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- Sudan: Military authorities must break with al-Bashir’s assault on human rights
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- 98 Child Marriages Registered in Ilam
- Thailand: Free Bahraini Footballer, New Campaign Calls for Release of Hakeem al-Araibi
- Iran: Secret Executions at Rajai Shahr Prison
- A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 29, 2019
- Eight Years After it Launched the Arab Spring, Tunisia Still Struggles With the Legacy of Dictatorship
- SF asks ICC to investigate Israeli sniper fire on Palestinian journalists
- Yemen: Journalist Sabri Bin Makhashin remains in prison more than a month after criticising Governor
- Syria: US withdrawal does not erase Coalition’s duty towards Raqqa’s devastated civilians
- Thailand: Amnesty welcomes Saudi woman’s refugee protection
- Palestinian Authority TV station attacked in Gaza City
- A Kurdish Human Rights Lawyer Arrested in Orumiyeh
- Saudi Arabia : “Only an international enquiry could shed light on Khashoggi murder”
- Saudi Arabia: Censorship of Netflix is latest proof of crackdown on freedom of expression
- Iraq/Kurdistan Region: Risk of Double Trials for ISIS Ties
- RSF decries alarming new crackdown on Sudan’s media
- Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Mashhad Prison
- Egypt : UN Working Group says Egyptian journalist’s detention is arbitrary
- Egypt : Cairo military court confirms journalist’s ten-year jail sentence
- Iran: Hamid Bagheri Dermani Executed for Economic Corruption
- Iran sentences three human rights lawyers to prison, reports say
- Morocco: Hirak El-Rif appeal must deliver justice after deeply flawed trial
- Iran: Escalating Crackdown on Lawyers, Long Prison Terms; New Arrests
- UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt, Attacks on People Who Met with UN Expert
- South Sudan: Execution spree targets even children and threatens nursing mothers
- Amnesty International launches worlds biggest human rights campaign
- Manchester man in Egypt spying arrest
- Children in Syrias war being killed at higher rate than in 2013
- Democratic leaders give historic commitment based on Declaration on Information and Democracy
- Conditional release of Iranian Human Rights Lawyer After 8 Years in Prison
- Matthew Hedges: British academic, accused of "spying", pardoned by UAE
- Egypt: Children face shocking violations including torture and enforced disappearance
- Continued Detention of Environmental Activists in Sanandaj and Marivan
- European Union Criticizes Life Sentence Issued against Opposition Leader
- It’s Time For Lebanon to Reform its Abusive Libel Laws
- Iran: Juvenile Offender Sentenced to Death
- Leading journalists demand justice for Jamal Khashoggi
- Khashoggi murder: CIA Director Gina Haspel heard Khashoggi audio
- Khashoggi murder: Crown prince vows to punish culprits
- Saudi, Turkish Cooperation Essential to Credibility Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
- Under Pressure from Security Forces, Samsung Company Fires Baha’i Employee
- Iran: Seventy One Political and Conscientious Prisoners On Continuous Hunger Strike at Orumiyeh Prison / Three Political Prisoners Transferred to Forensic Medicine Bureau
- Six Members of Yamani Religious Group Arrested in Izeh
- Bachelet urges Iran to stop executing juvenile offenders
- Man Hanged at Qazvin Central Prison in Iran
- An arbitrary decision to liquidate National Cement and defer action on workers’ dues
- A female juvenile offender and two men were hanged in Iran
- Egypt: Woman human rights defender and sexual harassment survivor sentenced for speaking out
- South Sudan Announces Release of Prisoners of War and Detainees
- IHR: Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Should Not Return to Prison
- Fourth Women’s Rights Activist Arrested in Iran in Less Than a Month
- Iran: A Gonabadi Dervish Sentenced to Death for Killing Three Police Officers
