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972 arbitrary arrests recorded in six months: monitor

(SNHR)- The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented at least 972 cases of arbitrary arrests in the first half of 2021, including 45 children and 42 women.   The 24-page report explains that most of the arrests in Syria are carried out without any judicial warrant while the...

Europe in vaccination race against COVID-19's delta variant

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients fighting for their lives. The urgency...

Indonesia caught between surge and slow vaccine rollout

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Sri Dewi stood in the graveyard with her family, waiting their turn to bury her brother. He suffered a stroke and needed oxygen, but there wasn't any in a hospital overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. “We took him to this hospital, but there was no room for...

Human chain in northern Syria to keep border crossing open

 Hundreds of humanitarian workers formed a human chain on Friday stretching from a border crossing with Turkey toward a rebel-held city in northwestern Syria to protest Russia’s attempts to close the only remaining border crossing that allows aid into areas held by Syrian insurgents....