An Israeli Security Forces vehicle lights a gate in the security fence that separates farmers in the Biddu enclave from their land in the Seam Zone, which is the land between the 1949 Armistices Line and the West Bank Barrier. UN Photo: Alaa Ghosheh / UNRWA Archives

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New Legislation May Derail Israeli–Palestinian Peace Process

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Israeli, Legislation, Palestinian, Peace, UN

A new piece of Israeli legislation would enable the confiscation of privately owned Palestinian land and if passed, would deal

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FC Barcelona and UNICEF Help Children Get Quality Education

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FC Barcelona and UNICEF Help Children Get Quality Education

November 21, 2016November 22, 2016 RMN News Children, Education, FC Barcelona, Football, Quality, UNICEF

FC Barcelona and UNICEF celebrated Saturday their 10-year partnership at FC Barcelona’s match against Malaga, and during a post-match event

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Iraqi civilians, who fled fighting in the city of Mosul, walk lit up by Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles, as they head to camps housing displaced people on November 2, 2016 in Bazwaia, Iraq. Photo: UNICEF

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Military Operations to Retake Mosul Causing Humanitarian Crisis

November 19, 2016November 21, 2016 RMN News Crisis, Humanitarian, Iraq, Military, Mosul, UNICEF

As November 17 marked one month of intensified military operations to retake the city of Mosul, tens of thousands of

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

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Pakistan to Expel Over 100 Turkish School Teachers. Why?

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 RMN News Amnesty, Human Rights, Pakistan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, School, Teachers, Turkey, Turkish

Leading human rights organization Amnesty International has questioned Pakistan’s decision to expel more than 100 Turkish school teachers. In a

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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of association Maina Kiai. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

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Native Americans Facing Excessive Force in North Dakota: UN

November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Native Americans, North Dakota, UN

A United Nations (UN) human rights expert has accused US security forces of using excessive force against protesters trying to

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A family displaced by fighting in the village of Shora, 25 kilometres south of Mosul, wait by the roadside at an army checkpoint on the outskirts of Qayyarah. Photo: UNHCR / Ivor Prickett

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Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Continues in Iraq

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 RMN News Girls, Human Rights, Iraq, Mosul, Sexual, UN, Women

Mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave

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