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Workers clean an area at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 3, 2021. The legions of workers who built Dubai's extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report by London-based rights consultancy Equidem released on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022
New report details labor rights abuses at Dubai’s Expo 2020

Originally posted to AP News website, 2 February 2022 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [...]

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Feb
In this screenshot from video, a purported dissident message is seen from an online account calling itself "The Justice of Ali" that reportedly played overtop of an Iranian state television streaming feed on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A streaming website that features Iranian state television programming has acknowledged suffering technical issues amid reports that dissident hackers played an anti-government message on the platform. The caption at the bottom of the image in Farsi reads: "The regime has tasted our blows and it will taste it again."
Iran state TV streaming site targeted with dissident message

Originally posted to AP News website, 2 February 2022 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [...]

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Feb
UAE discussing defence upgrade after Houthi attacks- envoy to U.N.

Originally published on Reuters on January 26th 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-discussing-defence-upgrade-after-houthi-attacks-envoy-un-2022-01-26/ DUBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The [...]

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Jan
Houthis reveal details of ‘Hurricane Yemen’ operation in UAE

Originally posted on Middle East Monitor January 18th, 2022 Following yesterday’s drone attack in Abu Dhabi, the [...]

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Jan
UAE fuel truck blast kills three, Yemen Houthis claim attack

Originally published on reuters on January 17th 2022. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-says-suspects-drones-behind-abu-dhabi-fires-yemens-houthis-claim-attack-2022-01-17/ DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Three [...]

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Jan
UAE intensifies mistreatment of human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor

Originally posted on the Middle East Monitor January 7th 2022 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220107-uae-intensifies-mistreatment-of-human-rights-activist-ahmed-mansoor/ The UAE intensified its [...]

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