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    Jurist UN chief calls on Egypt to end arbitrary detentions under “rotation” system

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Egypt on Tuesday to end its controversial “rotation” practice which allows authorities to arbitrarily extend prison sentences beyond their maximum term. Rotation is typically used to persecute perceived political opponents such as activists...
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    Jurist Press group censures killing of journalists in Israel strike on Gaza hospital

    In a press release on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) denounced the killing of five members of the press at Southern Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. The CPJ called for the international community to prevent further unlawful attacks on journalists with impunity. CPJ Regional Director...
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    Jurist Rights group says Israeli actions in Lebanon constitute potential war crimes

    The Israeli military’s extensive destruction of civilian property and agricultural land across southern Lebanon must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing released on Tuesday. The report, Nowhere to Return, documents the demolition of more than...
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    Jurist Activists condemn public flogging of two men under Indonesia’s Islamic criminal law

    Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the public caning of two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province after they were convicted of same-sex relations under Islamic criminal law. Aceh, located on the northern tip of Sumatra island, is Indonesia’s only province that criminalizes consensual...
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    Jurist UN experts decry repression of Khmer Krom people in Vietnam

    UN experts on Monday condemned what they described as escalating repression against the Khmer Krom people in Vietnam, urging authorities to cease targeting minority communities through security laws and to release those detained for peaceful activity. Experts reported Khmer Krom defenders, as...
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    Jurist Costa Rica president denies corruption charges before lawmakers as immunity vote looms

    Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves appeared before a congressional committee on Friday, forcefully rejecting corruption allegations and denouncing what he described as a politically motivated “judicial coup d’état.” Chaves told legislators that the Attorney General and magistrates...
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    Jurist Texas House Bill draws immediate lawsuit alleging racially engineered overhaul

    A coalition of Texas voters backed by the National Redistricting Foundation filed a sweeping federal challenge late Saturday to House Bill 4, the mid-decade congressional map the Legislature approved just after midnight on August 23. The Second Supplemental Complaint, lodged before a three-judge...
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    Jurist Rights Groups condemn Saudi Arabia execution of minority individual for crimes committed as a minor

    Amnesty International has condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of Jalal Labbad, who was accused of crimes allegedly committed when he was a minor. Bissan Fakih, Amnesty International’s Middle East Campaigner, said “Saudi Arabia’s execution of Jalal Labbad is deplorable and underscores the...
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    Jurist Three major Guinea political parties suspended ahead of September constitutional referendum

    The Guinean military government, on Saturday, issued a decree resulting in the temporary suspension of the country’s three main opposition parties, alleging non-compliance with the requirements mandated by the Guinean Charter of Political Parties. The decree stipulates that the parties Union of...
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    Jurist Republika Srpska’s legislature calls referendum to keep Dodik in power

    The National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BIH) Republika Srpska on Friday voted to call for a referendum on the federal court’s decision to ban the entity’s former President from holding office. In a late-night session, the assembly rejected the decision of BiH’s Central Election...
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