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    Jurist US denies Iran announcement of prisoner exchange agreement

    Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian Sunday announced that Iran and the US had reached a prisoner exchange agreement. However, the US National Security Council denied that an agreement had been reached. According to Amirabdollahian, the countries agreed to the deal “in recent days,”...
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    Jurist Thousands protest coalition government in Czech Republic against inflation rates and assistance to Ukraine

    Thousands of civilians Saturday took part in anti-government protests in Prague, Czech Republic. A new political party, PRO, organised the rallies, as people protested against high inflation rates and the government’s assistance to Ukraine. Protestors gathered in Prague’s Wenceslas Square...
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    Jurist India MP calls for action as hospitals withhold deceased patients’ bodies over unpaid bills

    Indian Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjeev Arora Saturday called for adherence to the Charter of Patients’ Rights as deceased patients’ bodies continue to be “held hostage” by hospitals. In a statement to the Indian Express, the MP and a member of the parliamentary ad hoc committee on health and family...
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    Jurist Over 100 people arrested in Iran in connection with chemical attacks on school girls

    The Interior Ministry of Iran Saturday announced that over 100 people have been arrested across Iran in connection with the chemical attacks on thousands of school girls. According to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry, the poisonings were carried out with the intention of “shutting...
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    Jurist Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: Russia’s ‘sham trials’ should be considered ‘null and void’ for international law violations

    The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group announced Saturday that Russia has again used its “proxy ‘Donbas republics'” to violate international law by staging the trials and sentences of three Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Investigative Committee of Russia has accused human rights defender...
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    Jurist Canada Supreme Court justice denies wrongdoing after being placed on leave over physical altercation at Arbour awards banquet in Arizona

    Canadian Supreme Court Puisne Justice Russell Brown Friday released a statement denying wrongdoing after the Canadian Judicial Council announced that it was reviewing a complaint against the Justice. Chief Justice Richard Wagner, after a conversation with Brown, placed him on leave from the...
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    Jurist France pension protests enter seventh day, affecting multiple economic sectors

    Protestors in France Saturday demonstrated for a seventh day against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan, which has been widely disputed across the country since his announcement of the plan in January. According to the Confederation of Labor (CGT), a national federation of French...
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    Jurist UK PM and France president agree to measures aimed at stopping migration across Channel

    UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron Friday agreed on a multi-million pound package of measures to stop migration across the Channel which will see a new detention centre established in France as well as the deployment of more French personnel and enhanced...
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    Jurist US sanctions companies helping Iranian petrochemical firms evade sanctions

    The US Department of the Treasury Thursday sanctioned 39 entities connected with providing financial services to sanctioned Iranian firms, such as Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industry Commercial Co. (PGPICC) and Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Triliance). US officials alleged the sanctioned...
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    Jurist ECHR finds Hungary’s public disclosure of tax debtors violates privacy rights

    The European Court of Human Rights Thursday ruled that Hungary’s practice of publishing information about people who owe tax payments is a violation of their fundamental rights. The Grand Chamber in the case of }']LB v. Hungary, held, by 15 votes to 2, that there had been a violation of the...
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