مَجْلِسُ حُقُوقِ الْإِنْسَانِ يُمَدِّدُ بَعْثَةَ تَقَصِّي الْحَقَائِقِ فِي السُّودَانِ
The UN Human Rights Council voted to extend its Sudan fact-finding mission for one year. The vote was 28 in favor, 10 against, and nine abstentions.
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نَحْوُ مِلْيُونٍ وَنِصْفِ شَخْصٍ نَزَحُوا فِي هَايْتِي
IOM reported that nearly 1.5 million people have been displaced inside Haiti, with most living outside the capital. The agency also warned that hurricane-season hazards may add to the difficulties displaced families face.
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جِيبُوتِي تَطْلُبُ دَعْمًا دَوْلِيًّا لِلْقَادِمِينَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ
Djibouti’s foreign minister called for more international support as people flee fighting in Yemen. UNHCR reported more than 3,000 arrivals and said arrivals were continuing.
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تَقْرِيرٌ أُمَمِيٌّ: تَهْجِيرُ سُكَّانِ ثَلَاثَةِ مُخَيَّمَاتٍ فِي الضِّفَّةِ الْغَرْبِيَّةِ
A UN report published on September 4, 2026 said Israeli forces forcibly displaced residents of three refugee camps in the northern West Bank in early 2025. The report says the residents are still unable to return to their homes.
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الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ تَفْرِضُ عُقُوبَاتٍ عَلَى رَئِيسَةِ الْمَحْكَمَةِ الْجِنَائِيَّةِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ
The United States sanctioned ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye on August 18, 2026. The court rejected the measures, describing them as an attack on judicial independence.
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مَحْكَمَةٌ سُورِيَّةٌ تَحْكُمُ بِالإِعْدَامِ غِيابِيًّا عَلَى بَشَّارِ الأَسَدِ
A Damascus court sentenced Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia on August 11, 2026. The ruling is a major development in Syria’s efforts to address crimes linked to the former government, while rights groups have raised fair-trial concerns.
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مَجْلِسُ النُّوَّابِ اللُّبْنانِيُّ يُلْغِي عُقوبَةَ الإِعْدامِ
Lebanon’s parliament voted on August 11, 2026, to abolish the death penalty. The new law replaces it with life imprisonment with hard labor, but it still requires the president’s signature.
