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Algeria appeals court increases prison sentence for media mogul – JURIST

Reporter Sans Frontieres (RSF), also known as Reporters Without Borders, announced Sunday that Algerian media mogul Ihsane El Kadi had his prison sentence extended to seven years by the Algerian Court of […]

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China’s economy is on course for a “double dip”

China prides itself on firm, “unswerving” leadership and stable economic growth. That should make its fortunes easy to predict. But in recent months, the world’s second-biggest economy has been full of surprises, […]

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UN human rights official: states must confront human trafficking after migrant boat tragedy – JURIST

UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence stated on Friday that countries need to investigate and prosecute people smugglers and human traffickers after 400 to 750 migrants were on a fishing boat that […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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