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Muslim Brotherhood movement poses 'threat to national cohesion', French govt report says

France

Taliban suspends chess in Afghanistan, cites religious concerns over gambling

Middle East

From Sharia judge to minister: Syria’s new justice minister tied to public executions

Revisited

Indonesia: Twenty years after tsunami, Aceh province ruled by Sharia law

Asia / Pacific

Christians in Aleppo face uncertainty after fall of Assad

Middle East

Iranian society 'disillusioned, fatigued': Hijab law will 'further marginalise, delegitimize regime'

‘Schools are responsible’: Iran's student suicides highlight growing tensions over its hijab laws

Iran's statements 'for int'l consumption' distract from 'atrocities against women, public at large'

Fight for women's rights in Afghanistan is a universal one, former minister says

Amnesty calls for int'l criminal investigations into Iranian officials over brutal repression

Iran cyber police target 'un-Islamic' stores on Instagram

Amnesty report 'shines light on horrific ordeals' of Iran protesters including brutal sexual assault

Iran has 'so many fearless activists, thinkers, intellectuals' fighting for 'change and freedom'

Iranian regime's 'brutal repression, crackdown against dissent met with continued defiance'

'Sitting on a volcano': Amid fierce resistance & dissent, Iranian regime 'knows earthquake's coming'

'In absence of democratic structure', streets are 'ballot' for Iranians demanding 'change & justice'

Since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, 'death penalty used as political tool to keep regime in power'

Toomaj: 'Voice of whole country' silenced by Iran regime; battle to free 'symbol of the revolution'

Iranian women now the 'avant garde', leading the way against a 'hyper-oppressive theocratic regime'

Iran uprising enters 'political phase' involving Mousavi & influential leaders across civil society

Iran civil uprising: 'The gov't hasn't done anything to address the issues raised by the protesters'

Iran civil uprising: 'They will never give up and they're not afraid, even though people get killed'

Iran uprising: Regime wants to 'create fear & terror and prevent people from pursuing the movement'

Iranian chess player was warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijab