Articles Tagged with uk

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The UN condemned growing violence and pro-war propaganda in a global update at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday. “Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned even more deadly. In July, more civilians were killed and injured than in any month since May 2022, as the Russian Federation intensified attacks along the [...]

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Turkish authorities must drop charges brought against journalist Furkan Karabay, multiple press freedom organizations said in a joint statement Monday.  The groups argued Karabay’s detainment reflects a continuing clampdown on press freedom in Türkiye and warned of over-broad application of the law: We consider Karabay’s imprisonment and the denial of due process for more than [...]

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Rights organizations condemned legal proceedings against the Istanbul Bar Association’s (ISBA) executive board on Monday, warning that they are incompatible with Türkiye’s international human rights obligations and constitute a direct assault on the independence of the legal profession. The legal proceedings were brought after the Istanbul Bar Association issued a statement in response to the [...]

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Protests in Nepal turned violent on Monday, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 400 injuries as young activists took to the streets to voice their frustrations over government corruption and a recently imposed social media ban, according to official reports. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his post on Tuesday, his secretariat [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday rejected a lawsuit by a group of states calling for the reinstatement of federal agency employees. A group of 19 states and Washington, DC, filed a lawsuit against the 21 US agencies that engaged in the firing, stating that the mass firings of over [...]

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The US Supreme Court on Monday stayed a district court order that would have reinstated Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her former position. The stay order halts enforcement of the district court’s July 17 ruling. Former FTC commissioners Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya were dismissed from their roles by President Donald Trump [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld an $83.3 million defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll on Monday, backing up a jury finding that President Donald Trump defamed her when he dismissed her 2019 sexual assault allegations as false. The federal appeals panel rejected Trump’s bid to overturn the [...]

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Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. In a 2–1 decision, justices found that current food rations in Israel’s prisons fell short of legal standards and that starvation could not be used as a [...]

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Norwegians went to the polls Monday in an election widely seen as pivotal for the future of the country’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, and whether it should fully divest from companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and related violations of international law. The Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), which includes investments in [...]

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South Korea’s foreign ministry announced Monday that South Korean nationals detained in a recent US immigration raid are expected to return home voluntarily, avoiding formal deportation. South Korean presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik revealed return plans for the detained South Korean workers following negotiations with the US. Kang stated that the government intends to [...]

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