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    Jurist Arbitrarily detained South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea

    Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on allegedly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Potgieter and Huxham...
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    Jurist UN secretary-general condemns attack against peacekeepers in Central African Republic

    The UN secretary-general condemned on Sunday an attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) that killed a Zambian peacekeeper and wounded another. António Guterres voiced concerns over the targeting of UN peacekeepers in the CAR. In a statement, Guterres...
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    Jurist UN human rights chief urges immediate action amid worsening Sudan humanitarian crisis

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. His statement came in light of the hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and...
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    Jurist Over 110 organizations urge EU to suspend trade agreement with Israel over alleged atrocities

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) and over 110 organizations and trade unions on Friday called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel, citing the latter’s ongoing atrocities against Palestinians. The joint statement emphasized that such action is overdue in holding Israel...
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    Jurist Layoff notices served to hundreds of Voice of America and USAGM employees

    A layoff notice was served to 639 employees at Voice of America and its parent organisation, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), on Friday. The announcement on Friday brought the total number of employees eliminated at Voice of America and the US Agency for Global Media to 1400, which is an...
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    Jurist UN expert urges States to prevent migrant disappearances

    A UN expert on Friday urged governments worldwide to strengthen protections for migrants, warning that thousands face the risk of enforced disappearance each year. In a recent statement, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Gehad Madi highlighted migrants’ vulnerability to...
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    Jurist UK parliament narrowly passes landmark assisted dying bill for the terminally ill

    The UK’s lower chamber of Parliament, the House of Commons, on Friday voted to pass a landmark assisted dying bill for terminally ill people, advancing it to the House of Lords for review. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, proposed by Labour Party’s Kim Leadbeater, had been debated...
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    Jurist EU review finds Israel breached human rights obligations under trade agreement

    The European Union’s diplomatic service, European External Action Service (EEAS), concluded in a report Friday, that Israel may have violated its human rights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement, according to Euronews. The EEAS’ report suggests Israel’s actions in Gaza...
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    Jurist UN space committee commends growing global south participation in outer space

    The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) reported on Saturday a transition towards more inclusive global participation in outer space activities, with the growing involvement of Global South countries, such as Ghana, Maldives, Tonga, and Côte d’Ivoire. Having long been...
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    Jurist Rights group welcomes SCC’s conviction of Central African Republic war crimes defendants

    Amnesty International welcomed on Friday the Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court’s (SCC) conviction of six former combatants in the Ndélé 2 case for war crimes and crimes against humanity, calling the decision “a breakthrough in the fight against impunity in the country.”...
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