MENA in October: Jamal Khashoggi's murder and aftermath; under-age Bahrainis in prison; LGBTQI+ event cancelled in Lebanon; British academic jailed in the UAE and human rights defender appeals unjust sentence; Shawkan still in prison despite end of sentence; Palestine report offers damning evidence of widespread abuse by local authorities.
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