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Payroll tax deferral ends with a whimper
AEI - 2021-01-14 00:02
The Trump administration’s decision last August to allow employers to defer the Social Security payroll taxes seems to have done very little to stimulate the economy. Very few private employers participated in the deferral, and it has burdened the federal ...
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Jacob Blake: No police officers charged over Kenosha shooting
BBC - 2021-01-06 00:02
Wisconsin's district attorney says no-one will face charges over the shooting of the black man in August. ...
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Iraq: Protection Monitoring of Refugees in Response to COVID-19 (August - December 2020) - Iraq | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2021-01-05 19:06
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HPG veröffentlichen Namen von Xantûr-Gefallenen
ANF - 2020-12-11 02:06
Die HPG haben die Namen von zwei Guerillakämpfern veröffentlicht, die im August im Widerstand gegen die türkische Besatzung in Heftanîn gefallen sind. ...
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HPG pays tribute to 4 guerrillas who fell martyrs in Serhat
ANF - 2020-12-08 12:06
HPG BIM paid tribute to four guerrillas who fell as martyrs in Serhat on 26 August. ...
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Department Press Briefing - August 3, 2017 - United States Department of State
United States Department of State - 2020-12-05 13:36
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AEI housing market indicators, December 2020
AEI - 2020-12-02 00:02
According to the AEI Housing Market Indicators update, driven by the lowest mortgage rates in history, counts for all loan purposes were at or near series’ highs in August 2020. No cash out and cash out refinances are blowing past their prior highs. The p ...
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Ebru Timtik honored with CCBE posthumous Human Rights Award
ANF - 2020-11-29 13:34
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) granted its 2020 Human Rights Award to seven Egyptian lawyers currently in prison and granted an exceptional posthumous Human Rights Award to Turkish lawyer Ebru Timtik who died in August 2020. ...
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A powerful conversation on standing against tyranny
AEI - 2020-11-26 00:02
Last week saw a meeting of minds between two heroic resisters: Natan Sharansky, the famous refusenik who spent nine years in Soviet prisons, and Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong who was arrested in August. The post A powerful conversation ...
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US consumer confidence drops to 96.1 in November as rising virus infections push optimism to lowest level since August
Yahoo - 2020-11-24 18:12
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HPG pays tribute to martyrs of Medina
ANF - 2020-11-17 11:14
HPG Press Liason Center (BIM) issued a written statement to pay tribute to the guerrillas who fell as martyrs in Medina on 19 August 2020. ...
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Five and a Half Years in Prison for a Civil Rights Activist
Kurdistan Human Rights - 2020-11-16 02:03
Mehdi Sanefarshi, a civil rights activist from Tabriz who was detained by security forces in late August after entering Iran from Turkey, was charged with “membership in opposition groups abroad” and “propaganda… The post Five and a Half Years in Prison f ...
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Iran denies al-Qaeda leader was killed in Tehran
BBC - 2020-11-15 00:50
A US report claims that Israeli agents shot dead the man and his daughter in the street in August. ...
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Unemployment in Turkey: over 4 million people without job
ANF - 2020-11-10 10:28
Turkish Statistical Institute said unemployment reached 13.2%, or 4,194,000 people in the month of August. ...
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Turkish jets bomb a village in Shengal
ANF - 2020-11-08 19:55
The Yazidi town of Shengal (Sinjar) has been targeted by the Turkish state since the organization of the local people who took up arms to defend themselves after the ISIS onslaught in August 2014. ...
Könnt ihr euch noch daran erinnern? Damals mitten im August, als plötzlich über Rassismus geredet wurde. Und das bei dieser Hitze, bei der man sein Smartphone immer wieder in den Schatten legen musste, damit es keinen Sonnenstich bekam, wenn man auf Twitt ...
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Rush to Build LNG Export Terminals Falters as Uncertainty Grows Over Financials
John Bolton - 2020-11-07 01:55
Read time: 8 minsOn Monday, October 5, a ship left Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal shut down by Hurricane Laura, the powerful storm that made landfall on August 27 near Cameron, Louisiana, about 15 miles south of the plant. That tanker ...
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On the 73rd attempt to exterminate us, I wept with my Yazidi ancestors
Ronya Othmann - 2020-11-01 22:59
August 2014, I spent the day in front of the television with my parents in the living room, sitting on my bed watching videos on youtube, spending hours reading on the websites of German, English and Kurdish newspapers. On all the channels, I saw the same ...
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The New Yorker August 24, 2020 | The New Yorker
Newyorker - 2020-10-29 02:17
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Deir ez-Zor: Massengrab mit Schuaitat-Angehörigen entdeckt
ANF - 2020-10-28 01:01
Im Osten von Syrien ist ein Massengrab mit 25 Angehörigen des Stammes der Schuaitat entdeckt worden. Die darin verscharrten Menschen wurden im August 2014 bei Massakern der Dschihadistenmiliz „Islamischer Staat“ in Deir ez-Zor exekutiert. ...
