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    Jurist Foreign aid cutbacks worsen education crisis in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday on the deteriorating impact of humanitarian funds cutbacks on the education crisis in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps. The group urged the country’s interim government to lift restrictions on refugees and intergovernmental agencies to include...
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    Jurist UN rights group warns failing global care system exacerbating gender inequalities

    A new report by the UN’s Working Group on discrimination against women and girls released Tuesday has warned that the disproportionate care burden on women is a barrier to their advancement in society. The report calls for care work to be recognized, reallocated, and remunerated through public...
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    Jurist Council of Europe and Ukraine agree to establish Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset on Wednesday agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, following Europe’s endorsement of the proposal in May 2025. The...
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    Jurist Vietnam amends criminal code to abolish death penalty for eight offenses

    Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, drug trafficking, vandalism of state property, sabotage, and acts aimed at overthrowing the...
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    Jurist UN subcommittee says Serbia must take more action to comply with anti-torture protocol

    The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) on Tuesday said that Serbia needs to take further action to “protect people deprived of their liberty from torture and ill-treatment.” During a week-long mission to Serbia, the SPT visited prisons, police cells, remand centers, and homes for...
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    Jurist Hong Kong judge refuses to allow challenge against prohibition on encouraging invalid ballot

    Hong Kong Deputy High Court Judge Frankie Yiu refused to grant leave for a constitutional challenge against a provision criminalizing the incitement of casting invalid votes. In the judgment issued Tuesday, Judge Yiu ruled that the challenge is not reasonably arguable because the provision is...
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    Jurist Hong Kong passes law barring national security offenders from organizing unions

    The Hong Kong legislative council passed a law on Wednesday that bans anyone convicted of a national security offence from creating or holding a leadership position within a union. The new law amends the Trade Union Ordinance and introduces a lifetime ban on union organizing for national...
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    Jurist International community urged to address persisting violence in Haiti

    Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the international community to address escalating violence and human rights abuses in Haiti, noting that conditions have been steadily deteriorating one year after the deployment of the first personnel under the UN-authorized Multinational Security Support...
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    Jurist UN warns of ‘weaponized hunger’ following killing of over 400 Palestinians seeking aid

    The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced on Tuesday that the recent killing of Palestinians trying to retrieve food from aid hubs may constitute a war crime. OHCHR said that food security in Gaza has reached a level of “weaponized hunger” where...
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    Jurist Germany federal court lifts ban on right-wing Compact magazine

    The German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled on Tuesday in favor of lifting the ban on the right-wing Compact magazine. In the court’s view, although Compact’s publications and overall coverage present anticonstitutional ideals, the threshold to uphold a ban was not met. A ban...
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