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Stills pulled from the Aleppo security camera footage were shared with CNN exclusively by the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA). Another still image pulled from the Aleppo security camera footage, provided to CNN by CIJA, shows men in a stairwell. Photo of Arkel, in the Netherlands, where Ayham al S. was arrested on January 17, 2023. So people are not always so willing to talk to the judicial authorities.”By all accounts, Ayham al S. led a quiet life in Arkel. ‘Not a safe haven for war criminals’The legal principle that allows the Dutch government to pursue Ayham al S. is known as universal jurisdiction.

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CNN —Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, arrested last October for supporting the protest movement in Iran last year, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison, his official Twitter page said Monday. “Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison, and after 252 days of solitary confinement, transferred to the general section of the prison,” the tweet said. Salehi was arrested in October last year during protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini. Toomaj/Youtube“Your Toomaj, Iran’s Toomaj, the world’s Toomaj, and our Toomaj was unjustly imprisoned for six and a half years. When nationwide protests started in mid-September last year, Salehi called for Iranians to protest against the government.

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☆ Greek migrant boat tragedy: CNN investigation raises questions about coast guard's account of shipwreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Florence Davey-Attlee Elinda Labropoulou Jomana Karadsheh Gianluca Mezzofiore Katie Polglase | Florence Davey-Attlee | Elinda Labropoulou | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

They also call into question the Greek coast guard’s version of events, suggesting more lives could have been saved, and may even point to fault on the part of Greek authorities. The Hellenic Coast Guard has declined to answer CNN’s specific requests for response to the survivor testimonies. The Greek coast guard has maintained that people onboard the trawler had refused rescue and insisted they wanted to continue their journey to Italy. The haunting final words sent from the migrant boat came just minutes before it capsized. Most of all, Mostafa says, he wishes the Greek coast guard had never approached their boat: “If they had left us be, we wouldn’t have drowned.”

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Istanbul, Turkey CNN —Turkey will have a runoff election on May 28 after longtime leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced into a second round with only a narrow lead over his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Neither candidate achieved the required 50% to take the presidency outright, but Kilicdaroglu now faces a tough battle to win the second round after Erdogan performed better than some opinion polls had suggested. With the final count, the electorate will turn to a second round of voting that could extend Erdogan’s 20-year grip on power, or set the stage for a change in political direction. “If our nation says second round, we gladly accept it. We will absolutely win this election in the second round.

His main opponent is CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who represents an election coalition of six opposition parties. For the first time, Turkey’s factious opposition has coalesced around a single candidate. When a vicious earthquake on February 6 laid waste to large parts of southeast Turkey, Erdogan’s battled political aftershocks. More than 1.8 million voters living abroad already cast their votes on April 17, Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reported Wednesday, citing the country’s deputy foreign minister. The Supreme Election Council (YSK) chief Ahmet Yener said last month that at least 1 million voters in quake-stricken zones are expected not to vote this year amid displacement.

☆ Video: Soccer player mourns friend who rights group says was killed for celebrating US soccer win
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

An activist group tells CNN that Iranian regime forces killed 27-year-old Mehran Samaak for celebrating the US soccer win over Iran. Iranian police denied that Samak was killed by authorities and announced the arrest of several suspects, Iran's state aligned Tasmin news agency reported. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh has the story.

CNN —A man is reported to have been killed by security forces in northern Iran during public celebrations by anti-government protesters following the national football team’s defeat against the United States on Tuesday. Norway-based rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Mehran Samak was shot in the head by security personnel when he was out celebrating in Bandar Anzali Tuesday night. Based on existing evidence, he had been shot by a hunting rifle,” Bandar Anzali police chief Colonel Jafar Javanmardi said according to Tasnim. Footage obtained by CNN from pro-reform news outlet IranWire shows Samak's funeral in Bandar Anzali. Several videos were posted on social media Tuesday night showing people in cities across Iran, including in the capital Tehran, celebrating inside their homes and residential buildings after the US defeated Iran 1-0 in the World Cup.

☆ Video: Iranian doctor asks if the West will stand on the 'right side of history'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

As Iranians continue to take to the streets in protest against the regime, risking bullets and brutality, the international community is being called on to respond. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh spoke to an Iranian protester who urged the UN to take "concrete action" in response to the vicious government crackdown.

☆ Video shows smoke and flames emanating from infamous prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Multiple social media videos show a large, dark plume of smoke billowing near Evin prison in Iran. It is notoriously brutal facility where the regime incarcerates political dissidents. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh has the latest.

☆ Video: Protester says Iranian security forces firing 'military-grade bullets' at houses
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN's Jomana Karadsheh speaks with a protester amid a ruthless crackdown by Iran who says the security forces are firing "military-grade bullets" at houses.

☆ Video: Protesters set fire to statue of symbolic Islamic figure
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Protests in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini persist with defiance of the young demonstrators despite the internet blackout and government crackdown. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.

As Russia bombs its neighbor, what has become the biggest European war since 1945 has had an outsized impact far south, in the Middle East. Here are four ways the Ukraine war has affected the Middle East over the last six months:Energy exporters are cashing inThe war has seen oil prices rise to as much as a 14-year high. Despite vowing to turn Saudi Arabia into a pariah, US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia in a landmark trip last month. Saudi Arabia: #How_many_wives_would_you_takeSaudi men took to Twitter to ask each other how many wives they’d like to take. According to the 2019 report by the Doha International Forum called State of Marriage in the Arab World, information on polygamy in Saudi Arabia is not readily available.

☆ Coronavirus pandemic: Once a Covid-19 success story, Jordan is now one of the hardest-hit countries in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Jordan moved fast early on in the coronavirus pandemic with one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, making the country one of the few success stories in the fight against Covid-19. But over the past couple of months Jordan has seen a spike in the virus, and the kingdom is now one of the hardest hit countries in the region. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.

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