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4. August: Reisewarnung für Türkei teilweise aufgehoben | MDR.DE
MDR - 2020-10-25 06:21
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Regarding the aftermath of the Norwegian parliament hack
AEI - 2020-10-15 00:14
At the end of August, Norway’s parliament was subjected to a serious cyber-attack, and Norway this week announced Russia was behind the attack. It’s a useful reminder to everyone that our societies are vulnerable and that we shouldn’t take their many asse ...
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Der Sport-Tag am Montag, den 31. August 2020 - n-tv.de
N-TV - 2020-10-12 06:18
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President Nechirvan Barzani receives France’s Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly
KRG-Spain - 2020-10-10 06:02
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, August 27, 2020 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received the French Republic’s Minister of the Armed Forces Ms. Florence Parly and her accompanying delegation in Erbil on Thursday. The latest developments in Iraq, way ...
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Die besten Krimis 2020 – Vier Tipps für den August | kulturnews.de
Kulturnews - 2020-10-06 14:59
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Three guerrillas martyred in the Amanos Mountains
ANF - 2020-10-05 16:19
HPG announced the names of three guerrilla fighters who died in August during a Turkish air attack in the Amanos Mountains in the province of Hatay. Among the fallen is also the area commander Hüseyin Fırat. ...
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Die besten Bücher im August 2020 | kulturnews.de
Kulturnews - 2020-10-03 23:26
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HPG announces the names of four martyred guerrillas
ANF - 2020-09-29 19:37
HPG published the names of four martyrs. Two guerrillas died in Mardin in August, and two other guerrillas in Hakkari in September. ...
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ShaMaran Atrush August Payment Received
Newswire - 2020-09-28 07:35
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Genel, Gulf Keystone receive August oil payments... | Rudaw.net
Rûdaw - 2020-09-26 16:13
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IN BRIEF: Genel Gets Over USD10 Million From August... | Morningstar
Morningstar - 2020-09-25 20:57
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Two guerrillas buried in the cemetery of the nameless
ANF - 2020-09-24 13:32
Two guerrillas who were martyred in August, have been buried in the cemetery of the nameless. ...
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Namen von Heftanîn-Gefallenen veröffentlicht
ANF - 2020-09-21 01:09
Die HPG haben die Identität von zwei Gefallenen veröffentlicht. Kendal Welat Dersim und Devrim Seyfettin sind Anfang August im Widerstand von Heftanîn ums Leben gekommen. ...
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The Kurdish Human Rights Situation Report in August 2020
Kurdistan Human Rights Association - 2020-09-19 06:01
KMMK This is KMMK’s monthly report, August 2020, on the human rights situation in eastern Kurdistan. This report summarizes key The post The Kurdish Human Rights Situation Report in August 2020 appeared first on Kurdistan Human Rights Association. ...
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16/09/2020 OPEC+ compliance in August seen at 101%: sources
ESTA - 2020-09-16 13:53
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Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences for 14 lawyers
ANF - 2020-09-15 19:33
The Turkish Court of Cassation has upheld the prison sentences for 14 leftist lawyers. The court reversed the verdict against Ebru Timtik who died in August after months of death fast demanding a fair trial. ...
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Wiedereröffnung aller Cineplexx Kinostandorte verschiebt sich auf August | Regionews.at
Regionews - 2020-09-13 11:03
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HPG announces the identity of two fallen guerrillas
ANF - 2020-09-09 17:29
Guerrilla fighters Destan Hezo and Rêber Mordem were martyred during a Turkish army air raid in Van in August. ...
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Dubai private sector signals continued improvements business conditions in August | Business – Gulf News
Gulfnews - 2020-09-09 10:19
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Guerrilla Kızılkaya laid to rest in Amed
ANF - 2020-09-09 10:15
HPG guerrilla Sefa Kızılkaya, who fell martyr in Bitlis on 13 August, was laid to rest in Amed. ...
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Turkish army deploys Korkut 35 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun system in Libya | Defense News August 2020 Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2020 | Archive News year
Armyrecognition - 2020-09-08 21:41
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IOM Iraq COVID-19 Response Overview #2 (21 July - 17 August 2020) - Iraq | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2020-09-07 12:18
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The US involvement in Shengal
ANF - 2020-09-07 09:37
When ISIS attacked Shengal on August 3, 2014, it was said that a genocide plan led by the US-Turkey was going to be implemented. ...
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Das Altpapier am 21. August 2020: Der akademische Tunnelblick | MDR.DE
MDR - 2020-09-06 15:52
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Report: Increasing violence in occupied Afrin
ANF - 2020-09-06 15:12
Statistics from the month of August after two and a half years of Turkish occupation. ...
