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    Jurist UK court jails 2 men of spying for China, targeting Hong Kong dissidents

    A UK court on Thursday jailed two men for gathering information illegally against Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who are now residing in the country. Justice Cheema-Grubb said the crimes committed were highly culpable and imposed jail sentences of eight and ten years, respectively. In her...
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    Jurist UN urges Peru to reject bill granting military authority to try human rights violations

    UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged the government of Peru on Thursday to refrain from adopting a draft law that grants military jurisdictions the authority to investigate and prosecute potential human rights violations, calling on authorities to comply with international human rights...
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    Jurist UN Rights Commissioner: attacks on rights defenders reached alarming levels in 2025

    The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on Wednesday documenting record level attacks against human rights defenders in 2025. The Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders (©s) define ©s as defined as “people who, individually or with others, act to...
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    Jurist Amnesty urges Tunisian appellate court to overturn convictions of anti-racism activists

    Amnesty International (Amnesty) on Wednesday urged on Tunisian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release” anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah and five of her colleagues, and called on the Tunis appellate court to overturn their convictions Mosbah and her colleagues are affiliated...
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    Jurist UN Secretary-General raises alarm on abuse of freedom of expression

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres raised an alarm on Wednesday over the abuse of free speech and expression rights for promoting hatred online that is consequently leading to a “surge in real-world violence” against vulnerable groups. Speaking about the subject during the 2026 International...
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    Jurist Climate change threatens livelihoods in Honduras, rights group warns

    Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that the coastal community of Cedeño in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, is experiencing a human rights crisis resulting from climate change impacts that threaten the population’s livelihoods. Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas director, said...
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    Jurist Canada rights groups calls for privacy legislation regulating federal political parties

    A coalition of Canadian civil rights groups called for privacy legislation that regulates the collection of personal information by federal political parties on Wednesday. The appeal comes months after Parliament removed the related law in March. The statement said federal political parties...
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    Jurist Hong Kong top court upholds law banning election boycott advocacy

    The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal unanimously upheld a law prohibiting public advocacy for an election boycott on Wednesday. The court held that the law is a justified infringement on the right to free speech. Chief Justice Andrew Cheung found that the law served a legitimate aim of...
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    Jurist Netherlands passes law banning conversion therapy

    The Dutch Parliament on Tuesday passed legislation criminalizing conversion therapy, making the Netherlands the latest country to impose criminal sanctions on actions aimed towards changing individuals’ sexual orientation and gender identity. Tuesday’s legislation, titled Wet strafbaarstelling...
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    Jurist Rights groups: France using police fines to racially profile Black and Arab youth

    French police are using immediate fixed penalty fines as a new tool for racial profiling, trapping Black and Arab youth in debt reaching tens of thousands of euros, Human Rights Watch, (RE)CLAIM, and Maison Communautaire pour un Développement Solidaire (MCDS) said Wednesday. The report...
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