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    Jurist OAS assembly condemns Nicaragua’s election

    The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) Friday condemned President Daniel Ortega’s electoral victory and adopted a resolution criticizing Nicaragua’s presidential election. 25 countries voted in favor of the resolution, seven abstained, and only Nicaragua voted against...
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    Jurist Ethiopia rights commission alleges war crimes and rights violations by Tigray forces in Afar and Amhara regions

    A new report published Saturday by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) described extensive human rights and war crimes violations allegedly committed in July and August this year in the regions of Amhara and Afar in connection to the ongoing Tigray crisis. The report was based on...
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    Jurist African newspaper ‘The Continent’ reports Facebook failed to contain hate speech in Ethiopia

    An African newspaper, The Continent, reported Saturday that Facebook’s internal documents reveal that the company knew that its platform was being used to proliferate hate speech in Ethiopia and did not take steps to protect its users living “outside the English-speaking Western world.” The...
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    Jurist Indian politician sued for ‘hurting religious sentiments’ in book comparing Hindu nationalism to jihad

    A criminal complaint was registered Friday against Indian politician and former union minister Salman Khurshid over statements made in his recent book ‘Sunrise over Ayodhya-Nationhood in our times.’ The complaint has been filed under Sections 153 and 295A of the Indian Penal Code on the grounds...
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    Jurist Human Rights Watch accuses sponsors of China Winter Olympics of supporting Uyghur genocide

    Human Rights Watch accused Friday the corporate sponsors of the Beijing 2020 Winter Olympics of ignoring China’s crimes against humanity in its far western region of Xinjiang, thus “squandering the opportunity” to pressure China to address its “appalling human rights record.” Coca-Cola, Intel...
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    Jurist US Congresswoman Omar introduces Joint Resolution to block Biden’s $650M Saudi arms deal

    Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has released a Joint Resolution on Friday which seeks to block President Biden’s $650 million arms deal with Saudi Arabia. This will be the first major arms sale to Saudi Arabia since Biden took office in January 2021. The deal has been widely criticized as the...
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    Jurist US imposes more sanctions on Eritrea over interference in Ethiopia conflict

    The United States government Friday imposed sanctions on four Eritrean entities and two individuals in connection with the increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia due to the ongoing military conflict. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a statement...
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    Jurist US journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in prison by Myanmar court

    Danny Fenster, an American journalist, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison by a military-controlled court in Myanmar. He was first detained by Myanmar’s military junta on May 24, 2021, and has now spent over five months at Insein Prison in Yangon. Fenster is sentenced to three years in...
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    Jurist UN draft resolution calls on countries to phase out coal and subsidies for fossil fuels

    The first draft resolution of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was released on Tuesday. The draft is divided into eight sub-topics focusing on each issue the countries have decided to focus on. The draft aims to...
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    Jurist UN Security Council implores Myanmar military to immediately end violence

    The UN Security Council issued a statement Wednesday urging for the immediate end of violence in Myanmar. Myanmar is currently under the control of the military junta, which overthrew the democratic government in February in a coup d’état. The Security Council supports the return to democracy...
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