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    Jurist Zambia’s cancellation of six critics’ passports on national security grounds raises human rights concerns, Amnesty International says

    Amnesty International on Friday accused Zambian authorities of using administrative powers to silence government critics after the passports of six opposition figures, academics and commentators were cancelled on national security grounds. The cancellations immediately rendered the documents...
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    Jurist Guatemala judiciary closes criminal proceedings against four Indigenous leaders

    Amnesty International announced Saturday that Guatemala’s judiciary had closed criminal proceedings against four Indigenous leaders who had been charged over their role in nationwide protests during Guatemala’s October 2023 national strike, hailing it as a victory for the right to freedom of...
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    Jurist UNDP warns Russian drone attacks on Chernobyl endangers the health and safety of millions

    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Alexander De Croo on Thursday warned in an interview that frequent drone attacks on Chernobyl are ‘really gambling with the safety of millions of people’, calling for urgent international action to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Upon...
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    Jurist Iranian authorities’ execution of protesters and political dissidents violate international law, Human Rights Watch says

    Human Rights Watch and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said in a joint report Thursday that Iranian authorities were unlawfully executing protesters and political dissidents on a weekly basis. Characterized as a relentless attack on the right to life, Iranian...
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    Jurist Recruitment of foreign nationals in Russia-Ukraine War amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says

    Amnesty International on Thursday condemned Russia’s recruitment of foreign nationals from socioeconomically disadvantaged countries to fight in Ukraine as human trafficking, stating that they were primarily recruited via deceptive job offers, had their immigration status exploited, and were...
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    Jurist UN Commission warns South Sudan violence endangers civilians and hinders democratic transition

    The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) in South Sudan on Thursday has issued a stark warning about escalating violence, entrenched impunity, and the grave violations of human rights that these pose to civilians and the country’s fragile democratic transition. The Commission...
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    Jurist UN warns political division in addressing climate change threatens economic stability

    The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, warned on Thursday that political divisions and treating climate change as a partisan issue risks worsening the current environmental situation as well as the economic toll of climate change on...
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    Jurist UN Secretary-General calls on world leaders to invest in peace as global conflicts reach post-WWII high

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged world leaders to take concrete action and invest in peace, warning that violence, division, and conflict are deepening worldwide and that the dialogue needed to resolve them is absent. Guterres spoke during the annual Japanese Peace Bell...
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    Jurist UN Rights Chief condemns global silence and urges solidarity amid worsening Afghan crisis

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Wednesday that worsening repression, poverty and forced returns were deepening Afghanistan’s crisis, criticizing the international community for abandoning the Afghan people at a time when humanitarian funding for the country has sharply...
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    Jurist Nepal calls for international financial compensation following deadly floods

    Nepal on Wednesday appealed for emergency assistance from a UN fund designed to help developing countries cope with the irreversible effects of climate change, as it sought climate justice and floods caused by an August 26 glacier collapse on its border with China’s Tibet Autonomous Region...
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