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A handout picture provided by the Consomed company for medical products on March 26, 2020, shows a Tunisian woman flashing the victory sign as she works on the production of medical masks in the company's factory in the central city of Kairouan.
A handout picture provided by the Consomed company for medical products on March 26, 2020, shows a Tunisian woman flashing the victory sign as she works on the production of medical masks in the company’s factory in the central city of Kairouan. – The factory, which has become the main supplier of protective medical apparel and equipment in Tunisia, is able to continue the production after 150 workers agreed to continue their tasks under confinement, in a country which has confirmed 173 cases of novel coronavirus since March, including 5 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. (Photo by – / CONSOMED / AFP) (Photo by -/CONSOMED/AFP via Getty Images)

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Workshop for media featuring Nazanin Boniadi and the Middle East Institute will examine COVID-19 impact on the Middle East and North Africa

April 7, 2020 | Coronavirus

Iraqi youths block a street leading to Baghdadh’s al-Tayaran square after the funeral of Yussef Sattar, a local journalist and activist who was reportedly killed earlier this week while covering anti-government demonstrations, in the Iraqi capital on January 21, 2020. (Photo by Ayman HENNA / AFP) (Photo by AYMAN HENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Protest Death Toll in Iraq Surges as Security Forces Resume Brutal Repression

January 23, 2020 | denounce torture

This picture taken on December 12, 2019 shows a road blocked by flaming tires set by anti-government protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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Iraq Must End ‘Campaign of Terror’ Targeting Protestors

December 13, 2019 | abductions

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