- Lebanon: Candidates Should Commit to Rights Agenda, May Elections a Chance to Strengthen Human Rights Protections
- World-renowned novelist Alaa al-Aswani detained at Cairo International Airport, and the confiscation of “The Stranger” by Albert Camus
- Russia Backs Syria in Unlawful Attacks on Eastern Ghouta, UN Should Immediately Deploy Monitors to Prevent Reprisal Executions
- Iran Arrests Women Protesting against Discriminatory Laws
- International Women’s Day marked by protests and celebrations
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Protesters, Journalists Detained Freedom of Assembly Suppressed
- Four Students Arrested after a Meeting with the Head of Tehran University
- Pressures on Political Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison Continue to Grow
- Iran: Stop Prosecuting Women Over Dress Code, Compulsory Hijab Laws Violate Women’s Rights
- Morocco: New Violence Against Women Law, Progress, but Some Gaps; Further Reform Needed
- 16 Turkish women sentenced to death in Iraq
- Egypt: Arrests Escalate Ahead of Unfair Elections
- Dozens killed in Yemen suicide attacks
- Syrias return to bombing-as-usual is down to Russia
- Top 5 Reforms Middle East Governments Can Make in 2018, Respond to Youth Demands
- UN human rights chief condemns bloody week in Syria
- Iranian academics demand answers from president over death of jailed activist
- Chemical Weapons Resurface in Syria France Leads Initiative to Combat Impunity
- Syria war: Turkey arrests hundreds for criticising Afrin offensive
- Iran Outsmarted Itself in Silencing Activists
- U.S. sanctions head of Irans judiciary, others, over human rights abuses
- Shocked at executions in Egypt, UN rights office raises concerns over due process guarantees
- Syrian war: Reports of chlorine gas attack on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta
- U.N. appalled at Iraqs latest mass hanging: spokeswoman
- Iran launches wave of arrests as regime bids to quell protests
- Outside Iran’s Most Notorious Prison, Calls for Loved Ones to Be Freed
- Russia warns US against interfering in Iran’s affairs
- Tehran woman removing hijab during anti-government rally hailed as symbol of defiance
- U.N. Security Council Is Meeting to Discuss Iran After the U.S. Requested Support for Protesters
- Iran: Investigate Killings of Protesters, Halt Use of Excessive Force Against Demonstrators
- Irans Supreme Leader blames enemies for protests, death toll hits 21
- Iranian protesters attack police stations, raise stakes in unrest
- Iran protests continue for a third day despite warnings
- Iran Protests Leave at Least 2 Dead
- Iran protests: Rouhani: Citizens have right to criticise, not destroy
- UK pledges £50m aid for Yemen as war-torn country faces devastating famine
- Death threats haunt Miss Iraq in wake of selfie controversy
- Civilian victims of U.S. coalition airstrike in Iraq dig up graves in desperate bid for compensation
- More than eight million people on the verge of famine in Yemen
- American diplomat: US looks to counter Iran in post-war Iraq
- Trump to Let Assad Stay Until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria
- Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemens former leader, killed in Sanaa
- Egyptian lawyer who said national duty to rape women in ripped jeans sentenced to three years in prison
- BUS BOMB KILLS 8 IN SYRIAS HOMS CITY
- Egypt mosque terror attack: survivors say as children screamed in terror, the extremists shouted Allahu Akbar
- UNICEF Yemen Humanitarian Situation Report (October 2017)
- UN urges Iraq to probe troop violations during fight with IS
- Besieged Syrians Are Eating Trash To Survive
- Iran-Iraq earthquake: More than 445 people dead from devastating quake
- Ahmad Mola Nissi: Arab nationalist from Iran shot dead in Netherlands
- AHRO calls for an investigation into the assassination of Ahwazi activist in Netherlands
