03 July 2017 - NPWJ News Digest on Middle East and North Africa Democracy

Articles

Egypt 'worse off on every indicator' since 2013 coup
by Aljazeera, 03 Jul 2017

 After a revolution and a military coup, Egypt faces abuses to a degree unseen in the Mubarak years, analysts say. The military said it was responding to the people, who had poured into the streets by the millions on June 30, 2013, over fears that Morsi was becoming increasingly authoritarian.

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ISRAEL REARRESTS PALESTINIAN LAWMAKER FOR ALLEGEDLY PROMOTING VIOLENCE
By Hareetz, 02 Jul 2017

 Israeli security forces rearrested Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar early Sunday morning in Ramallah for alleged increased involvement in promoting violence. The Palestinian lawmaker  was also arrested in 2015 for similar charges.

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Yemen's cholera death toll rises to 1,500, says World Health Organisation
By The Guardian, 02 Jul 2017

 The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health Organisation’s representative in Yemen said. War between Saudi-led coalition and Iran-aligned Houthi group makes Yemen a breeding ground for the cholera in the country.

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Qatar/Saudi Arabia: Allow Man Trapped at Border to Enter
by Human Rights Watch, 01 Jul 2017

Qatar should admit a man trapped on the border with Saudi Arabia since June 17, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today.Qatari authorities claim the man, Zayed al-Marri, is a Saudi citizen. But he says he is a Qatari who was stripped of his citizenship and has lived in Saudi Arabia since 1996. Qatar should allow him entry to review the decision to strip him of his citizenship, and if it was arbitrary, restore his citizenship and the accompanying rights

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