Tag: Al Jazeera

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – Iraqi Kurdish authorities accused of torturing jailed journalist (Dana Taib Menmy, Al Jazeera)

Imprisoned Kurdish journalist Sherwan Amin Sherwani has been held in solitary confinement for nearly two months and was allegedly tortured by security forces in...

GLOBAL EYE – COVID-19 will increase humanitarian needs in 2021: UN (Al Jazeera)

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance to new highs, according to the United Nations, dramatically increasing...

IRAN – Iran’s Zarif warns of ‘misinformation’ over scientist’s killing (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of a “targeted misinformation campaign and psychological war” following the assassination of the country’s top nuclear...

LIBERIA – Liberia’s Weah might be in for a rude awakening at the polls (Robtel Neajai Pailey, Al Jazeera)

In a confusing about-face last month, Liberia’s Supreme Court undermined its own ruling that a controversial referendum, scheduled for December 8 alongside the nation-wide...

GLOBAL EYE – How to defuse the human waste time bomb in low-income countries (Izabella Koziell, Al Jazeera)

Half of the world flushes away their sewage without a second thought as to where it goes. But for the other half of the...