- Saad Hariri: Lebanon return from Saudi Arabia within days
- Iraq: Mass graves discovered near Hawija
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband fears for her health
- At least 50 dead in artillery fire, Russian strikes in Syria
- 16 Civilians Killed in Derna Airstrikes in Libya
- Rights group: 1,000 civilians killed in Syria last month
- New York terror attack: Eight dead as truck runs down cyclists and pedestrians
- Jamie Harron home after being detained in Dubai for touching mans hip
- Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Sentenced to Death Based on Forced Confession
- Syria: shocking images of starving baby reveal impact of food crisis
- Egypt: End two year arbitrary detention of human rights defender Hisham Gaafar
- Raqqa to be part of federal Syria, U.S.-backed militia says
- Raqqa ISIS capital falls to Syrian Democratic forces
- Jordan: Parliament Passes Human Rights Reforms
- Egyptian Activist Won a Major Human Rights Award
- Syria: Civilians trapped in Raqqa as Islamic State makes last stand
- Five injured in Canada vehicle, stabbing terror attacks
- Two women killed in knife terror attack at Marseille train station
- Independent investigation will look into human rights abuses in Yemen
- Arabs in Iraqs Rabia seek to be part of independent Kurdistan
- Amnesty criticises Australian government over Iraq civilian deaths
- British-Kurdish rights activist and film-maker killed by IS terrorists in Syria
- Egypt: Former presidential candidate given jail term in bid to stop him running in 2018 election
- Coalition Airstrikes Killed Dozens Near Raqqa, Concerns of Inadequate Precautions by US-Led Coalition in Syria
- Syrian activist and journalist daughter murdered in Istanbul
- Yahyah Farrouk released without charge after being named as Parsons Green suspect
- Suspect, 18, charged with Parsons Green terror attack
- Progress on Women’s Rights in Tunisia: One Step Forward, One Step Back
- Troops surround last IS stronghold in Raqqa
- German teenage Isis bride could face death penalty in Iraq
- Parsons Green tube attack: arrested man named as Yahyah Farroukh
- Egypt: Detained Couple Denied Fundamental Rights, Arbitrarily Arrested
- Daesh claims Egypt’s deadliest attack in months
- 2,100 bodies of civilians discovered in aftermath of Mosul
- With Thousands Of Syrians Trapped In Raqqa, A Single Hospital Remains
- Mounting Evidence Syrian Forces Were Behind Khan Sheikhoun Attack
- Middle East on a Roll to Repeal Marry the Rapist Laws
- The Justice Question After ISIS
- Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in South Sudan
- Human rights defender Hisham Al-Omeisy arrested and held incommunicado in Yemen
- Researchers rally around science advocate convicted in Egypt
- Lawyers Arrested for Work in ISIS Courts, Chilling Effect on Private Legal Representation in Iraq
- Extrajudicial execution of Bassel Khartabil a grim reminder of Syrian prison horrors
- SDF make ‘significant gains’ against Isis in Raqqa
- Yemen: following cholera now fear of meningitis outbreak
- Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil in syria
- Discrimination of Bedoon Community in Kuwait
- Sexual violence ‘on a massive scale’ leaves thousands in mental distress amid raging conflict in South Sudan
- Women human rights defenders who are tortured in Bahrain will not receive justice
- Morocco/Western Sahara: Torture Allegations Cast Shadow Over Trial
- Morocco: Police Use Force at Rabat Sit-In Solidarity with Protests in Rif Region
- Prominent Bedoon human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli must be released
- Iraq announces victory over Islamic State in Mosul
- Iraqi army says Mosul final victory over ISIS imminent
- A statement to protest AOIJ linguistic discrimination to join IFJ
- Bahrain: Human Rights Defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh arrested and detained for the second time in two months
