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The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday expressed concern over the disappearance of two Guinea activists after their arrest by the country’s security personnel. The human rights office urged Guinea to release the activists unless they were “formally charged in accordance with established judicial procedures, guaranteeing their right [...]

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The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled against a challenge to a law that converted Russian-language schools to Latvian. It stated that the decision to make the school language Latvian was valid under the country’s legal framework and international commitments. Latvia, a former member of the Soviet Union, gained its independence and officially became a country in [...]

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The Economic Offences Unit of the Bihar Police in India arrested 5 more suspects in the NEET paper leak case on Sunday. This increases the total number of people detained in the case to 18. This development followed the filing of a First Information Report by the Central Bureau of Investigation, concerning the controversy around [...]

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The police of the Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir arrested on Wednesday an individual named Hakimdeen suspected of being involved in a recent terror attack, making it the first arrest of the case. The investigation is currently being handled by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), with the matter being handed to it by the [...]

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The Sverdlovsky Regional Court on Monday declared that the trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held behind closed doors. As released by the court and reported by TASS, the first session will take place on June 26. Gershkovich was previously being kept in a pre-trial detention center, during which time his appeal to [...]

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The Indian government has asked the Russian government to return the Indian citizens recruited by its army on Tuesday, with foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra confirming the request on Wednesday. This follows the death of two Indian citizens in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, as announced by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday. The Indian embassy [...]

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A court in St. Petersburg convicted and sentenced dual US-Russian Yuri Malev citizen to three and a half years in prison Wednesday on charges of “rehabilitating Nazism” for social media posts which were allegedly disrespectful towards the military. Malev was detained on December 9 of last year for his posts made in June 2022 on [...]

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Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand to celebrate the beginning of the 25th edition of Pride Month on Saturday. Hosted by Bangkok Pride and Bangkok Municipal Administration, the parade takes place in some of the city’s business areas, namely Siam Centre and Rama I Road. Thai Prime Minister, Sretta Thavisin, also [...]

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The UN Security Council (UNSC) voted Friday to briefly extend and then end the United Nations Assistance to Iraq Mission (UNAMI). The mission’s mandate was extended until December 31, 2025, in order to wrap up the mission’s final phase and withdraw. Established in 2003 following the US invasion of Iraq, the mission was sent to [...]

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