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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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    Jurist Anti-torture group urges China to release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan

    The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders requested Monday the urgent intervention of Chinese authorities regarding the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan. Zhang Zhan is accused of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble.” Currently...
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    Jurist US judge denies Trump’s request to lift deportation ban on Venezuelans

    Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, James Boasberg, issued an opinion on Monday, denying the Trump administration’s request to lift the two-week deportation ban on Venezuelans. He states, “There is, moreover, a strong public interest in preventing the mistaken...
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    Jurist South Korea Constitutional Court reinstates impeached Prime Minister Han as acting president

    The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was Illegitimate as his conduct, while partially unconstitutional, did not constitute a “betrayal of public trust”. The decision effectively reinstates Duck-soo as acting president. While...
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    Jurist Amnesty International calls on Ecuador presidential candidates to address human rights concerns

    Amnesty International called on Ecuador’s presidential candidates to address human rights concerns if elected in an open letter released Friday ahead of the tie-breaking run-off vote due to take place on April 13, 2025. Over the years, many international bodies have raised concerns around...
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    Jurist US State Department bans former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, citing “significant corruption”

    The US State Department designated former Argentine president Cristina Elisabet Fernandez de Kirchner and her former minister of planning Julio Miguel De Vido ineligible to enter the US on Friday, claiming that they had been involved in “significant corruption.” The entry ban affects both...
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    Jurist NGOs call on Australia political parties to foster respectful discourse ahead of federal elections

    Over 35 human rights organizations on Friday issued an open letter, addressed to the leaders of Australia’s three major political parties, urging them to foster a “civil and respectful discourse” on the topic of refugees and asylum-seekers ahead of the upcoming federal elections in May. In the...
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