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Syrian women stand in line to receive their families’ share of winter aid kits at Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan last winter. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Dec 29, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Syrian refugee crisis continues to deteriorate, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regional representative to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Imran Riza affirmed that the UN estimates there will be more than 4 million...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a news conference on her trip around Sri Lanka at the UN headquarters in Colombo on August 31, 2013. (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2013 | World
Colombo, Sri Lanka, AP—The United Nations human rights chief chastised Sri Lanka’s government on Saturday, saying it is showing signs of becoming more authoritarian despite the end of the country’s long civil war more than four years ago. In a hard-hitting...
