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    Jurist UN commission warns climate change exacerbates refugee crisis

    The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday warned that by 2050, the hottest refugee camps could face nearly 200 days of extreme heat stress per year, posing serious risks to health and survival. Filippo Grandi, outgoing UN Commissioner for Refugees, said “extreme weather is...
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    Jurist Rights group calls for stronger speech protections and release of Iran journalist

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called for Iranian authorities to release an arrested newspaper editor, claiming his detention represent deliberate efforts to restrict dissenting speech in the country. CRJ claimed that the arrest of Parviz Sedaghat and several other...
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    Jurist Press group condemns use of cybercrime legislation to detain journalists in Niger

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday urged Nigerian authorities to release three journalists held in pre-trial detention for alleged cybercrimes and accused the government of using cybercrime laws to chill free speech. Moussa Ngom, CPJ’s Francophone Africa representative...
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    Jurist UN experts raise concern over increasing enforced disappearances in Syria

    The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over reports about dozens of abductions and enforced disappearances in Syria during a press briefing on Friday. In his statement, spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan stated that OHCHR documented at least 97 people...
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    Jurist Kenya cybercrime law sparks freedom of expression concerns

    Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday that Kenya’s cybercrime law amendments risk criminalizing legitimate online speech. The amendments, assented to on October 15 and published by Parliament on November 4, increase penalties for certain offences, broaden the government’s investigative and...
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    Jurist Denmark announces national minimum age requirement for certain social media

    The Danish government announced on Friday a national minimum age requirement of 15 years for “certain” social media platforms. The Ministry of Digitalisation describes the implementation as “groundbreaking,” noting that Denmark is the first EU country to establish such an age limit on social...
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    Jurist Rights groups accuse Tunisia of prioritizing EU migration funding over humanitarian concerns

    Amnesty International has accused Tunisian authorities of intensifying abuses against sub-Saharan migrants through violent policing, expulsions, and discriminatory laws that violate fundamental human rights. The organization said Tuesday that European governments risk complicity in these...
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    Jurist UN experts warn of proxy actors rising in both war and peacetime

    The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries warned Friday of the increasing use of mercenaries and private military and security companies (PMSCs) as proxy actors in both conflict and peacetime settings. These private actors reportedly facilitate violence and human rights violations...
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    Jurist Canada Supreme Court clarifies consent in sexual assault cases

    The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that trial judges must consider all available evidence, not only a complainant’s testimony, when deciding whether a person had the capacity to consent to sexual activity. The decision in R. v. Rioux clarified how courts should assess capacity and consent...
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    Jurist UN Security Council adopts resolution removing Syria transitional president from sanctions measures

    The UN Security Council on Thursday announced its adoption of Resolution 2799, which aims to remove two individuals, including current President Ahmed al-Sharaa, from its sanctions list on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda, in a move widely celebrated as a...
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