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Impunity persists for alleged violations in Occupied Palestinian Territories – OHCHR report

“Impunity continues to prevail,” the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report on accountability for alleged violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) since 2008, including during large-scale protests beginning in March 2018 along the Gaza-Israel fence.   According to the report, which is produced annually […]

Morocco: Arrest of two ISIS-affiliated suspects

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested two suspects affiliated with ISIS on Tuesday.   A statement from the BCIJ, which works under the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), said that the suspects were active in Ait Melloul, a city in the suburban area of Agadir and Oulad Berhil in the Taroudant Province. […]

Libya: Can the New UNSMIL Chief heal divisions?

German veteran diplomat Martin Kobler who has been appointed few weeks ago Head of the UNSMIL and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, in replacement of Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon, is assuming office as of Tuesday, November 17. The new UNSMIL chief faces a daunting task in view of the large rifts […]