpaid work…

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Police kill two in India protests amid Muslim outrage over Islamophobic remarks

Aside from India, protests sparked over outrage of derogatory Islamophobic remarks were also reported in other South Asian countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh. Two people were killed on Saturday as…

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Split politics: Pakistanis in Qatar react to Imran Khan’s ousting

Pakistan has had 29 prime ministers since 1947 but none have completed a full five-year term. Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Sunday after losing a no-confidence…

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Memory and the bitter-sweetness of revolution still lives within Bahrainis

A call for a national unity turned into sectarian clashes and backed by regional players has left Bahraini nationals feeling discredited, and stripped from their agency. On 14 February 2011,…

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Sudan’s security forces release Al-Araby TV journalists

Sudan’s security forces released four journalists on Friday, who work for the Qatari-funded television network, after arresting them and detaining them for hours. Sudan’s security forces raided Al-Araby Television’s office…

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Al Jazeera Sudan bureau chief arrested in Khartoum

The Qatar-based network has often been the target by authoritarian regimes. Sudanese security forces raided the home of Qatar-based Al Jazeera’s Sudan bureau chief, Al Musalami Al Kabashi, and arrested…

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‘Moral obligation’: Google, Amazon employees mobilise to protest Israeli contract

More than 2,000 employees feel ‘morally obligated’ to speak out Employees from Google and Amazon published an open letter in The Guardian calling for an end to Israeli ties with…

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Hamas vows resistance as Israel cracks down on Gaza protesters

Over 40 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli gunfire at Gaza border protests urging reconstruction of the enclave. Israeli forces wounded 41 Palestinians with live bullets, including a 13-year-old boy…

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Prominent Qatari analysts take to Twitter as Tunisia’s president ‘launches coup’

The North African country has witnessed a series of protests against decisions made by the president to suspend the parliament. Anti-government protests have erupted in Tunis following President Kais Saied’s…

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