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November 6, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers in Mecca Arrested for Demanding Unpaid Wages

At least 600 migrant workers employed by Saudi Arabian Baytur Construction Company have not received their salaries for at least eight months.

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November 4, 2025 | Dispatches

Critic of Mali’s Junta Forcibly Disappeared

On the afternoon of October 25, Cheick Oumar Diallo chatted with companions on a street in Mali’s capital, Bamako. Suddenly, four gendarmes arrived in a pickup truck and motorbikes, arrested him, and drove off.

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