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			<description><![CDATA[But UAE's National Media Council says criticism of regulations 'unfair'.]]></description>
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			<title>King Abdullah fires Najran governor: HRW</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rights group says Saudi monarch dismissed prince for Shia discrimination.]]></description>
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			<title>Domestic workers still face beatings, rape, murder</title>
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			<title>Iran continues to execute juveniles - HRW</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US-based rights group says country executed 19-year-old on Oct. 30 - seventh this year.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch group calls for action to relax restrictions on award-winning solicitor.]]></description>
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			<title>Abused maids die each week in Lebanon: HRW</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Foreign maids in Lebanon committing suicide to escape bad treatment.]]></description>
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			<title>Obama called on to tackle Mideast rights abuse</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch urges residential contender to make human rights a priority.]]></description>
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			<title>The hands that build the UAE for just $7.60 a day </title>
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			<title>Torture claims dog Bahrain riot trial</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Authorities accused of beating, electrocuting and even sexually assaulting detainees during interrogation.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi demands action against illegal recruiters</title>
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			<title>Domestic workers 'treated like slaves'</title>
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			<title>Rights group slams Saudi firm</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch slams 'outrageous, dangerous' court ruling in Indonesian maid abuse case. ]]></description>
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			<title>HRW demands immediate release of Saudi activist</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rights group says secret police arrest university professor for prison criticism.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi urged to squash blasphemy death sentence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rights group calls on gov't to dismiss verdict against barber for 'cursing name of God'.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi women denied basic human rights</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kingdom's mail guardianship and segregation policies 'grossly discriminatory', HRW says.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rights group calls on Arab League to exert influence over country's gov't.]]></description>
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			<title>HRW urges Saudi to protect child suspects</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch calls on kingdom to protect children from abuses during interrogation and trial.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt slammed over HIV crackdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Misguided prosecutions reveal official ignorance and prejudice about HIV, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
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			<title>'Chemical Ali' execution approved</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein's cousin to be executed for ordering gas attacks on Kurds in 1980s, officials say.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Charter will seriously impede right of people in Arab world, US-based group says.]]></description>
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			<title>45 labourers jailed over violent protest</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai sends out warning to workers about demonstrating over pay and conditions.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Around 2,500 Bahrainis take to streets over detention and alleged abuse of rights and political activists.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gov't should investigate complaints from opposition activists, says rights group.]]></description>
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			<title>MoL rejects Human Rights Watch report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UAE minister of labour, HE Dr Ali Abdulla Al Kaabi has defended the country's efforts to improve workers' rights saying that even though problems exist, it is doing everything in its power to solve them immediately.]]></description>
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