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Amnesty strips Alexei Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status
BBC News 24 Feb 2021
Amnesty International has stripped the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status after it says it was "bombarded" with complaints highlighting xenophobic comments that he has made in the past and not renounced ... an enemy agent working to destabilise the country ... Related Topics. .
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UN bashes Iran’s ‘reckless disregard’ and lies about downing of Ukrainian plane
The National 23 Feb 2021
A UN human rights expert on Tuesday accused Iran of “reckless disregard” for human life in the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet last January and of seeking to “bewilder” investigations into the tragedy afterwards ... “The inconsistencies in the official explanations seem designed to create a maximum of confusion and a minimum of clarity ... Iran.
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Pele was always about more than football
The Independent 23 Feb 2021
W. hen Pele came back into the Azteca dressing room after the 1970 World Cup final, he did something that didn’t seem to fit with the feeling from the crowning glory of his entire life. His own feeling was coming from almost the opposite perspective. “I didn’t die!” he shouted, before twice repeating the refrain. “I didn’t die! I didn’t die!” ... SIGN UP ... .
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Ecuador: 75 inmates dead in prison riots
Gulf News 24 Feb 2021
Guayaquil, Ecuador. Update.. At least 75 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said ... Initial report ... “We want the death list given to us,” said Daniela Soria, 29, one of about 40 women outside the Guayaquil prison, many of them in tears ... .
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Abu Walaa: ‘Preacher Without a Face’ found guilty of recruiting for IS in Germany
Webdunia 24 Feb 2021
A court in the northern German city of Celle has convicted a radical Islamist preacher and three co-defendants for recruiting and radicalizing young people in Germany for the “Islamic State” terrorist group. He has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison. ... ... . What did the court say?. ... ... ... ... .
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US announces it will seek seat on UN Human Rights Council
Al Jazeera 24 Feb 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday that Washington will seek a permanent seat on the panel for the 2022-2024 term ... Trump withdrew from the council in 2018 accusing it of anti-Israeli bias and allowing chronic rights-abusing states as members ... The US will have observer status until then ... .
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Climate crisis and Covid have left 8m people in Central America chronically hungry
The Independent 24 Feb 2021
Nearly eight million people in Central America are now chronically hungry, including nearly 2 million in an “emergency” level of food insecurity, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reported ... WFP reported on Tuesday that hunger has increased almost fourfold in the region in the past two years, and called for $47.3 million in urgent food assistance ... .
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Victory for 'net neutrality' law in California
Raw Story 24 Feb 2021
A federal judge late Tuesday cleared the way for California to begin enforcing a net neutrality law opposed by US telecom titans. The judge denied a request by cable and telecom service companies to stop implementation of the law, which is intended to prevent them from favoring their own services and blocking or slowing rival services like Netflix ... .
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N. Korean defector undetected for hours after swimming to South
Urdu Point 24 Feb 2021
A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world's most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep ... The man, reportedly in his 20s, landed north of the town of Goseong on the east coast ... ....
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African governments are crushing opposition using Israeli spyware
Middle East Monitor 24 Feb 2021photo: AP / Thomas Lohnes
Syrian prison guard jailed for torture by German court in landmark ruling
The Independent 24 Feb 2021
A German court convicted a Syrian regime prison guard of crimes against humanity in a landmark court case which could pave the way for further prosecutions of alleged human rights abusers ... Al-Gharib was sentenced to four and a half years. Reaction to the verdict was swift ... SIGN UP. Thanks for signing up to the News newsletter ... Read our privacy notice ... .
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Credit Suisse, UBS move bankers to mainland China from Hong Kong
Straits Times 24 Feb 2021
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Credit Suisse Group and UBS Group are relocating a number of bankers to mainland China from Hong Kong to better compete for deals after the world's fastest growing major economy relaxed curbs on foreign financial firms ... Media representatives at the Swiss firms said they couldn't comment ... More on this topic. � ....
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Repeal farm laws or will march to Parliament with 40 lakh tractors: Rakesh Tikait
The Siasat Daily 24 Feb 2021
Sikar. Issuing a threat to the Central Government, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader, Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said if the three laws are not repealed, the farmers will march to the Parliament on 40 lakh tractors ... We will tell them before marching ... Tikait also demanded that a new law should be enacted ensuring minimum support price for farmers ... .
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Vietnam, Philippines fortify South China Sea bases
Asiatimes 24 Feb 2021
The Biden administration’s increasingly tough stance against China, including multiple naval deployments to the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in recent weeks, has emboldened smaller regional powers to stand up to the Asian powerhouse ... An aerial shot of the Chinese-claimed Subi reef, taken from a Philippine airforce plane, in 2017. Photo ... Photo.
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Ghislaine Maxwell offers to renounce British citizenship in third bail appeal
Yahoo Daily News 24 Feb 2021
Maxwell on Tuesday offered to renounce her British citizenship and put her assets into a monitored bank account. Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday offered to renounce her British citizenship and put her assets into a monitored bank account, as she appealed to a New York judge for bail for a third time ... She has denied all charges against her ... .
