Rights Court Condemns Switzerland for Fining Beggar
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday faulted Switzerland for imposing a heavy fine on a Romanian woman for begging and then detaining her when she couldn’t pay.
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International
EU Lashes Bosnia for Failing to Properly Care for Migrants
The European Union’s top migration official on Tuesday criticized Bosnian authorities for failing to properly care for hundreds of migrants living in sub-zero temperatures on its territory, warning the Balkans country of its obligations if it hopes to join the EU.
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Panel: China, WHO Should Have Acted Quicker to Stop Pandemic
A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner.
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Turkey Slaps Advertising Ban on Twitter, Pinterest
Turkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their noncompliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country.
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Meghan Seeks Court Ruling Over ‘Serious Breach’ of Privacy
Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes to trial by ruling that its publication of a “deeply personal” letter to her estranged father was “a plain and a serious breach of her rights of privacy.”
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Iran Convicted US Dual Citizen on Spying Charge: Media
Iranian authorities have convicted an American-Iranian businessman on spying charges, U.S. media has reported, in a recently revealed case which comes amid high tensions between the two countries.
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Lebanon Returns Two Stolen 18th-Century Icons to Greece
Lebanon handed back two 18th-century religious icons of Jesus and Mary to Greece on Tuesday after they were seized during an auction, a judicial source said.
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‘Mother and Baby’ Scandal Rings in Debate Over Irish TV Prayer
The one-minute of Catholic prayer that precedes the main news on Irish state television is an everyday reminder of the traditional place of the church in the country.
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Despite Election Loss, Uganda’s Bobi Wine Wins Growing Power
Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine has emerged from last week’s disputed election as the country’s most powerful opposition leader after his party won the most seats of any opposition group in the national assembly.
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Romania Slammed for Violating Privacy Rights of Transgender Citizens
Europe’s top rights court held Tuesday that Romania violated the human rights of two transgender men by requiring sex reassignment surgery before recognizing their gender identity.
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Navalny Releases Investigation Into ‘Putin’s Palace’
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was arrested on his return to Russia last weekend, released an investigation Tuesday into a lavish Black Sea property he claimed is owned by President Vladimir Putin.
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Oxygen-Starved City in Brazil’s Amazon Starts Immunization
The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is collapsing amid an increase in infections and dwindling oxygen supplies.
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Russia’s Handcuffing of Prisoners Chafes Rights Court
The European Court of Human Rights told Russia on Tuesday that it’s inhuman and degrading to put prisoners in handcuffs when they are let out of their cells in maximum-security prisons.
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Rights Court Balks at Off-Limits Witnesses in Dutch Trial
Vahap Keskin should have been allowed to cross-examine the witnesses who testified against him at his trial in absentia, according to the ECHR.
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Kremlin Critic Navalny Detained After Landing in Moscow
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday, the prison service said.
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Belarusian Lawyers Describe Living in a Soviet-Era Nightmare
In interviews with Courthouse News, Belarusian lawyers opened a window into the state of affairs this winter in a European nation still suffering the kind of repression that marked Europe’s Soviet past.
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Three law faculty and a human rights lawyer filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday, claiming that the government’s sanctions against the Office of the Prosecutor in the International Criminal Court prevents the plaintiffs from providing legal services to victims of atrocity crimes.
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Global Pandemic Death Toll Hits 2 Million
The death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 2 million on Friday and the World Health Organization warned the global health crisis may get even worse as people weary of restrictions let down their guard and contagious strains of the virus spread around the globe.
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Oil Giant Total Withdraws From US Energy Lobbying Group
French oil and gas company Total said it has decided to withdraw from energy association American Petroleum Institute because it disagrees on climate-related policies.
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46 Pygmies Killed in Militia Attack in Eastern DR Congo
Forty-six Pygmies have been massacred in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri province by the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, local sources said on Friday.
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