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    Jurist Rights group urges Georgia to reject new proposal of ‘foreign agent’ bill

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday to reject the ‘foreign agents’ bill. Europe and Central Asia director at HRW Hugh Williamson argued that if the bill passes, “it could spell the end of Georgia’s independent civil society”. Besides posing problems for...
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    Jurist Western Sahara youth organization urges UN Human Rights Council to safeguard Saharawi peoples’ rights

    Saharawi Youth Union, advocating for the independence of Western Sahara, and the International Service for Human Rights urged the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to “take action” and uphold its obligations in ensuring the protection of Saharawi peoples’ human rights and access to human rights...
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    Jurist US expelling Venezuelans to El Salvador endangers lives: Amnesty International

    Amnesty International criticized Tuesday the unlawful expulsion of 238 Venezuelan nationals from the United States to El Salvador for endangering their lives. The expulsion contradicts a court order, which barred the removal of Venezuelans. In response to the deportation in defiance of the...
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    Jurist FIFA urged to recognize Afghanistan women’s football team in exile amid Taliban rule

    The Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) called on FIFA on Tuesday to take action to recognize the Afghan women’s football team in exile as the representative of Afghanistan to ensure their return to international competition, after being banned in 2021 when the Taliban took power in the country...
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    Jurist Japan Osaka court holds same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

    The Osaka High Court held that Japan’s lack of recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional on Tuesday. The Osaka High Court is the fifth court to rule that the ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional after similar rulings in the high courts of Sapporo, Tokyo, Fukuoka and...
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    Jurist Amnesty urges Turkish authorities to cease unlawful use of force and detentions

    Amnesty International (AI) on Monday called for an end to unlawful violence against protesters and detention of journalists by police in Turkey in the wake of the detention of opposition presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, which has sparked mass protests across the country. According to AI...
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    Jurist Rights groups urge Nepal to use budget for expanding children’s assistance program

    In a letter addressed to the Nepal Finance Minister on Sunday, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, rights groups urged Nepal to protect the rights of children by accounting for an expansion of the child grant program in the forthcoming budget. The groups represented a coalition of 24 Nepali and international...
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    Jurist Rights groups call for release of Venezuela human rights defenders

    The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and several other rights groups called for the release of imprisoned rights defenders in Venezuela at the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, noting the prevalence of enforced disappearances used to silence opposition. Venezuela’s Bolívar Law...
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    Jurist UK sanctions former Sri Lanka military commanders for serious human rights abuses

    The UK government imposed sanctions Monday on four individuals responsible for serious human rights abuses during Sri Lanka’s civil war. The 26-year conflict, which ended in May 2009, claimed an estimated 80,000-100,000 lives according to UN figures, with an estimated 40,000 Tamil civilians...
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    Jurist Pakistan rights group urges UN to intervene in Baloch protest repression

    The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) called upon UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to urgently intervene in the repression of peaceful protests in Pakistan. The group also urged Guterres to secure the immediate release of Dr Mahrang Baloch and other members of the Baloch...
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