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Pakistani police Sunday attempted to execute an arrest warrant for Imran Khan following his failure to attend court on charges of “receiving prohibited funds.” Police attempted to arrest Khan at his home in Lahore but were told the former Prime Minister was “not present in the residence.” In October 2022, Khan was found guilty by [...]

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The EU Saturday agreed to establish a new tribunal to prosecute Russian crimes of aggression committed during the war in Ukraine. The tribunal, the International Center for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA), is designed to fill in any gaps in prosecution from the International Criminal Court (ICC). EU President Ursula von [...]

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The US Treasury Department Friday sanctioned six people involved in the arbitrary detention of Russian war critic Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is currently detained in a Russian prison awaiting trial on several criminal charges, which the US claimed are the product of the “Kremlin manipulating Russia’s legal system to silence dissent.” Kara-Murza is a prominent Russian [...]

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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Friday released a report highlighting numerous human rights violations in Myanmar two years after the military coup. The report states: Myanmar’s conflict landscape has changed dramatically, highlighting concerns for the protection of civilians. By late 2021, and throughout 2022, violence intensified especially in the [...]

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A Belarusian court Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient, to ten years in prison for allegedly attempting to overthrow the government through financing anti-government demonstrations in the region. The verdict received international condemnation, including from the US, the European Union and the United Nations. Judge Marina Zapasnik announced the verdict and [...]

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Following a recent report from the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua, the UN Human Rights Council Thursday said the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government has executed at least 40 people and has ordered that hospitals do not treat demonstrators wounded in anti-government protests. The report at the heart of the council’s statement [...]

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Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar Friday criticised the Nigerian elections which confirmed Bola Tinubu as the winner of the elections. During the press conference, Abubakar described the election as “neither free nor fair,” labelling it as “the worst conducted elections since the return to democratic rule.” Abubakar also mentioned accusations of fraud and undemocratic [...]

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The Manchester Arena Inquiry Thursday published the third and final volume of its report into the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May 2017, revealing that MI5, Britain’s security services, missed an opportunity to take actions which may have prevented the attack. Retired High Court Judge Sir John Saunders chaired the [...]

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A panel of senior civil servants Tuesday released their report on the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol, created to address threats to Canada’s elections, and determined that foreign attempts to influence the 2021 federal election did not affect the results. “In 2019 and 2021, the panel, as part of the Protocol, determined that the Government [...]

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The Supreme Court of India Thursday ordered the investigation into the Adani Group in the matter of Vishal Tiwari v Union of India and Others following an accusation of business malpractice. This follows a research report published by Hindenburg, which chronicles a two-year investigation into Gautam Adani and alleged stock manipulation. In its ruling, the [...]

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