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In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi to CNN, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021.

Saudi Arabia: Lift Travel Ban on US Citizen Released from Saudi Prison

An Iraqi woman with her children raise their hands as US soldiers from the 4th Infantry division search their house in Tikrit, 180 Kilometers (110 miles) north of Baghdad, 19 December 2003. US soldiers captured Saddam hiding in a hole at a farm outside his hometown of Tikrit on December 13. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD / AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

'A Never-Ending Cycle of Failures.' The Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years On

An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian house in the Umm Qasas area of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank on July 25, 2022. (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER / AFP) (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel/Palestine: Hyundai CE Must End Link With War Crimes in Masafer Yatta

DAWN's 2022 Annual Report

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 26: Protesters view the internet with a laptop on Tahrir Square on November 26, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Etienne De Malglaive/Getty Images)

DAWN is Now on ToR: New Secure Mirror Website Bypasses Censorship and Surveillance

A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt: UN Human Rights Council Should Investigate Abuses inside Badr Prison

Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Religious Zionist Party, speaks during a rally with supporters in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 26, 2022. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

US: Revoke Visa, Deny Entry to Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich Over Incitement to Violence

Photo taken in Qasr An Nasriyah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty against 10 Former Judges for "High Treason"

February 27, 2023

Jordanian anti-riot police stand in line during a protest near the prime minister's office in Amman, Jordan, on June 5, 2018. - Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki resigned on June 4 after a wave of anti-austerity protests by citizens suffering from high unemployment and repeated price hikes. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan: Authorities Expand Arrests of Hirak Activists to Silence Criticism of King Abdullah

February 6, 2023

"How can we progress as a nation when those offering constructive feedback and (often humorous) dissent are banished?"

Jamal Khashoggi