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    Jurist Lawyers file lawsuit against Costa Rica for detaining minors deported from the US

    A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit on Thursday before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child against the Costa Rican government for allegedly violating the rights of minors deported from the United States. Lawyers from the Global Strategic Litigation Council, Instituto...
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    Jurist UN experts urge end to public execution in Afghanistan

    UN experts urged Thursday the Taliban to immediately impose a moratorium on inhumane punishments, including capital and corporal punishments, in response to public executions carried out on April 11. The de facto Supreme Court announced four public executions across the provinces of Badghis...
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    Jurist Canada Federal Court of Appeal upholds assault-style firearms ban

    Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a prominent challenge to the federal government’s 2020 ban on assault-style firearms on Tuesday. The ruling upheld the legality of the government’s decision to prohibit over 1,500 models of firearms deemed by Ottawa to be “assault-style” and unsuitable...
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    Jurist Gambia former paramilitary soldier convicted under US Torture Act

    Gambian national Michael Sang Correa was convicted by a Colorado jury for participating in the torture of victims in 2006, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday. Correa was a part of a paramilitary unit known as the “Junglers,” run by Yahya Jammeh, dictator and former Gambian...
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    Jurist Zimbabwe president signs law to curb civic space

    Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a law that would significantly restrict the rights to freedom of association and expression in the country on Friday, according to Human Rights Watch. The law, the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act 2025, was originally proposed in...
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    Jurist Former governor of Russia’s Kursk region detained over alleged fraud tied to border fortifications

    A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered former Kursk region governor Alexei Smirnov held in custody as authorities investigate “major fraud” allegations ahead of his June 15 trial, according to state news agency TASS. Smirnov and his first deputy, Alexei Dedov, are accused of allegedly embezzling 1...
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    Jurist UK Supreme Court rules trans women not legally women under Equality Act

    The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that trans women are not legally recognised as women under the Equality Act 2010. The case arose after the Scottish Parliament passed the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, which aimed to include transgender women in quotas to achieve...
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    Jurist Peru former president and first lady sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering

    A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison and nearly 3 million dollars in civil reparation for aggravated money laundering. The couple was found guilty of accepting illicit contributions in the same amount to finance...
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    Jurist HRW: Tunisia government using arbitrary detention to suppress dissent

    The Tunisian government has made arbitrary detention a central instrument of state policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published Wednesday, alleging a systematic effort to quash dissent and dismantle civil and political freedoms. According to the report, authorities have...
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    Jurist Hungary parliament passes constitutional amendment banning LGBTQ+ events

    Hungary’s National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary Monday that bans LGBTQ+ public events. The change was adopted with 140 votes in favor of the amendment and 21 against. The amendment was initiated by Hungary’s governing far-right party, Fidesz...
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