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    Jurist UN Refugee Agency reports record number of forcibly displaced people in 2023

    The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday that a record number of 117.3 million people around the world were forcibly displaced at the end of 2023. The agency expects this number to rise to over 120 million cases by the end of this year. According to the report, a pivotal factor in...
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    Jurist Russia prosecutors send espionage indictment against US reporter Evan Gerskovich to court

    The Russian Prosecutor General’s office announced Thursday that it approved an espionage indictment against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia since March 2023, and sent his case to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in the city of Yekaterinburg...
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    Jurist US sanctions Hong Kong companies for alleged support of Russia’s ‘war economy’

    The US Department of Treasury sanctioned Hong Kong companies under Executive Order (EO) 14024 on Wednesday in response to the companies’ alleged support of Russia’s economy amid the War in Ukraine. This comes after the US unveiled nearly 300 sanctions on May 1, including sanctions that target...
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    Jurist India asks Russia to return citizens recruited by Russian army following deaths of two Indian nationals in Ukraine

    The Indian government has asked the Russian government to return the Indian citizens recruited by its army on Tuesday, with foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra confirming the request on Wednesday. This follows the death of two Indian citizens in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, as announced by...
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    Jurist Rights groups urge Commercial Bank of Ethiopia to halt public shaming campaign over privacy rights

    Rights groups Access Now and the Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD) called for the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) to halt its public shaming campaign in an open letter on Wednesday. The campaign involved CBE publicizing the personal information of customers who allegedly...
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    Jurist South Korea prosecutors indict opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in $8M North Korea bribery scheme

    South Korean prosecutors indicted Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday on bribery charges for allegedly facilitating a scheme with Ssangbangwool Group to illegally transfer US$8 million to North Korea, according to reports from local media. These transactions were purportedly to...
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    Jurist UN commission accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes in Gaza

    Israeli forces have committed war crimes and violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, and there are “reasonable grounds” to conclude Hamas and loyalists have done the same, a UN inquiry concluded in a report released Wednesday. The report, which covers Hamas’ Oct. 7...
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    Jurist UN Special Rapporteur reports institutionalized system of discrimination of women and girls in Afghanistan

    The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan released a report (A/HRC/56/25) on Tuesday, ahead of the 56th session of the Human Rights Council taking place from June 18 to July 12, 2024, where the Special Rapporteur will address the findings. A critical analysis of the...
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    Jurist ECHR rules in favor of Albania court decision to remove MP from parliament for conflict of interest

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday }']ruled against Koço Kokëdhima who complained to the court after his removal from Albania’s Parliament due to the former MP’s conflict of interest as the sole shareholder of a private joint-stock company, Abissnet SHA, that provided services...
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    Jurist ECHR upholds UK government denial of compensation for miscarriage of justice

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) }']ruled on Tuesday in favour of the UK government’s decision to deny compensation to two men who had suffered a miscarriage of justice due to wrongful convictions. The case was brought by Victor Nealon and Sam Hallam, who served a combined 24 years in...
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