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    Jurist UN experts raise concerns over Iran’s intensified persecution of Bahá’ís amid the US-Iran conflict

    UN human rights experts on Wednesday have raised alarm over alleged torture, enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention of members of Iran’s Bahá’í religious minority amid the ongoing US-Iran war. The UN experts say that approximately 57 Bahá’ís are currently detained or imprisoned in...
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    Jurist International rights group calls for the immediate release of Vietnam political activist

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a social media commentator, who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment for criticizing the Vietnamese government, stating that her conviction is a violation to the right to freedom of expression. In January, blogger...
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    Jurist Rights group urges Ecuador to comply with court ruling ordering elimination of gas flares

    Amnesty International urged authorities in Ecuador on Wednesday to implement a court ruling mandating the elimination of oil industry gas flares near populated areas in the Amazon and the provision of reparations to affected communities. The organization stated that while five years have passed...
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    Jurist Canada high court strikes down law barring judicial review on legal and factual errors

    The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday ruled unanimously that a partial privative clause cannot bar judicial review on questions of fact and law. It held that judicial review of such questions is the courts’ “core supervisory jurisdiction” guaranteed by the Constitution. Chief Justice Richard...
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    Jurist UN experts say victims of Trafigura’s toxic waste disposal await justice after 20 years

    United Nations experts on Tuesday warned that twenty years after the Probo Koala toxic waste disaster in Côte d’Ivoire, thousands of victims still remain without justice, compensation, or effective remedies, highlighting what they call “environmental racism” and corporate impunity. In August...
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    Jurist UK lawmaker suing Musk’s xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualised images

    British Labour MP Jess Asato filed Tuesday a request for a court order barring xAI’s Grok chatbot from generating non-consensual sexualised images of her, arguing that the chatbot completely strips women of their personal autonomy by allowing users to digitally manipulate their images without...
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    Jurist Amnesty report reveals Shell documents confirm complicity in Nigerian oil spills

    Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Shell plc to answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta following their report detailing how Shell oil pollution has damaged water, farmland, fisheries, health and livelihoods, while the company continued to profit and deny responsibility...
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    Jurist HRW report says oil production in DRC poses severe environmental health risks

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday reported that Perenco, the sole oil producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is actively participating in production tactics that pose grave health and environmental threats to communities in the area. In commenting on the repercussions of this...
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    Jurist Ousted South Korean president sentenced over lying during campaign

    Previously ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday was sentenced to a suspended 18-month prison sentence by the Seoul Central District Court for lying during his 2022 campaign. Yoon was indicted over misrepresenting his connections to a fortune teller, who had connections to the...
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    Jurist UN fact-finding mission urges Venezuela to reverse ICC withdrawal

    The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela Monday called on the Venezuelan Government to reverse its decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC), warning that leaving the ICC would weaken...
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