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    Jurist US to expel Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic from trade program over rights concerns

    US President Joe Biden announced Monday that he will expel Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic (CAR) from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program due to their records on human rights and the rule of law. In a letter to the Speaker of the House of...
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    Jurist Japan High Court orders fresh examination of North Korea repatriation program

    The Tokyo High Court ordered on Monday a fresh examination of the lawsuit concerning the “Paradise on Earth” repatriation program, which saw the migration of ethnic Koreans and Japanese to North Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. The case revolves around individuals who managed...
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    Jurist Ethiopia rights commission reports civilian killings in Amhara region

    The Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued a report condemning the killing of numerous civilians by drone strikes and house to house searches in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The Monday report documented several incidents of extrajudicial killings, injuries, displacement and property...
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    Jurist European data regulator bans Meta platforms from using behavioral advertising

    The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the EU’s data regulator, announced Wednesday it adopted an urgent binding decision banning Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, from processing user personal data for behavioral advertising across the European Economic Area (EEA) until...
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    Jurist German court rules double jeopardy statute unconstitutional

    The German Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled a law allowing double jeopardy in criminal cases where new evidence was available was unconstitutional. In the majority decision, the justices found a fundamental right that “no person may be punished more than once for the same offense.” The...
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    Jurist UN inquiry into missile strike that killed 59 civillians concludes Russia was responsible

    The UN Human Rights office Tuesday concluded that the October 5 missile strike in Hroza, Ukraine was launched by Russia. The strike, which was labeled the deadliest since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, killed 59 people in the small village of Hroza. At the time of the attack, Moscow denied...
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    Jurist Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice suspends results of opposition primary

    Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) suspended the results of the country’s opposition primary elections and disqualified three candidates from running for office, according to a Monday decision on the TSJ website. The decision cites the “unconstitutional and illegal acts of the...
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    Jurist Paris police shoot woman after reports of threatening behavior

    Police in Paris, France shot and seriously wounded an unarmed woman Tuesday after commuters reported that she was making threats at a train station and shouting Jihadist slogans. Olivier Veran, a spokesperson for the French government said in a statement that police pulled the woman aside, and...
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    Jurist Amnesty International accuses Israel of illegally using white phosphorus in southern Lebanon

    Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday saying that Israel used white phosphorus illegally in its military operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. White phosphorus is an incendiary material that militaries use to create smoke screens and to light battlefields. Its use is...
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    Jurist Hong Kong court sentences former university student leaders to 2 years in prison over incitement to wound police officers

    Hong Kong’s District Court on Monday sentenced four former student leaders of the University of Hong Kong’s student union to two years in prison over incitement to wound with intent, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The four former student leaders—Kinson Cheung, Chris Todorovski, Charles...
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