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    Jurist Iran executes Mahsa Amini protestor with a long-term disability

    Iran executed Tuesday Mohammad Ghobadlou, a protester with a long-term psychosocial disability, for the alleged murder of a police officer during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests. The Iranian judiciary’s news agency Mizan reported the execution. The Criminal Court of Tehran Province executed...
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    Jurist Houthi authorities order US and British aid workers out of Yemen within 30 days

    Houthi authorities sent a letter Tuesday to the UN’s acting humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Peter Hawkins, requesting that all British and American nationals leave Yemen within a month. The letter comes as US and British forces continue strikes against targets in Yemen. Houthi forces had...
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    Jurist UN experts commend lawyers in Iran for their commitment to rule of law

    United Nations human rights experts Monday hailed lawyers in Iran for their unwavering and courageous commitment to the rule of law ahead of the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, which is observed January 24. The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret...
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    Jurist Brazil president vows federal support following death of indigenous woman in land dispute

    Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed Tuesday to provide the indigenous people of southern Bahia with federal support following the most recent land dispute between farmers and the indigenous Pataxó Hã Hã Hãe people. The dispute led to the death of a indigenous leader; her brother...
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    Jurist UK High Court finds Home Office operated ‘secret policy’ denying victims of slavery right of leave to remain

    The UK High Court ruled Tuesday that the Secretary of State for the Home Office unlawfully operated a “secret policy” that saw more than 1,500 people who were the victims of modern slavery denied leave to remain. The Claimant, known as XY, was kidnapped and enslaved by a gang in Albania, his...
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    Jurist HRW raises concerns about draft cybercrime treaty over possible human rights violations

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised concerns Tuesday about the draft Cybercrime Treaty of the United Nations over possible human rights violations. A UN Committee released the latest draft of the Treaty on September 1, 2023. HRW, along with over 100 groups globally, expressed concern about the...
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    Jurist India police registers criminal complaint against leaders of opposition party over ongoing march

    India’s Assam Police registered Wednesday a criminal complaint against the leaders of the country’s largest opposition party Indian National Congress (INC). The complaint was registered on multiple charges, including damaging public property and assaulting police personnel during the INC’s...
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    Jurist ECHR finds Greece violated private life rights of HIV-positive sex workers

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday in }']O.G. and Others v. Greece that Greece violated the right to respect for private life of HIV-positive sex workers. Greece imposed blood tests on Greek sex workers and publicly disseminated their personal data upon the order of a...
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    Jurist Pakistan former information minister announces boycott of general elections

    Pakistan’s former information minister Fawad Chaudhry announced on Monday that he and his group would boycott Pakistan’s general elections in claiming that the electoral process was fake. Fawad left former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party following the arrest of...
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    Jurist India high court refuses to interfere in ombudsman proceedings against politician over corruption charges

    India’s Delhi High Court (DHC) refused Monday to interfere with ombudsman proceedings against Shibu Soren, who is the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand state and a member of India’s upper house of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. Soren is facing corruption charges stemming from a complaint filed by MP...
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