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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Video taken on March 25, 2025, shows a building housing the Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Tokyo District Court ordered the same day the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages. (Kyodo)

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka (R), head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Photo taken on March 25, 2025, shows a building housing the Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Tokyo District Court ordered the same day the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Photo taken on March 25, 2025, shows a building housing the Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Tokyo District Court ordered the same day the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Lawyer Nobuya Fukumoto (front) is surrounded by journalists in front of the Tokyo District Court in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2025, after the court ordered that his client, the Unification Church, be dissolved, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Lawyer Nobuya Fukumoto (front) is surrounded by journalists in front of the Tokyo District Court in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2025, after the court ordered that his client, the Unification Church, be dissolved, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Lawyer Nobuya Fukumoto (front) is surrounded by journalists in front of the Tokyo District Court in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2025, after the court ordered that his client, the Unification Church, be dissolved, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Journalists gather around the Tokyo District Court in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2025. The court ordered the same day that the Unification Church be dissolved, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Spacesuit Technology Forum

This photo shows the exterior design of China's moon-landing spacesuit during the third Spacesuit Technology Forum in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, September 28, 2024. The China Manned Space Agency unveiled the exterior design of the country's moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public. Photo by Wang Quanchao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spacesuit Technology Forum

This photo shows the launching ceremony of an activity to solicit the name of China's moon-landing spacesuit in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, September 28, 2024. The China Manned Space Agency unveiled the exterior design of the country's moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public. Photo by Wang Quanchao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spacesuit Technology Forum

Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program and China's first taikonaut, speaks at the launching ceremony of an activity to solicit the name of China's moon-landing spacesuit in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, September 28, 2024. The China Manned Space Agency unveiled the exterior design of the country's moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public. Photo by Wang Quanchao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spacesuit Technology Forum

This photo shows the launching ceremony of an activity to solicit the name of China's moon-landing spacesuit in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, September 28, 2024. The China Manned Space Agency unveiled the exterior design of the country's moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public. Photo by Wang Quanchao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spacesuit Technology Forum

This photo shows the exterior design of China's moon-landing spacesuit during the third Spacesuit Technology Forum in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, September 28, 2024. The China Manned Space Agency unveiled the exterior design of the country's moon-landing spacesuit for the first time on Saturday, soliciting its name from the public. Photo by Wang Quanchao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NPC deputy from telecom industry on soliciting opinions from people

STORY: NPC deputy from telecom industry on soliciting opinions from people SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Miao Wei working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MIAO WEI, National lawmaker and Senior Vice President of ZTE Corporation STORYLINE: "Throughout the process, we genuinely feel the active functioning of the whole-process people's democracy." Miao Wei, a Chinese national lawmaker, emphasizes the importance of engaging with the public, actively seeking their opinions, so as to propose valuable suggestions and effectively address issues that are of concern to the people. Miao Wei, senior vice president of ZTE Corporation, is also a deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature Miao emphasizes the importance of engaging with the public, actively seeking their opinions, as this enables a national lawmaker to propose valuable suggestions and effectively address issues that are of concer

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Tõnis Mölder´s bribery case

12.02.2024, Tallinn. Riigikogu MP Tõnis Mölder has been declared a suspect in soliciting a bribe. The suspicion relates to "protection money," granted by parties to selected, often regional projects as part of the state budget process. On the photo interview with journalists. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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CHINA-LI QIANG-SEMINAR-DRAFT GOVERNMENT WORK REPORT (CN)

(240123) -- BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, chairs a seminar soliciting opinions on a draft government work report from experts in various fields, businesspeople and representatives from sectors such as education, scientific research, culture, health and sports on Jan. 23, 2024. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, was in attendance. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-UNIFICATION CHURCH

(231013) -- TOKYO, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A person walks past a branch of the Unification Church, formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, in Tokyo, Oct. 12, 2023. Japan's education and culture ministry announced on Thursday its decision to seek a court order to disband the Unification Church. The move came after a months-long probe into the controversial religious group over alleged malicious practices including soliciting financially ruinous donations from members. TO GO WITH "Japanese gov't vows to seek court order to disband Unification Church" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY-TRANSFORMATION

(230421) -- GABORONE, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Thulagano Segokgo, Botswana's minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology, speaks during the inaugural of the Knowledge and Technology Pitso (Dialogue Forum) in Gaborone, capital of Botswana, April 20, 2023. Botswana is soliciting ideas and suggestions on knowledge and technology from various stakeholders, as the country seeks to transform from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based one, an official said Thursday. TO GO WITH "Botswana seeks to transform to knowledge-based economy" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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Nickname sought for Yuigahama Beach in Kamakura, Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Beachgoers flock to Yuigahama Beach in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, in this file photo taken in August 2013. Yuigahama is one of three beaches in Kamakura for which nicknames are being sought by Toshimaya, a local confectionary maker known for pigeon-shaped "Hato Sable" biscuits. The confectioner, which won 10-year naming rights for the beaches in 2013, is soliciting nickname applications through March 28, 2014.

