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Mauritania: Supreme Court Frees Jailed Anti-slavery Activists

The Mauritania Supreme Court Tuesday demanded the immediate release of anti-slavery activists arrested two years ago and sentenced to two years in prison, reports say. Biram ould Abeid and Brahim ould Bilal respectively President and deputy President of IRA Mauritanie, an NGO combatting slavery in the country, have been ordered free by the Supreme Court […]

UNGA adopts Morocco-proposed Resolution proclaiming International Day against Hate Speech

The 193 member states of the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted, on Wednesday, a resolution presented by Morocco on the fight against hate speech, which proclaims, for the first time in the history of the United Nations, June 18 of each year as “International Day Against Hate Speech”. The adoption by consensus of this historic […]

Chile closes its embassy in Algiers

Chili announced it will shut down its foreign mission in Algeria and four other countries by the end of 2020 in a move to reduce costs and scale up relations with other countries such has Belgium and Austria. The widely-circulated Chilean daily El Mercurio reports that Chile’s decision to close its embassy in Algiers threw […]