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MARCH 7, 2024

Norway announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement with the indigenous Sámi people after a three-year dispute over the construction of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm. Under the agreement, the wind farm will remain in operation but includes provisions to protect the indigenous culture.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Iran Ministry of Intelligence released Thursday its second statement announcing the arrest of 35 “suicide terrorist operatives” in connection with the January 3 attacks in Kerman. The attack included bombings, which reportedly killed at least 103 and injured more than 100 people.

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JUNE 6, 2024

As was customary at the time in Italy, he was then transferred to a forensic psychiatric hospital (Ospedali Psichiatrici Giudiziari; OPG) — essentially a mental institution for people who successfully pled insanity, as well as people with substance abuse disorders.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Norwegian authorities criminally charged 20 Indigenous Saami activists and supporters on Friday for blocking access to multiple government buildings in protest over the continued operation of wind turbines in the Fosen region.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Uganda Police Force conducted a security operation on Thursday to quell ongoing protests against the arrest of opposition leader Bobi Wine. ” However, Wine, the leader of the the Ugandan major opposition party, the National Unity Platform (NUP), suggested that over 300 people were detained during the operation.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The case, named after the rescue vessel operated by Jugend Rettet, was launched in 2017 after the Italian government received a tip-off from an ex-policeman on board one of the three vessels operated by the NGOs. Among them were 1,500 children, many separated from their families.

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MAY 27, 2024

The operator of New Caledonia’s La Tontouta International Airport announced on Sunday that the airport will remain closed until June 2 following the breakout of violent protests in response to the proposed constitutional amendment by France’s National Assembly on May 17.

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JUNE 9, 2024

A joint operation by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) , Shin Bet, and Israeli police operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza rescued four hostages and killed over 200 Palestinians on Saturday. Gaza’s health ministry said the IDF operation killed at least 274 Palestinians. They all must be released— now.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Police squads in Alentejo, southern Portugal, raided farms and arrested 28 people Tuesday on suspicion of human trafficking and labor exploitation. Publico , a local news source, reported that many victims were recovered and remained silent and “afraid” during the operation.

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MAY 8, 2024

Among those listed are people with disabilities and people with histories of trauma. Legislative changes have had profound impacts on facility operations. New York’s passage of the HALT Act represented an historic and important step in preventing the harms that solitary causes for incarcerated people with disabilities.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Officials say they initiated the operation after intelligence revealed insurgents hiding in a village in the southern Kulgam district. The week-long operation in Anantnag culminated in the death of two people accused of being militants. A prolonged gunfight ensued, beginning Thursday evening and lasting until Friday.

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APRIL 30, 2024

The British government operated a “widespread, systematic, and systemic practice of impunity” that protected security forces from sanction during the conflict in Northern Ireland, according to a report released Monday by a panel of international human rights experts. The court has yet to decide on the matter.

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APRIL 28, 2024

Thousands of people marched in Madrid Friday supporting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after the publication of his letter on Twitter stating he needs “time to reflect” after a court in Madrid started a preliminary investigation against his wife on alleged corruption charges.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

.” They hoped that the deployment would set up an oversight mechanism which would prevent human rights violations and provide “operational support to the Haitian National Police, including building its capacity through the planning and conduct of joint security support operations.”

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MAY 21, 2024

A Greek judge on Tuesday dropped the charges against nine Egyptian men involved in a 2023 migrant boat wreck off Pylos that killed at least 82 people because the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case, as the sinking happened in international waters.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

In a message directed to the country’s drug dealers and organized criminals, the minister called for drug operations to cease. ” The report also alleged that at minimum 1,600 people “have been sent for compulsory drug rehabilitation” violating the right to consent to or withdraw from medical treatment.

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APRIL 8, 2024

In the 24 hours since his announcement, local authorities are reported to have killed at least five people, with an additional seven being killed in the days that followed. The mayor of the Philippine city of Davao, Sebastian Duterte, has declared a new ‘war on drugs’, watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday.

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MARCH 18, 2024

The most relevant aspects of this now-repealed regulation were that they were restricted in the use of explosives and to operate they were given 90 days (expiring March 20) to present a contract of exploitation or cession of the area in which they operate, which had to be signed with the holder of the mining concession.

