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    Jurist UN refugee official urges Cyprus to halt efforts to push back Syria refugee boats arriving from Lebanon

    The United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) Cyprus spokesperson Emilia Strovolidou urged the country on Friday to stop forcibly pushing away Syrian refugee boats arriving from Lebanon in violation of international human rights law and the principle of non-refoulment, according to reports from...
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    Jurist Election Commission of India orders repolling in Manipur amid violence

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered repolling at 11 polling stations within the Inner Manipur parliamentary constituency on Saturday in response to incidents of violence during the Lok Sabha elections in Manipur. This decision follows disruptions that marred the initial voting process...
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    Jurist US Secretary of State to announce sanctions against IDF unit: Axios report

    Axios reported Saturday that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battalion “Netzah Yehuda” for human rights violations in the West Bank, according to three informed sources. The battalion is a special IDF unit mainly...
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    Jurist US congress members call on Biden to sanction Sudan RSF for human rights violations

    United States congress members called on Friday for President Joe Biden to sanction Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (commonly known as Hemedti), for gross violations of human rights. Senators Benjamin Cardin and James Risch of the Senate Foreign...
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    Jurist UK police issues apology after officer’s ‘openly Jewish’ comment at pro-Palestine protest

    The UK Metropolitan Police issued an apology on Friday after one officer referred to the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) chief executive Gideon Falter as “openly Jewish” at a pro-Palestinian protest and described his presence as provacative. In a video published by the CAA, the police...
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    Jurist Northern Ireland prosecutor says 15 UK soldiers will not face perjury charges in Bloody Sunday Inquiry

    The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS) on Friday issued a decision to not prosecute 15 British soldiers on charges of perjury for allegedly providing false evidence relating to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. After receiving an investigation file submitted by the Police Service...
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    Jurist Italy court dismisses long-running case against migrant rescue ship crews

    An Italian court on Friday dismissed a long-running case against the rescue ship crews of three humanitarian organizations, who previously stood accused of aiding and abetting migrant smugglers while they were helping to rescue thousands of migrants off the coast of Libya and in the...
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    Jurist Russia journalist’s home searched in probe of prominent exiled colleague

    The media outlet Fontanka.ru reported Friday that their journalist, Ksenia Klochkova, had her home searched by police in connection with a criminal investigation against journalist Andrei Zakharov. Zakharov left Russia in December 2021, having stated that he faced unprecedented surveillance...
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    Jurist Mexican authorities announce killings of two mayoral candidates

    Mexican authorities announced Friday the killings of mayoral candidates Noé Ramos, who was running for re-election as mayor of El Mante (Tamaulipas), and Alberto García, the ruling party’s candidate for the mayorship of San José de Independencia (Oaxaca). These two deaths add to the numerous...
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    Jurist US House passes bill forcing ByteDance to divest from TikTok under threat of ban—Developing story

    The US House of Representatives voted Saturday to pass a sanctions bill that includes a provision forcing Chinese company ByteDance to divest from popular social media app TikTok, which would be banned in the US if ByteDance does not comply. This is a developing story. The post US House passes...
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