- US-backed SDF forces enter Syrias Raqqa from south
- Travel ban imposed on prominent human rights lawyer must be revoked
- Iraqi forces enter Mosul mosque where Isis declared caliphate
- Bahraini paper lays off employees after being suspended for 3 weeks
- Egypt army: 12 vehicles destroyed crossing from Libya
- Activists: US coalition air strike on Isis jail kills at least 57 prisoners in eastern Syria
- Ebrahim Sharif: Oppressing People not among Sovereignty Matters
- U.S.-backed Syrian forces close in on Raqqa from south
- ISIS blows up al-Nuri mosque and its iconic minaret in Mosul
- Female Prisoners of Evin Prison Deprived of Proper Medical Treatment
- U.N. says 300 civilians killed in U.S.-led air strikes in Raqqa since March
- Over 100,000 civilians trapped behind Islamic State lines in Mosul
- Egypt: Intensifying Repression of Basic Freedoms, Websites Blocked, Activists Charged with Terrorism
- IS massacre at least 160 civilians fleeing Mosul
- 12 killed in Iran parliament siege and shrine attack
- Saudi Arabia jails human rights activist who defied women’s driving ban 10/16
- London Bridge terror attack: 7 dead, 21 victims in critical condition
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New Detentions of Fleeing Men, Boys, Notify Families; Allow Contact
- US-backed Syrian fighters reach Raqqa gates
- Mosques in Manchester ‘refuse to bury Salman Abedi’s body
- Egypt: At least 28 dead as gunmen fire on bus carrying Coptic Christians
- Syrian force urges Raqqa extremists to surrender by end of May
- Terror attack: 22 dead and 59 hurt in suicide bombing in Manchester
- Hassan Rouhani wins second term as president
- Yemen: Cholera outbreak affects thousands
- US jets attack Iran-backed militiamen in south-eastern Syria
- Iraq: Families Who Fled Mosul Forced Back
- UN fears 200,000 civilians will be driven from Mosul
- Russia, Iran, Turkey set up Syria de-escalation zones for at least six months
- Miners at disaster site besiege Iranian presidents car
- Bahrain: GCHR Founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on hunger strike since 12 April
- May Day protests, celebrations around the globe
- Syria war: IS driven back in Tabqa, US-backed fighters say
- Egypt court sentences cleric to death in absentia
- ISIS must surrender or DIE: US commander issues chilling warning to jihadis
- Lebanon: Activist Charged for Facebook Post Criticizing Politicians
- Kuwait: Human rights defender Hadeel Buqrais and participants in “Walking for Her" campaign threatened
- U.S. Launches Missiles at Syrian Base Over Chemical Weapons Attack
- Syria: UN Security Council must take decisive action after Idleb chemical attack
- Sudan: Torture of Channel 4 journalists highlights need to investigate Darfur chemical attacks
- Iran: Continued targeting of prominent human rights defenders by authorities must stop
- Mosul: 112 civilian bodies pulled from site of coalition airstrike
- Syrian refugees: more than 5m in neighbouring countries now, says UN
- Iran: Medieval-like death sentences for expression of Opinion
- Bahrain: Human rights defenders and journalists under continuous attacks
- Khalid Masood Identified as London terror attacker
- London terror attack: multiple casualties, four dead as police shoot knifeman
- MENA Rights Defenders Call on the UAE to Release Prominent Rights Activist
- Focus on Justice, Protecting Civilians in ISIS Fight, Recommendations for Global Coalition Summit
- Torture, Physical Coercion and Reprisals in Bahrain Belie Commitment to Reform, says new report
- What Happened to the Missing Men of Saqlawiyah?
- Egypt’s Christians Flee ISIS Violence, Displaced Call Security Officials’ Response ‘Apathetic’
- Human rights defenders at imminent risk in the Gulf region
- GCHR marks International Women’s Day 2017 in solidarity with WHRDs in the Gulf and neighbouring countries
- Iran: Seven Prisoners Hanged in One Day