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JULY 30, 2023

The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced 54 government officials and business people on Friday for charges related to bribery, as reported by the state-run Vietnam Plus. This resulted in inflated prices of tickets on these flights, with people having to pay millions of Vietnamese dong.

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JULY 25, 2023

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh state police conducted an operation Monday resulting in the arrest of 74 Rohingya Muslims who had allegedly entered India illegally from Myanmar and Bangladesh and settled in various districts in the western parts of the state. The ATS operation covered six local districts.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Following a meeting with Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Egeland said the continued ban could lead to famine and deprive people of basic living necessities. Egeland warned that the ban could push 6 million people into famine, leave 600,000 children without education, 13.5

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AUGUST 30, 2023

US District Judge Robert Kirsch found that the New Jersey law, as applied to a private prison operators, violates the US Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. Kirsch found that AB 5207 violates the Supremacy Clause as applied to the private prison operator CoreCivic.

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MARCH 17, 2024

SOS MEDITERRANEE, an international maritime and humanitarian organization, announced on Friday that its affiliated humanitarian ship Ocean Viking rescued 135 people, including a pregnant women and 8 children, from an overcrowded double-decker boat in the Maltese search and rescue region.

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MAY 7, 2024

The strikes were carried out as part of Somali military operations and were supported by Turkish drones. They examined satellite imagery, medical reports, photographs of victims and weapon fragments, as well as geolocating videos taken at the site of the attacks and Turkish drone operations at Mogadishu International Airport.

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APRIL 3, 2024

According to a UN report published last week, gangs continued to use sexual violence to brutalize, punish and control people and some women are forced into exploitative sexual relations with gang members. IOM also estimated that 53,125 people left the country’s capital between March 8 and March 27 to avoid endless violence and seek security.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Petro has called the attack by the EMC on unarmed indigenous people a crime against humanity that must be judged. Following Sunday’s suspension of the ceasefire, President Gustavo ordered the resumption of offensive military operations against the rebels.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The ECCHR claimed that the interceptions and returns were not “sea rescue” operations but were crimes against humanity in the form of severe deprivation of physical liberty. A civilian, non-military operated search and rescue operation that works accordingly with maritime and human rights law and assists people to a safe place.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Ethiopian government and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) signed an agreement Wednesday to cease hostilities. The diplomatic move brings an end to a war lasting two years which has resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, displaced millions, and left hundreds of thousands facing famine.

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JUNE 11, 2023

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland announced on Friday that it will suspend operations of its embassy in Moscow starting August 1, 2023. Iceland has also requested Russia to limit the operations of its embassy in Reykjavík.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

During the hostage situation on January 9, Azin’s office released a statement, reading, “President Daniel Noboa Azin ordered the Armed Forces to carry out military operations to neutralize [the] groups [responsible for the organized violence].”

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OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an independent humanitarian organization operating in Libya, raised concern on Friday over the mass arrests and detention of more than 500 migrants in Tripoli by Libyan authorities.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a press conference that was held after his ten-day trip to the Philippines, Fry stated that the NTF-ELCAC was a group that “operated with impunity” and that an independent investigation into the group’s operations was necessary.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The notification mentioned that the ban will take effect from November 13 and will continue to operate for five more years. ” Since ethnic violence between the dominant Meitei and tribal Kuki groups broke out in the northeastern state of Manipur on May 3, at least 178 people have died and 50,000 have been displaced.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Civil organizations engaged in search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea Thursday released a joint statement condemning Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s new decree. The civil organizations emphasized that their operations are already stretched thin because Italy has no state-run search and rescue operation.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Russia’s foreign ministry announced on Monday that it added a number of British politicians and journalists to Russia’s list of people banned from entering Russia. The names and number of people subject to the new entry ban are unknown.

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MARCH 24, 2024

The inquiry concerns possible war crimes perpetrated by British Special forces (UKSF) against Afghan civilians and unarmed people between 2010 and 2013. ” He refused to name the people who told him about the said incidents.

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MAY 29, 2024

The Albanese Government had made the introduction of an independent commission an election promise and committed $8 million over four years in the 2023-24 Budget to support the Commissioner’s establishment and operation. Following these reports the role was left out of the finalised Modern Slavery Act.

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