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    Jurist Belgium politicians urge UN to intervene in Iran protester death sentence

    Multiple members of parliament in Belgium signed a joint letter on Friday urging the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to prevent the execution of Mohammad Javad Vafa’i Thani. Vafa’i Thani was initially arrested for his role in the 2019 Iranian anti-government protests that followed the...
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    Jurist Russia war journalist killed in alleged Ukraine attack

    Russian journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev was killed and three others were wounded on Friday in an alleged cluster munitions strike. Zhuravlev and one other were a wartime correspondents for RIA Novosti, a state-owned Russian news agency. Two others were correspondents for Russian news agency...
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    Jurist Sweden embassy officials in Iraq relocated to Stockholm after protestors storm building

    Operations and staff at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad were relocated temporarily on Friday to Stockholm after it was stormed by protesters. In a statement, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström said: Billström stressed that host countries have an obligation to protect...
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    Jurist Report finds only 2 percent of human rights defenders in Bangladesh feel safe

    A report released Saturday on the treatment of human rights activists in Bangladesh found that at least 65 percent of surveyed human rights defenders said that the ruling Awami League party, law enforcement and intelligence services have obstructed their work. The report entitled “Who Defends...
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    Jurist Putin claims Poland has territorial aspirations in Ukraine and Belarus as Wagner troop movements intensify near Poland-Belarus border

    Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Poland’s leadership of seeking to capture Ukranian land and potentially invade Belarus in a televised address on Friday. Putin said that NATO would form a task force that would enter the Ukraine War and then that Poland would take historically Polish...
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    Jurist UN special rapporteur urges end to indefinite detention of children at Syria refugee camps

    UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain released a statement on Friday urging the cessation of “indefinite mass detention without legal process,” particularly for children, in northeastern Syria detention centers. After arriving in Damascus, Syria on July 15, she visited prisons and detention...
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    Jurist UN experts condemn UK Illegal Migration Bill as it receives Royal Assent

    Experts from the United Nations (UN) Friday condemned the UK Illegal Migration Bill for its failure to follow international human rights standards. The experts urged the UK government to stop the implementation of the bill, which received Royal Assent and became domestic law in the UK on...
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    Jurist UN Secretary-General condemns Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports

    The UN Secretary-General António Guterres released a statement on Thursday condemning the Russian attacks against ports in Odesa and other Ukrainian Black Sea ports. The attacks on civilian infrastructure may be a violation of international humanitarian law. According to Russia’s commitments...
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    Jurist Sri Lanka passes anti-corruption bill amidst economic challenges

    Sri Lanka’s parliament passed on Wednesday an anti-corruption bill designed to strengthen governance and fight corruption in the country’s government. With the passage of the bill, the government is also hopeful to receive economic assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which...
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    Jurist Egypt authorities free human rights researcher and lawyer after presidential pardons

    Egyptian authorities released human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki and human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqeron Thursday, one day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted pardons to both men. These pardons came after Zaki’s conviction on charges of disseminating false information...
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