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Violence against women increases 33% in August
ANF - 2020-09-06 13:38
We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP) reported that there was at least 33 percent increase in violence against women in the month of August. ...
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DFG: 2 journalists jailed, 8 others attacked in August
ANF - 2020-09-05 08:15
Journalism in Turkey: A journalist was arrested because he was reporting on the suicide of a Kurdish woman after being raped by a Turkish sergeant. In Amed, the police tried to recruit a journalist as an informer. ...
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region COVID-19 Situation Report No. 7 (Reporting Period: 1 - 31 August 2020) - Turkey | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2020-09-04 22:47
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03/09/2020 World food price index rises for third month running in August: FAO
ESTA - 2020-09-03 14:29
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Food prices increase, inflation reaches 11.77%
ANF - 2020-09-03 12:57
Turkey registered an annual hike of 11.77% in consumer prices in August, the country's statistical authority, TÜIK, announced today. ...
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HPG commemorate martyrs of Çukurca and Başkale
ANF - 2020-09-03 12:04
HPG Press Liaison Center (HPG-BIM) commemorated three guerrillas who fell martyr in the violent clashes in Çukurca district of Hakkari and Başkale district of Van at the end of August. ...
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27 Frauenmorde im August in der Türkei
ANF - 2020-09-03 02:24
Laut einem Recherchebericht der Plattform „Wir stoppen Frauenmorde“ sind im August 27 Frauen in Nordkurdistan und der Türkei von Männern aus ihrem Umfeld ermordet worden. 23 weitere Frauen wurden auf verdächtige Weise tot aufgefunden. ...
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MLKP and HBDH fighter martyred in Kars
ANF - 2020-09-02 14:37
Kurdish guerrilla fighter Koray Aspir was martyred in late August in a clash with the Turkish army in the province of Kars. He was a member of MLKP Black Sea Urban Guerrilla Unit and the guerrilla alliance HBDH. ...
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Men kill 27 women in August, 23 die in suspicious circumstances
ANF - 2020-09-02 09:49
We Will Stop Femicide Platform said that 50 women died in August. ...
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01/09/2020 Iraq's oil exports average 2.597 million bpd in August: ministry
ESTA - 2020-09-01 15:43
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01/09/2020 At least four Kurds executed in Iran in August: watchdog
ESTA - 2020-09-01 10:00
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ANC of Merrimack Valley Connects with Congresswoman Lori Trahan During August Recess
Armenianweekly - 2020-08-31 21:26
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20-year-old woman murdered in Dirbêsiyê
ANF - 2020-08-31 20:47
In Dirbêsiyê in northeastern Syria, a 20-year-old woman has fallen victim to a femicide. The perpetrator is said to be the brother of the murdered woman. In early August, a woman had been killed by her brother in Kobanê. ...
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Persecution Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: August | Persecution
Persecution - 2020-08-31 17:09
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31. August 2020 – Besuch des chinesischen Außenministers in Berlin
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-31 14:28
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31/08/2020 Dollar set for worst August in five years
ESTA - 2020-08-31 11:18
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Kurdistan Region President Signs an Appointment Decree
Presidency of Kurdistan - 2020-08-31 00:32
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, August 30, 2020 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani signed a decree on Sunday appointing Mr. Jabar Mustafa Rasoul as the Head of the Kurdistan Region Mine Action Agency (KMAA). Following the ceremony, the President congra ...
Briefing to the Security Council by SRSG Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert - Wednesday, 26 August 2020 [EN/AR] - Iraq | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2020-08-29 09:54
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Kurdisntan’s Weekly Brief August 25
Washington Kurdish Institute - 2020-08-28 09:13
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President Nechirvan Barzani receives France’s Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly
Presidency of Kurdistan - 2020-08-28 06:20
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, August 27, 2020 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received the French Republic’s Minister of the Armed Forces Ms. Florence Parly and her accompanying delegation in Erbil on Thursday. The latest developments in Iraq, way ...
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Corona: Die Ereignisse vom 24. bis 30. August | BR24
BR - 2020-08-28 01:11
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ISHM: August 20 - August 27, 2020 - Iraq | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2020-08-27 23:21
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26. August 2020 – Landkonflikte in Australien
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-27 19:55
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Iran: Message by Massoud Rajavi, August 26, 2020 - NCRI
Ncr Iran - 2020-08-27 13:15
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Iran: Message by Masoud Rajavi, August 26, 2020 - NCRI
Ncr Iran - 2020-08-27 00:30
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26. August 2020 – Einladung zur Menschenrechtsaktion
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-26 19:54
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Camp Taji handover: a significant milestone and new phase in ensuring the enduring defeat of Daesh
The Global Coalition - 2020-08-26 19:25
The full operational transfer of Camp from Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), (the Global Coalition against Daesh’s military task force), to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) on Sunday 23 August represents a milestone in the ...
