Middle East

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• Saudi Arabia allows women to register for Haj without male guardian
  14 June, by siawi3

  The landmark steps erode the longstanding guardianship system that renders adult women as legal minors and allows their “guardians” — husband, father and other male relatives — to exercise arbitrary authority over them.

• Saudi Arabia allows adult women to live independently without male guardian approval
  14 June, by siawi3

  The decision had come after high-profile attempts by women to escape their guardians despite a string of reforms. “A passport will be granted to any Saudi national who submits an application,” said a government ruling published in the official gazette Umm al-Qura. “Families can no longer file lawsuits against their daughters who choose to live alone.”

• Unions must stand united to end Canada’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia
  21 June, by siawi3

  Canadian arms exports to Saudi Arabia do not line up with Canada’s legal commitment under the Arms Trade Treaty or a feminist foreign policy. And of concern to all trade unionists, Saudi Arabia ranks in the International Trade Union Confederation’s “10 Worst Countries in the World for Workers’ Rights.”

• Alaa al-Siddiq, porte-voix des prisonniers de conscience aux EAU
  22 juin, par siawi3
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• Saudis who killed journalist Khashoggi received paramilitary training in U.S.
  26 June, by siawi3

  Khashoggi, a U.S. resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed and dismembered by a team of operatives linked to the prince in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. A U.S. intelligence report in February said the crown prince had approved an operation to capture or kill the journalist.

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  26 juin, par siawi3
• Les Etats-Unis frappent des milices pro-iraniennes en Irak et en Syrie
  28 juin, par siawi3
• Nouvelle attaque de drones au Kurdistan
  29 juin, par siawi3
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  29 juin, par siawi3

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