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    Jurist UN rights experts demand release of Belarus dissident, independent journalists

    UN human rights experts on Monday demanded the release of Belarusian dissident Roman Protasevich and an end to the imprisonment and mistreatment of all independent journalists and activists in Belarus, declaring that “media freedom … has entered a black hole with no end in sight.” Last month, a...
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    Jurist Nicaragua police detain second opposition presidential hopeful

    Nicaraguan police detained opposition presidential hopeful Arturo Cruz on Saturday and charged him with “conspiring against Nicaraguan society.” Cruz is the second opposition politician to be detained in less than a week as President Daniel Ortega seeks to maintain power leading up to the...
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    Jurist New Zealand top court finds murder suspect can be extradited to China

    The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled on Friday that murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim can be extradited to China, subject to certain further assurances being received from China as to torture and fair trial-related issues. Kim, a Korean-born permanent resident of New Zealand, is accused of...
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    Jurist El Salvador revokes anti-corruption agreement after OAS hires ex-mayor

    El Salvador revoked its anti-corruption agreement with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) Friday, ending its membership after nearly three quarters of a century. El Salvador officials accused the OAS of showing political bias, and of lacking consistency and...
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    Jurist EU bans Belarus carriers from flying over EU territory

    The EU adopted a plan Friday banning Belarus airlines from flying over EU territory or landing in EU airports. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s security forces allegedly reported a false bomb threat on a Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania. The flight was forced to...
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    Jurist Nigeria suspends Twitter after president’s post is deleted

    Nigeria indefinitely suspended social network service Twitter on Friday, following Twitter’s removal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s post for violating rules of service. The ban was announced in a series of posts by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for “the persistent use...
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    Jurist EU and British regulators open antitrust investigations into Facebook

    The European Commission, in cooperation with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, opened a formal antitrust investigation Friday into whether Facebook has breached EU competition law. According to Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, who is responsible for EU competition policy...
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    Jurist G7 countries agree to support global minimum corporate tax

    The G7 countries announced Saturday an agreement establishing a 15 percent global tax rate on large multinational corporations. Finance ministers from the US, UK, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, and Italy met in London to discuss the question of global taxation, which has been in discussion for...
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    Jurist UN calls on Canadian government, Holy See to probe Indigenous children deaths

    United Nations human rights experts called on Canadian authorities and the Catholic church on Friday to investigate the mass grave of over 200 children Indigenous children at a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. Earlier this week, Marta Hurtado, spokesperson of the UN...
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    Jurist US imposes sanctions on Bulgaria entities and individuals over corruption

    The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced new sanctions on three Bulgarian individuals and sixty-four companies over allegations that the sanctioned entities and individuals were facilitating Russian influence in the Bulgarian government. The...
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