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Middle East Insider, August 24, 2020 :: Middle East Forum
Meforum - 2020-08-26 11:42
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Refugees, Rohingya Genocide & More: Fifteen Things That Caught My Eye Today -- August 25, 2020) | National Review
Nationalreview - 2020-08-26 03:17
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Businesses balk at payroll tax deferral
AEI - 2020-08-26 00:20
In response to the payroll tax deferral that President Trump announced on August 8, numerous business organizations have confirmed their reluctance to participate. The post Businesses balk at payroll tax deferral appeared first on American Enterprise Inst ...
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Kurdistan Region President’s message on the anniversary of the Badinan Genocide
Presidency of Kurdistan - 2020-08-25 22:59
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, August 25, 2020 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani issued a statement on the 32nd anniversary of the 1988 Anfal genocidal campaigns against civilians in Badinan areas of the Kurdistan Region, where thousands of people we ...
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HPG guerrillas kill 7 invading Turkish soldiers in Heftanin
ANF - 2020-08-25 14:56
Guerrillas carried out actions against the invading Turkish army on 20 August as part of the Cenga Heftanin Revolutionary Initiative. Seven invaders were punished and 3 were injured. ...
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Is ISIS Gaining Ground Amid the Pandemic? | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Rachel Avraham | 5 Elul 5780 – August 25, 2020 | JewishPress.com
Jewishpress - 2020-08-25 14:34
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25. August 2020 – Munzur-Tal in der Türkei
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-25 13:45
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HBDH claims action in Izmir
ANF - 2020-08-25 08:09
The HBDH Sinan Ateş Revenge Militia claimed responsibility for an action against an agent who lives in 552 streets of Asırlık Mahallesi in Izmir's Menemen district on August 23. ...
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Microsoft adds two Kurdish dialects Kurmanji and Sorani to Microsoft translator
E-Kurd - 2020-08-25 01:57
REDMOND, Washington,— Microsoft Translator on August 20, adds two Kurdish dialects, Northern and Central, to its list of text translation languages. Northern and Central Kurdish are available now, or will be available soon, in the Microsoft Translator app ...
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21. August 2020 – Trauer um Zara Alvarez
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-24 23:18
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The Energy Bulletin Weekly August 24, 2020 - Resilience
Resilience - 2020-08-24 19:50
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24. August 2020 – Jahrestag des Genozids an den Rohingya (25.8.)
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-24 17:59
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Latest News in Brief – August 24, 2020 - NCRI
Ncr Iran - 2020-08-24 15:11
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24. August 2020 – Berufung im Völkermord-Verfahren gegen Ratko Mladic
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-24 11:23
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Iraqi Kurdistan cracks down on protest coverage Security forces have targeted demonstrators in the semi-autonomous region, which is traditionally seen as a liberal refuge in Iraq August 23, 2020
The National AE - 2020-08-23 19:31
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Middle East Insider, August 20, 2020 :: Middle East Forum
Meforum - 2020-08-22 14:45
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20. August 2020 – Jahrestag des Genozids an den Rohingya (25.8.)
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-22 08:45
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20. August 2020 – Chilenischer Mapuche-Führer beendet Hungerstreik
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-21 22:11
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21. August 2020 – „A Children’s Emergency – Report on children affected by and conceived in the genocide against the Rohingya“
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV) - 2020-08-21 15:31
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HDP: Isolation in Imrali being imposed on the whole country
ANF - 2020-08-21 10:08
On 6 August the CPT released a report on its visit to Imrali between 6 and 17 May 2019 and pointed out that the system implemented in Imrali is one of isolation and torture. ...
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A Child-Offender Executed at Orumiyeh Central Prison
Kurdistan Human Rights - 2020-08-21 02:07
Child offender Arsalan Yassini who was arrested at the age of 17 on the charge of “premeditated murder” and sentenced to “retribution”(execution), was executed at the Orumiyeh Central Prison on August 17.… The post A Child-Offender Executed at Orumiyeh Ce ...
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Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 20 August 2020 - Mali | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2020-08-21 01:40
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HPG announces the names of Gabar martyrs
ANF - 2020-08-20 17:20
HPG published the identities of two guerrilla fighters who died in a Turkish air raid on Mount Gabar in Northern Kurdistan in early August. ...
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New session of Syrian Constitutional Committee on 24 August
ANF - 2020-08-20 13:25
The Syrian Constitutional Committee sessions will resume in Geneva on 24 August. Once again they won’t include the representatives of North and East Syria. ...
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HRE discloses identity of a fallen fighter
ANF - 2020-08-20 12:07
Afrin Liberation Forces disclosed the identity information of a fighter who fell martyr on 18 August. ...
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August 19, 2020 Arts Etc. | International Examiner