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August 28, 2020

MENA billionaires’ wealth has increased by $10 billion since start of pandemic

The 21 billionaires in the Middle East and North Africa saw their wealth increase by nearly $10 billion since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, while 45 million more people in the region could be pushed to poverty as a result of the pandemic, a new Oxfam report has revealed.
May 7, 2020

Free speech threatened under Jordan's COVID-19 response

The Jordanian authorities have detained two prominent media executives, a foreign journalist, and a former member of parliament, apparently in response to public criticism.
September 9, 2018

UK must show leadership on UNRWA, say fifteen NGOs

Fifteen UK NGOs are calling upon the UK government to defend the rights of Palestinian refugees, now under severe threat.
July 13, 2018

Thousands of Syrians out of reach of aid, says Oxfam

Thousands of Syrians forced from their homes due to the recent fighting in Dar’a are unable to get the help they desperately need, Oxfam says.
June 21, 2018

EU approves aid package for Lebanon to support refugees and local communities

The EU has approved new projects to support refugees and local communities in Lebanon and Jordan.
March 26, 2018

A step forward and a step back for refugees in Jordan

Jordan has begun to regularise the status of refugees living in towns and cities without permits, but revoked their eligibility for subsidised health care.
February 26, 2018

Syrian children in host communities living in poverty, says Unicef

Syrian refugee families living in host communities in Jordan are increasingly struggling to meet their basic needs, including educating and protecting their children, UNICEF says.
October 5, 2017

Jordan's parliament passes human rights reforms

Jordan’s parliament has approved a series of important human rights reforms, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
June 14, 2017

Media blocked and threatened in dispute with Qatar

Arab countries engaged in a dispute with Qatar have shut down media outlets with links to or considered sympathetic to the Qatari government, Human Rights Watch said today.
September 15, 2016

Refugees trapped in 'desperate' conditions at Syria-Jordan border

Video footage and satellite images showing makeshift grave sites and burial mounds offer a rare glimpse inside a desert no-man's land between Jordan and Syria where more than 75,000 refugees are stranded and virtually cut off from humanitarian aid, said Amnesty International today.