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    Jurist Venezuela releases 107 protesters arrested after July election

    Venezuela released 107 protesters on Saturday who were detained for demonstrations over the presidential election in July, according to Alfredo Romero, director of the local rights group Foro Penal. According to the group, 50 people were freed from the Tocorón prison in the state of Aragua and...
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    Jurist India top court defines limits of right to equality in landmark judgement

    The Supreme Court of India ruled on Wednesday that individuals cannot invoke the right to equality to claim benefits that were unlawfully granted to others, even if they were unfairly denied similar advantages themselves. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and...
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    Jurist UAE’s French-designed arms found in Sudan amid ongoing civil war

    Amnesty International revealed on Thursday that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are using United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) armoured carriers, incorporated with French military technology on the battlefield. The group highlighted the potential breach of the UN arms embargo on Darfur and calls...
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    Jurist Yemen denies due process rights of 12 detainees facing death penalty charges

    Yemen Houthi authorities have transferred 12 detained individuals to criminal prosecution while denying them due process rights, with some facing death penalty charges, according to a Human Rights Watch report published on Thursday. Among these detainees are UN and former US embassy staff...
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    Jurist South Africa refuses to help 4,000 underground miners in an attempt to curb illegal mining

    The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining. When asked whether the government would be sending any help to the miners still remaining...
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    Jurist South Korea court sentences opposition leader to prison for violating election laws

    The Seoul Central District Court on Friday sentenced opposition figure Lee Jae-myung to a suspended one year in prison for making false statements before the 2022 presidential elections, according to a statement published by South Korean member of Parliament Lee So-young. The Seoul Central...
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    Jurist Inter-American Court finds Guatemala responsible for 1989 forced disappearances of Indigenous rights defenders

    The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the Case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four Indigenous human rights defenders in 1989. The court determined that Guatemala violated multiple rights...
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    Jurist UN special rappourteur urges Ecuador to investigate alleged torture of vice president

    The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Edwards, on Thursday called on Ecuador to investigate and prosecute the alleged torture of its former vice president Jorge Glas. The Special Rapporteur raised alarm over the conditions of Glas, who has shown signs of physical and psychological...
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    Jurist ECHR rules Poland deprived fair trial by increasing sentence of prisoner on parole

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) }']ruled on Thursday that Poland violated the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights by quashing and modifying the sentence of a prisoner who had already served the majority of his sentence. The Polish...
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    Jurist India apex court directs Jammu and Kashmir government to develop prisoner premature release policy

    The Supreme Court of India directed Friday the newly formed Jammu & Kashmir union territory government to frame a policy for the premature release of prisoners. The Supreme Court directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to develop a policy on the premature release of prisoners after a...
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