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    Jurist Amnesty International launches global campaign to protect protest rights

    Amnesty International Monday launched a global campaign in response to the rising threat against protest rights around the world. In a press release, Amnesty International singled out countries such as Russia, France and Sri Lanka as areas where the right to protest has been seriously curbed...
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    Jurist Biden administration releases first-ever human rights atrocity prevention strategy

    The United States Monday released its first-ever strategy to anticipate, prevent and respond to atrocities at home and abroad. The Biden administration released the strategy due in part to ongoing human rights offenses in Ukraine. President Biden has committed his administration to promoting...
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    Jurist Human rights groups call for end to India sedition law

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday published a call for India to end its controversial sedition law. The sedition law is a statute from the colonial era when India was controlled by the United Kingdom. According to HRW, the law “remains a powerful tool used by the authorities to criminalise...
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    Jurist HRW: El Salvador not complying with ruling to allow trans people to indicate gender identity on documents

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday released a report claiming that El Salvador’s government was not complying with a 2022 Supreme Court ruling requiring the government to allow transgender people to indicate their gender identity on government documents. Several bills have been introduced in...
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    Jurist Thailand democracy activists targeted by Pegasus spyware attack: report

    Thai human rights group iLaw, Southeast Asian internet watchdog Digital Reach and Toronto-based Citizen Lab Monday released a joint report claiming that multiple Thai democracy activists were targeted by a Pegasus spyware attack. The Pegasus software is owned by NSO Group, an Israeli firm, which...
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    Jurist Vatican announces new investment policy amid financial scandal

    The Vatican Tuesday announced a new investment policy, and the entity will close all of its foreign investment accounts. The new policy governs the ethical standard for investments, restricting investments that don’t “contribut[e] to a more just and sustainable world.” The guidelines require...
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    Jurist UK media regulator says Russia Today broke impartiality rules in 29 programs concerning conflict in Donbas

    UK communication services regulator Ofcom Monday said that international news network RT, which is funded by the Russian government and was taken off the air in the UK in March, broke impartiality rules in 29 programs from February 27 to March 2, during the initial stages of Russia’s invasion of...
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    Jurist Ukraine president fires Prosecutor General and security service head amid treason investigation

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Sunday that he had dismissed the Ukrainian Prosecutor General and the head of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) from their posts amid an investigation that revealed that more than 60 SBU and Prosecutor General’s Office employees are currently...
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    Jurist India court grants bail to journalist arrested over 2018 tweet

    The Delhi Sessions Court Friday granted bail to journalist Mohammed Zubair who was arrested on June 27 for a 2018 tweet that allegedly hurt religious sentiments and promoted enmity. The Delhi Police arrested Zubair under Sections 153A and 295 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for tweeting a...
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    Jurist Netherlands and Germany environmental groups challenge gas project in North Sea

    NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), Dutch cooperative Mobilisation for the Environment, and citizens’ initiative Clean Air East Frisia Friday filed a lawsuit in the Court of Justice in The Hague challenging planned gas drilling in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch government has approved plans...
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