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    Jurist Egypt court sentences activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in prison

    An Egyptian court Monday sentenced activist Alaa Abd El Fattah to five years in prison after he was tried on charges of “spreading false news undermining national security.” Alongside Abd El Fattah, the New Cairo Emergency State Security Misdemeanour Court also sentenced human rights lawyer...
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    Jurist Bosnia Constitutional Court rejects appeal by man convicted of war crimes

    The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Monday rejected an appeal by 66-year-old former Serb fighter Radomir Šušnjar of his conviction and 20-year sentence for committing war crimes 29 years ago during the Bosnian War, which resulted in dozens of civilian deaths. Deciding...
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    Jurist Haitian asylum seekers sue Biden administration over encampment conditions

    The Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the Biden administration over alleged US officials’ abuse of asylum-seeking Haitians. According to the lawsuit, the Department of Homeland Security violated thousands of Haitian asylum seekers’ rights. The suit...
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    Jurist Former Ukraine president placed under formal investigation for high treason

    Ukrainian authorities Monday placed former president Petro Poroshenko under formal investigation for high treason. Poroshenko is accused of facilitating the financing of separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko served as Ukraine’s fifth president from 2014 to 2019. During that time, a...
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    Jurist ACLU sues US Citizenship and Immigration Services over asylum approval discrepancy

    The American Civil Liberties Union in Maine (ACLU) Friday filed suit against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the US District Court for the District of Maine, alleging that USCIS failed to provide detailed information on unusual numbers of denials for asylum cases for...
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    Jurist UK high court holds that Home Office breached Windrush members’ human rights

    The UK high court’s administrative court Thursday ruled that the human rights of two Windrush members were breached by the Home Office. The court held that the claimants, Vernon Vanriel and Eunice Tumi, were denied citizenship purely because they failed to comply with the five years rule, as...
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    Jurist European Court of Human Rights finds Georgia complicit in violence against LGBT demonstrators

    The European Court of Human Rights Thursday }']held against Georgia in a case concerning an attack on LGBT protestors in the capital city Tbilisi. Amidst threats of a counter-demonstration by ultra-conservative NGOs and clergymen, senior officials of the Ministry of the Interior had guaranteed...
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    Jurist Spain Catholic Church opens investigation into child sexual abuse

    Spain’s Catholic Church Sunday opened an investigation into the alleged sex abuse of over a thousand children by members of their clergy dating back 80 years. The investigation will be carried out by the Spanish Bishops Conference, headed by Cardinal Juan Jose Omella, and will look into 251...
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    Jurist Human Rights Watch calls on Japan to cut ties with Myanmar’s military

    Human Rights Watch called Monday for Japan to cut ties with Myanmar’s military and halt a military study-abroad program, according to a post on the organization’s website. The organization, which conducts research and advocacy for human rights, wrote that Japan should also end a program where...
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    Jurist India parliament committee publishes report on data protection bill

    India’s Joint Parliamentary Committee Thursday published its report on the 2019 Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill in both houses of Parliament. The report is a clause-by-clause examination of the proposed law with more than 80 recommendations and 150 drafting changes to allow Members of...
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