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    Jurist Organized crime propels mass displacement globally, UN expert reports

    A UN expert reported Tuesday to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that organized criminal activity has displaced at least 1.2 million people globally in 2024, creating a neglected humanitarian crisis with profound legal implications. Special Rapporteur Paula Gaviria Betancur outlined how...
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    Jurist Panama declares state of emergency amid escalating civil unrest in Bocas del Toro

    The Government of Panama declared a state of emergency in “the entire province of Bocas del Toro” on Friday, in an ad hoc cabinet meeting, in the background of escalating civil unrest opposing Law 462, implemented on March 18 to reform the social security system. The declaration temporarily...
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    Jurist Israel recovers bodies of 3 hostages from Gaza

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that the bodies of three Israeli hostages were recovered from Gaza. Netanyahu stated that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet, the country’s internal security agency, managed to successfully bring back the bodies of Yonatan...
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    Jurist Arbitrarily detained South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea

    Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on allegedly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Potgieter and Huxham...
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    Jurist UN secretary-general condemns attack against peacekeepers in Central African Republic

    The UN secretary-general condemned on Sunday an attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) that killed a Zambian peacekeeper and wounded another. António Guterres voiced concerns over the targeting of UN peacekeepers in the CAR. In a statement, Guterres...
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    Jurist UN human rights chief urges immediate action amid worsening Sudan humanitarian crisis

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. His statement came in light of the hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and...
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    Jurist Over 110 organizations urge EU to suspend trade agreement with Israel over alleged atrocities

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) and over 110 organizations and trade unions on Friday called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel, citing the latter’s ongoing atrocities against Palestinians. The joint statement emphasized that such action is overdue in holding Israel...
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    Jurist Layoff notices served to hundreds of Voice of America and USAGM employees

    A layoff notice was served to 639 employees at Voice of America and its parent organisation, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), on Friday. The announcement on Friday brought the total number of employees eliminated at Voice of America and the US Agency for Global Media to 1400, which is an...
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    Jurist UN expert urges States to prevent migrant disappearances

    A UN expert on Friday urged governments worldwide to strengthen protections for migrants, warning that thousands face the risk of enforced disappearance each year. In a recent statement, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Gehad Madi highlighted migrants’ vulnerability to...
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    Jurist UK parliament narrowly passes landmark assisted dying bill for the terminally ill

    The UK’s lower chamber of Parliament, the House of Commons, on Friday voted to pass a landmark assisted dying bill for terminally ill people, advancing it to the House of Lords for review. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, proposed by Labour Party’s Kim Leadbeater, had been debated...
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