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    Jurist Mali attacks by armed groups violate international humanitarian law: HRW report

    Attacks by Islamist armed groups and ethnic militias in Mali violate international humanitarian law and are apparent war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday. One such attack in January 2024, by an Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist armed group, killed at least 32...
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    Jurist Fiji High Court sentences former Prime Minister to prison for perverting the course of justice

    Fiji’s High Court sentenced former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to one year of imprisonment on Thursday after finding him guilty of perverting the course of justice, according to a statement published by the country’s Director of Public Prosecution. Frank Bainimarama was sentenced alongside...
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    Jurist Sri Lanka security forces continue to abduct and torture Tamil civilians: human rights group report

    Sri Lankan security forces continue to impose abduction and torture on Tamil civilians, a Wednesday report from the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) revealed. The report analyzed the statements of 123 Tamils (aggregately detained for a total of 139 times) who were unlawfully...
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    Jurist Human rights groups call on France to hold Bashar Al-Assad accountable for 2013 chemical attacks

    Syrian and international human rights groups and victims’ associations called upon the French government to support the independent investigation against Bashar Al-Assad on the 2013 Syrian chemical attack in a joint statement published on Wednesday. The 39 organisations, among which the Syrian...
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    Jurist ECHR rules Albania violated court access rights and right to private and family life of citizen

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday }']ruled by a majority that Albania violated the right of access to justice of the applicant after his son was severely beaten up at school. The applicant’s son was hit in 2011 by another underaged pupil, resulting in the loss of vision in...
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    Jurist ECHR finds Russia discriminated against LGBTQ teacher

    European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) }']held Tuesday that Russia discriminated against a teacher when she was fired after posting pictures that indicated her sexual orientation. In the case of }']A.K. v. Russia, A.K, the applicant, was a teacher in a state school in Russia. In November 2014, a...
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    Jurist Czechia Constitutional Court rules against legal requirements for gender transition

    The Czech Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday against a regulation that required surgical procedures for official sex change for trans people. Czech law required transgender people to undergo procedures like sterilization and transformation of the genitals to officially change their gender...
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    Jurist Third German politician attacked ahead of European elections

    German politician Franziska Giffey was attacked Tuesday at a local library. The incident comes after other politicians were targeted ahead of the upcoming German European Parliamentary elections. Giffey, Berlin’s senator and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), was visiting a...
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    Jurist Hong Kong court bans protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’

    The Hong Kong Court of Appeal granted Wednesday an interlocutory injunction to restrain any activities associated with the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”. The Secretary for Justice Paul Lam highlighted that the injunction balanced the interest of national security and freedom of speech by...
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    Jurist ECHR partially rules in favor of Georgia nationals in 2019 protest case

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) }']awarded partial satisfaction to Georgian protesters on Tuesday, citing procedural flaws in the government’s handling of a 2019 protest. The case concerned the excessive use of force by Georgian police during the dispersal of a protest in front of the...
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