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    Jurist Rights group condemns armed groups’ increased abuses targeting Indigenous communities in Colombia

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday stated that armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo have committed gross human rights violations against innocent civilians, with a large portion of abuses disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. HRW Americas Director Juanita...
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    Jurist Senior official at Libya prison accused of crimes against humanity by ICC

    Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a Libyan prison chief, appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday and stands accused of six counts of war crimes and six counts of crimes against humanity. These charges ranged from February 2015 to early 2020, regarding his role at the...
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    Jurist Advocacy group urges Macron to address human rights issues during China visit

    Human Rights Watch urged French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday to treat human rights as an integral part of France’s broader policy with China. Rather than treating them as distinct from economic and political priorities, the group says France should take concrete measures to uphold...
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    Jurist Kenya accuses UK soldiers of human rights violations and sexual misconduct

    Kenya’s parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday accused British soldiers of perpetrating decades of sexual misconduct, violence, human rights violations, and environmental harm during their tenure in the country. These accusations emerged in the wake of a two-year inquiry by the parliamentary Committee...
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    Jurist Australia to require monthly reports of removed underage social media accounts

    The Australian eSafety Commissioner announced on Wednesday that social media companies will be required to disclose the number of underage accounts they terminate every month, following a law that sets age restrictions for the most popular social media sites. The Online Safety Amendment (Social...
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    Jurist Former EU top diplomat accused in fraud investigation

    Former European Union Commission Vice President and foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini was formerly accused on Wednesday of procurement fraud and corruption, conflict of interest, and violation of professional secrecy, the European Public Prosecutor’s office (EPPO) revealed in an online...
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    Jurist UN General Assembly urges return of deported Ukraine children by Russia

    The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted in favour of demanding that Russia return all Ukrainian children deported or forcibly transferred since the start of the war. The resolution was adopted with 91 votes in favour, 12 against, and 57 abstentions, meeting the two-thirds majority required...
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    Jurist UK jury trials for crimes with sentences under 3 years to be dropped

    The United Kingdom on Tuesday unveiled its reform plans to scrap jury trials for crimes with an expected sentence of less than three years. The measure aims to reduce a “record backlog of cases” in the criminal justice system, which is estimated to rise to 100,000 cases by 2028. In his...
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    Jurist Journalists’ unions file complaint in France for restrictions on press freedom in Gaza

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the French Journalists’ Union (FJU) on Tuesday filed a complaint with France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office alleging “restrictions on the freedom to inform on war crimes” in the occupied Palestinian territories. The FJU stated...
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    Jurist Rights group calls for investigations into deadly attacks against civilians in Sudan

    Amnesty International called on Wednesday for investigations into deadly attacks carried out by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against a refugee camp in Sudan’s North Darfur State. It stated that these attacks may constitute war crimes and called for an immediate end to the...
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