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’Don’t redeem the Taliban,’ Afghan social media users ask world before peace talks

KABUL, 20 July 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Afghans shared accounts of violence linked to the Taliban on social media with the hashtag phrase ‘don’t redeem the Taliban’ as anxiety grows as the United States withdraws troops and attempts to usher peace talks with the militant group. The accounts of alleged violence and human rights abuses with the hashtag phrase in Dari meaning ‘don’t redeem the Taliban’ have been shared more than 100,000 times on Twitter. Kabul-based Twitter user Ejaz Malikzada, 26, said the message had gained traction as Afghan social media users sought to remind foreign powers not to sacrifice achievements on human rights made in the last few decades. “By participating in this hashtag I want to tell those foreigners who insist on starting peace talks in Afghanistan, they

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Arab rights body calls for halt to execution of 12 Muslim Brotherhood members

ISTANBUL, 17 June 2021 [Fik/News Sources]: An Arab human rights body on Wednesday called on the international community and rights groups to help stop the implementation of death penalties awarded to 12 Muslim Brotherhood members by the Egyptian judiciary. In a statement, the Arab Council, chaired by former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, denounced the “shocking rulings" by the judiciary against the Muslim Brotherhood leaders. Egypt’s highest civilian court on Monday upheld the death sentences of 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, including senior leaders Mohamed al-Beltagy, Safwat Hegazy, Abdel-Rahman el-Bar, Osama Yassin (former Egyptian minister), and Ahmed Aref. On Aug. 14, 2013, the army and police dispersed two sit-in protests held by the supporters of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo,

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Iran’s Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani: Portrait of a man of ice

Tehran, 12 Mar 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: As seen in many photographs, Major General Qassem Soleimani rarely smiles, his deep-set eyes often stare cold and shark-like, and with lips set grimly across ghost-like features, it typifies a leader who demands respect. Being a short man, Soleimani has constructed a persona that exudes charisma, which compensates for his diminutive stature. These days, with the power he yields from his close relationship with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has set him up with a vast personal fortune, he has no problem joking about his height. Along with an unassuming manner, coupled with a calmness of voice, Soleimani has perfected the art of entering a room as silently as a ghost, and by not fully conversing with those gathered within, it adds an aura of mystery to the man, ensuring his guests are never

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