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People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings for a mass gathering for a communal iftar fast-breaking meal on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the area of al-Dahduh in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa district on March 2, 2025 amid the ongoing truce in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

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Ramadan in Gaza: Fasting Under Fire, Praying Among the Ruins

March 20, 2025

People look on as n Israeli bulldozer tears up a street in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025. Israel on February 23 said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

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U.N: Investigate Bulldozers Used by Israel for Home Demolitions in Gaza, West Bank

March 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: Storm clouds gather near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon September 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and other Senate Republicans said that they will not vote to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government that would include an increase to the debt ceiling. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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DAWN Joins 124 Organizations Urging Congress to Restore UNRWA Funding

March 4, 2025

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Ramadan in Gaza: Fasting Under Fire, Praying Among the Ruins

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'We Don't Need Saviors—We Need Solidarity.' The Fight for Women's Rights in Post-Assad Syria

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A man walks past shelter tents erected near collapsed buildings in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 1, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

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March 20, 2025

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U.N: Investigate Bulldozers Used by Israel for Home Demolitions in Gaza, West Bank

March 18, 2025

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 01: Maersk cargo containers pass through the Savidor train station on June 01, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Despite the recent IDF operation 'Shield and Arrow' against Palestinian militants in Gaza, as well as the ongoing Judicial reform issues with the Netanyahu Government, tourism continues to grow. In January, Israel's Ministry of Tourism announced that over 2.67 million foreign tourists entered the country in 2022. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Advocacy

DAWN Joins 70+ Organizations Urging Maersk Shareholders to Demand Human Rights Accountability in Arms Shipments to Israel

March 18, 2025

Cases

Egypt: Immediately Release Mohamed Ahmed Hasan Thabet, 73, After Over Five Years of Arbitrary Detention

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February 12, 2025

Cases

Hoda Abdel Moneim: Forcibly Disappeared with Daughters Fighting for Release

Hoda Abdel Moneim Abdel Aziz Hassan (هدي عبد المنعم عبد العزيز حسن) is a 63-year-old human rights lawyer who formerly...

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September 30, 2020

Cases

Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy: A Trip to Geneva Rerouted to Maximum Security Prison

Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy is an Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender who advocates against enforced disappearances in Egypt.

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September 29, 2020

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