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Iran executes 3 men on charges of ‘enmity against god’ – JURIST

Iran executed three men accused of carrying out a terrorist attack during last year’s nationwide protests surrounding the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. According to Mizan, a state-run news agency for Iran’s […]

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Amnesty International: Kenya must protect LGBT+ refugees at Kakuma refugee camp – JURIST

According to report published by Amnesty International and the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on Friday, the Kakuma refugee camp, located in northwestern Kenya, is not a secure sanctuary for […]

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Bahrain Sees new Islamic Banking Offering and Becomes Base of new Digital Bank

Banking in Bahrain has seen two exciting developments as ila Bank launches a new Islamic banking experience in the country; while Singapore-based Whampoa Group has selected Bahrain to become the headquarters of […]

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Emirates NBD Launches Digital Asset Lab to Accelerate Innovation in the UAE

Emirates NBD, the banking group for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT), has launched its the Emirates NBD ‘Digital Asset Lab’, a platform enabling and accelerating digital asset and financial […]

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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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