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    Jurist Norway arrests ex-Wagner commander under suspicion of illegally crossing Russia border

    Norwegian police arrested former commander of the Wagner Group, Andrey Medvedev, on Friday under suspicion of attempting to illegally cross the border into Russia, according to local Norwegian news site the Barents Observer. Earlier this year, Medvedev sought asylum in Norway. Norwegian police...
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    Jurist New Italy decree requires asylum seekers to pay fee to avoid detention during application process

    The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi released a decree on Friday stating that asylum seekers will need to pay $5,259 (€4,938) to avoid being held at a detention center while their applications are reviewed. The decree called this plan a method of providing a financial guarantee to...
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    Jurist Human Rights groups condemn Malaysian police ‘scare tactics’ against peaceful protestors

    Human rights advocate groups Article 19 and CIVICUS on Thursday released a joint statement expressing concern that peaceful protestors across Malaysia are being met with harassment from police. The statement has come in the wake of a series of protests in the region, which has included farmers...
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    Jurist Thousands of Greece public workers strike against new labor laws

    Thousands of public sector workers in Greece took part in a strike on Thursday in opposition to new labor law put forth in the Hellenic Parliament. Workers including doctors, transport staff and firefighters protested in Athens, Greece to voice their objection. The new labor law, yet to be...
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    Jurist Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court invalidates indigenous land demarcation timeframe law

    On Thursday, the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil invalidated a legislative proposal 9-2 regarding the temporal boundaries for demarcating indigenous lands. The judges ruled against the argument that the territory of indigenous peoples can only be demarcated if there is evidence of the...
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    Jurist Germany says 90 military-age Russian men granted asylum since Ukraine invasion

    The German interior ministry said that 90 Russian men of military age have been granted asylum in the country since Russia’s 2023 invasion of Ukraine, according to a Friday report from the German news outlet RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND). The news outlet obtained this information from the...
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    Jurist Tunisia police arrest political cartoonist on suspicion of insulting PM

    A prominent political cartoonist in Tunisia announced he was released from custody Friday on his Facebook page. Tunisian authorities arrested Tawfiq Omrane, well-known for publishing satirical drawings of political figures on his Facebook page, on Thursday on suspicion of insulting Prime...
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    Jurist International watchdog CIVICUS finds Bangladesh civic space is ‘repressed’

    International civil society watchdog CIVICUS added Bangladesh on Thursday to its CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist and rated the civic space in Bangladesh as “repressed,” the watchdog’s second lowest rating. The CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist rates the civic space of jurisdictions based on expression...
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    Jurist Canada sanctions Haiti businessmen amid escalating humanitarian crisis

    Canada announced on Thursday that it would impose additional sanctions on three prominent Haitian businessmen. These measures come as a rebuke to individuals allegedly involved in corruption that have further deepened the turmoil in the Caribbean nation. The Canadian Foreign Ministry issued a...
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    Jurist UN: States should make monetary and other reparations to descendants of enslaved and colonized peoples

    The UN Human Rights Office released a report Wednesday focusing on reparations for people of African descent in response to the continuing effects of slavery and colonialism. The UN report floats a “multipronged approach” to address the legacies of slavery and colonialism, which includes the...
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