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    Jurist UN rights chief criticizes Türkiye juvenile justice reforms over potential life sentences for children

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday criticized recently adopted changes to Türkiye’s juvenile justice system that could allow children to receive life sentences, urging authorities to ensure that the treatment of child offenders remains consistent with international...
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    Jurist UNMISS condemns armed group violence that killed more than 60 civilians in Warrap State

    The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday has strongly condemned recent armed group attacks in Warrap State that left more than 60 civilians dead and at least 50 others injured, in what the peacekeeping mission has described as a deliberate assault on non-combatants that may...
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    Jurist South Africa requests African states to pay repatriation expenses for 80,000 undocumented citizens

    South Africa on Tuesday has appealed to its fellow African governments to cover the full cost of deporting more than 80,000 undocumented migrants from their respective countries, presenting each nation with a bill for the airfare, ground transport, and processing of its citizens currently...
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    Jurist Damascus court sentences Assad to death for the crackdown that started a civil war

    A Damascus criminal court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia Tuesday after convicting him of murder, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity, the first judgment issued by Syria’s own courts against the head of a government that ruled the...
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    Jurist Türkiye enacts conditional legal framework for PKK members as ‘terror-free Türkiye’ process advances

    Türkiye’s Parliament on Monday announced that it had passed a new law creating conditional legal mechanisms for certain members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a shift signifying advancing the government’s “Terror-Free Turkey” initiative and potentially opening a new phase in the...
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    Jurist UN experts decry July surge in civilian casualties across Gaza and West Bank as humanitarian conditions continue to decline

    UN experts on Monday decried the recent surge of violence and human rights abuses against civilians across Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, voicing concern that the human rights crisis continues to deteriorate at an accelerated rate, leaving civilians with no form of protection despite...
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    Jurist Amnesty International warns of rising authoritarian risk in Zambia ahead of elections

    Amnesty International on Monday urged candidates in Zambia’s upcoming August 13 general elections to show a clear and genuine commitment to reversing the nation’s troubling authoritarian slide, warning that persistent state crackdowns on free speech and peaceful assembly now pose a serious...
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    Jurist Hong Kong apex court to hear subversion convictions appeals by opposition primary election candidates

    The Hong Kong Court of Appeal on Monday granted leave to 11 applicants to appeal their national security convictions to the city’s apex court. The applicants were among the 45 pan-democratic activists who were convicted of subversion in November 2024 for their alleged roles in the July 2020...
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    Jurist Pakistan tightens grid on international outlets covering Kashmir amid rising regional unrest

    Pakistan on Thursday announced its implementation of the ‘Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines 2026’ (the Guidelines), imposing strict regulatory limits on foreign journalists and local nationals working for international media outlets. The six-page document mandates that all international...
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    Jurist UN warns of rising food prices due to climate change and energy price hikes

    The UN reported on Friday that the cost of key foods increased in July as a result of searing heatwaves and ongoing geopolitical instability, which have affected global energy prices amid persistent hunger risks in multiple countries. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation...
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