- Bahrain: Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab remains in jail facing 18 years in prison for two of his ongoing cases
- Increasing Concern for Health of Jailed Rights Lawyer, Dissident Cleric in Iran
- Egypts Hosni Mubarak acquitted over 2011 protester deaths
- Syrian regime recaptures Palmyra from Islamic State
- UN: 4,000 civilians flee Mosul each day amid fighting
- Last exit Mosul: Iraq army takes ISs remaining escape route
- Syrian refugees selling organs for the chance to reach Europe
- Iranian baby delayed by travel ban recovering after heart surgery
- A Report About Azita Rafizadeh’s Status in Evin Prison
- Kuwait: Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli begins hunger strike for freedom
- Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned Activist Earns Human Rights Award, Waleed Abu al-Khair Serving 15 Years for Peaceful Activism
- Bahrain: Activist’s Speech-Charges Trial to Resume, Nabeel Rajab Faces 18 Years
- Saudi Arabia: Prominent human rights defender Samar Badawi interrogated once again
- Iran: Women Allowed to Attend Kish Island Open, Volleyball Ban Reversal Shows Sports Federations’ Standards Matter
- Bahrain: Fears of further violent crackdown on uprising anniversary
- Egypt: GCHR expresses solidarity on the closure of El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of the Victims of Violence and Torture
- Yemen: Call for investigation into the suspicious death of journalist Mohammed Al-Abbsi
- Qatar: Travel ban imposed on prominent human rights lawyer Najeeb Al-Nuaimi
- Shutdown of renowned torture rehabilitation centre in Egypt
- Iran: Judge Threatens Jailed Scientist on Hunger Strike with Death Penalty
- Saudi Arabia: One human rights defender released while another is still in prison
- Iran: Hanging of man arrested as a teenager looms amid spike in juvenile executions
- Saudi Arabia: Intensified Repression of Writers, Activists
- Cairo- A new campaign to support human rights defenders and freedom of expression
- Iraq: Men Fleeing Mosul Held in Secret, Incommunicado Screening Puts Detainees at Risk
- Bahrain: Arrest Powers Restored to Abusive Agency, NSA Terrorized, Tortured Detainees in 2011
- Myanmar: Leading Muslim lawyer Ko Ni assassinated at Yangon airport
- Chaos as Donald Trump’s Muslim ban comes into effect
- Iran- Telegram users arrested in Iran on charges of publishing profanity
- KRG: Children Allege Torture by Security Forces, No Access to Family Months After Detention
- Trump set to impose visa ban on 7 predominantly Muslim nations
- Sponsors of Syria talks in Astana strike deal to protect fragile ceasefire
- Bahrain Executes Three Shiites over Police Killings
- Iran: Rights Under Attack, Dozens of Activists, Journalists Face Long Prison Terms
- Saudi Arabia: Two human rights defenders arrested
- 4 soldiers Killed, at Least a Dozen Wounded In Jerusalem Truck Attack
- Irans ex-President Rafsanjani dies at 82
- Daesh kidnaps 1,200 Yazidis, moves them to Mosul
- Iraqi forces close in on Tigris in Islamic State stronghold Mosul
- Police arrest suspect of Coptic Christian murder
- Video captures horrific murder of Egyptian Christian
- Istanbul nightclub terror attack victim predicted her own death hours before
- Ontario woman killed in Istanbul nightclub attack was outgoing, optimistic
- Istanbul new year Reina nightclub attack leaves 39 dead
- More than 50 days on hunger strike; Iranian political prisoners are slowly dying
- Christmas in a troubled Middle East
- Tunisians protest against return of jihadists
- London Conference warns of Environmental Disaster in Ahwaz (Khuzestan)
- Egypt draft bill to regulate crackdown on civil society
- Syria conflict: Rebels lose third of east Aleppo territory
- Fidel Castro, Cuba’s revolutionary leader, dies aged 90
- Far-right terrorist Thomas Mair jailed for life for Jo Cox murder
- Mosul battle: Iraqi forces tortured and killed villagers
- US election: Donald Trump won, so what happens now?
