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KLANG: Fighting the Covid-19 pandemic goes beyond political inclination, says Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He said it was important for both the Perikatan Nasional Federal Government and the Pakatan Harapan Selangor government to work together. He said he was open to the synchronisation and sharing of data between the Federal Government’s MySejahtera and the state government’s Selangkah applications. Both applications were developed to monitor the Covid-19 pandemic. “In my first meeting with Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, we highlighted about synchronisation of the...

The report is based on statements obtained from a source with direct knowledge of Ahmed Mansoor’s court proceedings as well as interviews with two former prisoners who, at different times during Mansoor’s detention in al-Sadr prison, were detained alongside him in the designated isolation ward. UAE security forces arrested Mansoor in a late-night house raid on March 20, 2017. In May 2018, the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals’ State Security Chamber sentenced Mansoor to 10 years in prison on charges entirely related to his human rights activities. On December 31, 2018, the court of last reso...

An Amnesty International action calling for the release of Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul, on International Women’s Day, Paris, France, 8 March 2020, Jeanne Menjoulet/Flickr, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) December in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Authorities in MENA marked the end of 2020 with a chilling reminder of how deadly a year it has been for the region’s journalists and activists. Justice continues to elude those forcibl...

Ahmed Mansoor Held in Indefinite Solitary Confinement; Denied Necessities, Medication Human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor smiles while speaking to Associated Press journalists in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, August 25, 2016. © 2016 AP Images (Beirut) – The Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor’s health is at grave risk following more than three years in solitary confinement without basic necessities, Human Rights Watch and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) said today. He is on the advisory boards of both organizations. Between De...