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    Jurist India parliament reinstates opposition leader Rahul Gandhi following Supreme Court stay of defamation conviction

    India’s lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, restored the membership of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday after India’s Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a 2019 defamation case. Gandhi is a key figure in the Indian National Congress (INC), India’s main opposition political...
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    Jurist Russia passes law restricting foreign investment in Russian companies

    Russia passed a new law on Friday allowing courts to strip foreign owners from hostile countries of stakes in key Russian entities, in a purported attempt to protect strategic companies from foreign influence. According to the text, the purpose of the new law is to protect the rights of Russian...
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    Jurist UN rights chief closes office in Uganda, expresses concern over human rights violations

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced the closure of the UN Human Rights office in Uganda on Thursday after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement that allowing the office to operate. Türk expressed his concern about the condition of human rights in...
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    Jurist Iraq blocks messaging app Telegram over alleged national security fears

    Iraq’s Ministry of Communications Sunday announced that it had blocked the messaging app Telegram, citing national security concerns. The announcement claimed that this restriction was being enforced to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The...
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    Jurist Afghan refugees in UK face homelessness after government evictions

    Afghan refugees living in the UK are facing homelessness after government-led evictions from hotels, according to local government officials. Refugees who are unable to find long-term housing will become homeless. One in five Afghans leaving hotels were reported as homeless anecdotally...
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    Jurist Human rights organisations demand justice for victims of Pylos shipwreck after ‘starkly divergent’ accounts of events

    On Thursday, two human rights organisations called for an independent investigation into the actions of the Greek coast guard after a migrant vessel sank off the coast of Pylos, Greece, leaving at least 82 people declared dead. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch argue that the...
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    Jurist Ethiopia declares 6-month state of emergency following ongoing army clashes with militia in Amhara

    Ethiopia’s Government Friday declared a state of emergency in Amhara, resulting from ongoing clashes between military and local Fano militiamen. This came in the form of a press release issued by the office of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed. The press release outlined a recent Council of...
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    Jurist Ukraine investigating Russia grain strikes as potential war crimes

    Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General announced Friday it would investigate whether recent Russian attacks on Odessa and other Black Sea ports constitute war crimes, according to a report from Reuters. The ports are major exporters of grain, a key food source for some of the world’s poorest...
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    Jurist Alexei Navalny sentenced to 19 years on ‘extremism’-related charges

    Longtime Russian dissident and critic Alexei Navalny was sentenced to an additional 19 years in prison Friday on а number of extremism-related charges after a closed-door hearing. The sentence prompted condemnation from multiple countries, international organizations and human rights groups...
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    Jurist Human rights NGO network calls upon international community to prevent possible genocide of Hazaras

    The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) issued a statement on Friday calling for an end to the systemic killing of Shia Hazaras in Afghanistan in order to prevent a possible genocide under Taliban rule. In their Friday statement, FORUM-ASIA urged the international...
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