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Failed cattle farm case

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2011 shows the headquarters of cattle farm Agura Bokujo in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture. Tokyo police arrested the former president and two other former executives of the failed company June 18, 2013, for allegedly soliciting investors based on misleading information before it went under in 2011.

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Zoo soliciting name for recovered penguin

NAGANO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin chick at Suzaka Zoological Gardens, a zoo in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2012. The zoo began on Sept. 4 soliciting names for the chick, which escaped from a pool at least twice in August but was soon recovered each time.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - Shinto priests and Buddhist monks walk to a beach while soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief from the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the historic earthquake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the shrine the same day to pray for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and recovery from the disaster.

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'Feudal warlords' in charity drive

SENDAI, Japan - People wearing armor and samurai outfits perform at an event soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following the March 11 disaster. The area of Sendai used to be governed by famous feudal warlord Date Masamune.

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'Save Japan' sign in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - A signboard soliciting support for quake-hit Japan is displayed in Moscow on March 29, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Twins' Nishioka solicits Japan quake donation

LEE COUNTY, United States - The Minnesota Twins' Tsuyoshi Nishioka (R) and Michael Cuddyer attend a video shoot soliciting donations for quake and tsunami victims in Japan at a ballpark in Lee County, Florida, on March 14, 2011.

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Aftermath of online cheating

KUSHIRO, Japan - Applicants for an entrance examination held on March 8, 2011, at Kushiro Public University of Economics place their cellphones, in transparent plastic bags distributed by the university to stem online cheating, on the desks. Schools in Japan have begun taking tougher measures to prevent cheating at their entrance exams in the wake of the arrest March 3 of a 19-year-old student for allegedly disrupting a university entrance exam in February by soliciting answers online via a cellphone from the exam room.

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Aftermath of online cheating

NARA, Japan - An applicant for an entrance examination held on March 8, 2011, at Nara Prefectural University places her cellphone in an envelope distributed by the university to stem online cheating. Schools in Japan have begun taking tougher measures to prevent cheating at their entrance exams in the wake of the arrest March 3 of a 19-year-old student for allegedly disrupting a university entrance exam in February by soliciting answers online via a cellphone from the exam room.

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Aftermath of online cheating

KUSHIRO, Japan - An applicant for an entrance examination held on March 8, 2011, at Kushiro Public University of Economics holds his cellphone in a transparent plastic bag distributed by the university to stem online cheating. Schools in Japan have begun taking tougher measures to prevent cheating at their entrance exams in the wake of the arrest March 3 of a 19-year-old student for allegedly disrupting a university entrance exam in February by soliciting answers online via a cellphone from the exam room.

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Aftermath of online cheating

NARA, Japan - An applicant for an entrance examination held on March 8, 2011, at Nara Prefectural University places her cellphone, in an envelope distributed by the university, in a box held by a university official. Schools in Japan have begun taking tougher measures to prevent cheating at their entrance exams in the wake of the arrest March 3 of a 19-year-old student for allegedly disrupting a university entrance exam in February by soliciting answers online via a cellphone from the exam room.

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Nova ordered to suspend part of business for lying to consumers

OSAKA, Japan - Nozomu Sahashi, president of Nova, Japan's largest English-language school operator, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 13 after the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ordered Nova to suspend part of its business for six months for lying to consumers about its services when soliciting students.

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Nova ordered to suspend part of business for lying to consumers

OSAKA, Japan - Nozomu Sahashi (C), president of Nova, Japan's largest English-language school operator, bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka on June 13. Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ordered Nova to suspend part of its business for six months for lying to consumers about its services when soliciting students.

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Local gov'ts soliciting firms to buy naming rights

TOKYO, Japan - Deficit-riddled Shibuya public hall is now called ''Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall'' under a 400 million yen, five-year deal with liquor and soft drinks maker Suntory Ltd. which purchased the naming right.

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Life insurer body rules out simultaneous guaranteed yield cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Uno, chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, speaks at a press conference at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on June 15. He ruled out the possibility of all insurers conducting simultaneous cuts to guaranteed yields they promised to earn in soliciting policyholders.

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Covid-19 crisis at field hospital in Ezzahra

Covid-19 crisis in Ezzahra, Tunisia, on July 25, 2021. In order to help and relieve the health system in Tunisia during this period of the Covid crisis, Rayen Hamzaoui, the young mayor of Ezzahra, in the southern suburbs of Tunis, has set up a country hospital with around twenty beds. By soliciting its citizens and businesses, it was able to finance medical beds complete with oxygen concentrators. The medical staff is made up of voluntary health professionals, who offer their time off at this temporary hospital. An exceptional commitment and enthusiasm congratulated by the population and the sick. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images de Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM