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Afghanistan humanitarian crisis fuelled by climate change and economy, finds UN report – JURIST

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) released a report Monday regarding Afghanistan’s humanitarian needs in 2023. The Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) highlighted that among the economic crisis and […]

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HRW says fossil fuel phaseout and rights safeguards are essential for Global Plastics Treaty – JURIST

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged countries involved in ongoing negotiations for an international anti-plastic pollution treaty to address the role of fossil fuels in plastic production. The organization also cited […]

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What America does after a debt-ceiling disaster

America is once again in the throes of a debt-ceiling crisis. If Congress and the White House do not come to a deal, the government may run out of cash, and be […]

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Fintech

UK’s fintech firm Smart secures €87.3M to make pension auto-enrolment simple; here’s how

Will Wynne (Group MD & Co-founder) and Andrew Evans (Group CEO & Co-founder) | Image credit: Smart (YouTube) London-based Smart, a fintech company that develops software designed to provide pension services, including […]

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Russian human rights group claims 109 arrested during Navalny demonstrations – JURIST

OVD-Info, a Russian human and media rights group on Sunday claimed police arrested at least 109 people during demonstrations supporting imprisoned opposition leader, Alexey Navalny. The group stated two journalists are known […]

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Reporters Without Borders: Macau national security law threatens residents and journalists – JURIST

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced on Friday Macau’s decision to expand their national security law, which takes effect this week. The effect of these changes, according to RSF, “increases the pressure on […]

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Canada NGOs request federal court block former Israel PM’s visit – JURIST

Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) submitted  a court application, known as a mandamus, in federal court Friday urging Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett […]

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Rights group estimates Iran executed at least 140 people in May – JURIST

Iran Human Rights released data on Thursday which shows Iran executed 142 people in May, making it the highest number of Iranian executions in one month since 2015.Some of the charges used […]

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