- Dozens of decapitated bodies found in mass grave outside ISIS-held Mosul
- Battle for Mosul: Operation to retake Iraqi city from IS begins
- Air strike kills 82 at Yemen funeral
- Pope: Those bombing Aleppo must answer to God
- HRW: Iraqi Militias Recruiting Children
- Syrian troops launch ground offensive against Aleppo rebels
- Iran: Canadian academic Dr. Homa Hoodfar remains in jail after more than 100 days
- US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
- Syria truce: Russia accuses US of failing to abide by deal
- Syria ceasefire: No civilian deaths on first day
- Labor Activists Put on Trial After Hundreds of Workers Protest Unpaid Wages
- British-Iranian woman sentenced to 5 years in Iran prison
- US running out of patience with Russia on Syria deal
- This is Syria, not Vietnam: children burned by napalm bombs in air strike
- ISIS barbarians tie nine Iraqi youths up in Mosul and CHAINSAW them in half
- Latest on Kurdish, Arab political prisoners in Iran’s Yasuj Prison
- At least 50 people killed in a Turkish wedding bombing
- New York imam and assistant shot dead in Queens
- Switzerland Salez attack: Knifeman sets fire to Swiss train
- Switzerland Salez attack: Knifeman sets fire to Swiss train
- Reports: ISIS savages GAS their own fighters to death for fleeing the battlefield
- Muslim taxi driver who murdered a peaceful fellow Muslim in a barbaric attack jailed for 27 years
- Syrias war: Deaths as air strikes hit Idlib hospital
- Iran executes Kurdish activists on charges of terrorism
- Ban ki moon reiterates strong condemnation of ‘heinous’ crimes committed by ISIS in Sinjar
- “The Last Protest”; Music Video for Younes Asakereh’s Daughter
- Syria: Video showing beheading of boy further evidence of abuses by armed groups
- Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekonam Arrested and Returned to Prison
- Bahrain: NGOs call for women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer to remain free and an end to judicial harassment of women human rights defenders
- ANHRI Condemns the Escalating Attack on Media, Independent Media Workers and Liliane Daoud Deportation from Egypt
- UNPO Strongly Condemns IRA Leaders’ Arrests and Calls for Their Prompt Release
- After 29 days of enforced disappearance, a statements from Jaw and Al-Hawd Al-Jaf prison about the fugitives that were caught: “Save us we are dying”
- Turkey airport terror attack: 41 killed in explosions at Istanbul Atatürk
- Bahraini Authorities Prevent HR Activist Abdulnabi Al-Ekri from Leaving Country
- Bahrain: Order to Dissolve Key Opposition Group
- Horrific Orlando nightclub terrorist attack by an Islamic extremist killed 50
- Waleed Abu al-Khair’s hunger strike because of ill-treatment sheds light on the Saudi authorities’ ongoing violation of the Convention against Torture
- Iraq: Fallujah Abuses Test Control of Militias
- Iran boycotts Hajj as relations with Saudi Arabia deteriorate
- Iran declares data handover deadline for foreign messaging apps
- Iran: Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi sentenced to 16 years in prison
- URGENT ACTION : HEREABOUTS OF DISAPPEARED MAN UNKNOWN- Yousef Silavi, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority,
- Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill doctors and children
- Syria: Civilian Deaths Rising as Attacks Resume
- Egypt: Fearing Protests, Police Arrest Hundreds
- UAE: Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith appears in court on baseless charges and reports torture in detention
- URGENT ACTION: WHEREABOUTS OF DISAPPEARED MAN UNKNOWN
- Refugee kids as young as SIX are arriving in UK without parents sparking sex trafficking fears 4/54
- Gulf Region: Open letter to President Obama to help free jailed human rights defenders in the Gulf prior to the GCC Summit
- ISIS Abducts Workers From Cement Factory in Syria
- Giulio Regeni murder: Family in Italy expects Egypt answers
- Vile Pakistans Taliban target Christians killing 65, mostly women and children
- Palmyra: Syria forces retake Islamic State-held city
- Muslim shopkeeper murdered by another Muslim in a sickening attack after showing love for Jesus and Christians!
- Brussels attacks: arrests made in Paris and Belgium police raids
- Abdullah Ocalan’s release, democratization in the Middle East
- Louis Farrakhan joins KKK in praise of Donald Trump: ‘I like what I’m looking at’
- U.S. seeks to roll back human rights conditions on Egypt aid
- Benghazi in euphoria as army overruns Daesh command and control centres
- Jihadi fixer and convert mother facing jail for role in Britains largest group of Isil supporters
- Liberal Democrat peer Lord Avebury dies aged 87
- UAE: Jordanian Journalist Held Incommunicado
- Syria crisis: UN siege aid could start within 24 hours
- Human Rights Watch condemns Egyptian justice minister’s comments
- Urgent Action: AILING BLOGGER TOLD TO RETURN TO PRISON
- Saudi Arabia breaks off ties with Iran after al-Nimr execution
- Following Al-Nimr’s execution, political unrest spreads
- DA'ISH 'execute five British spies' as they issue chilling terror warning to UK
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