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UN rights chief says Tunisia must end repression of civil society

AFP- The United Nations rights chief demanded Thursday that Tunisia end widening repression targeting civil society organizations, journalists, rights defenders and opposition figures. “The continued repression and restrictions on civic space by the Tunisian authorities undermine the rights of people protected under the country’s constitution and its international human rights …

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An Israeli airstrike killed journalists covering the war in Lebanon as they slept

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — An early morning Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon on Friday, one of the deadliest attacks on the media since hostilities broke out across the border a year ago. It was a rare airstrike on an area …

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