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France begins landmark trial over Islamic State genocide of Yazidis

A French court on Monday began a landmark trial examining the Islamic State (IS) group’s campaign against the Yazidi religious minority in northern Iraq. It is the first time France has prosecuted a suspect for genocide linked to the attacks on the community in Iraq and Syria.

Radio France Internationale

‘Justice is optional’: why Trump’s pardon of Honduran ex-president scares nature defenders

Honduras is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists – and the release of Juan Orlando Hernández has reinforced its ‘crisis of impunity’, say critics

The Guardian - UK

EU farmer vs TotalEnergies: Verdict in groundbreaking climate damages case suspended until September

The ruling, expected on 18 March, has been suspended pending a decision from the French courts on a similar case.

Euronews

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Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous Kenyans forced off ancestral lands in name of conservation: NGOs

Indigenous communities in northern Kenya are being pushed off their land to make way for wildlife reserves, human rights groups say. They accuse conservation groups of using tourism and carbon offset schemes to justify evictions and violence.

Radio France Internationale

French justice to challenge Israeli 'impunity' over alleged Gaza civilian executions

Several NGOs, including the International Federation for Human Rights, have filed a legal complaint in Paris against two French-Israeli soldiers accused of carrying out summary executions of civilians in the Gaza Strip. The plaintiffs say the case could mark a turning point in judicial responses to the war in the…

Radio France Internationale

Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman on trial in France over war crimes

A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman went on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil conflict. It is the first time such crimes have been tried in France under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

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France Tries Syrian Islamist Rebel Ex-spokesman On War Crime Charges

A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman is to go on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal jurisdiction, accused of complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war.

International Business Times

Ugandan environmental activist freed after five days in detention

An environmental activist in Uganda who is opposed to a huge oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies has been freed after five days in detention, his employer said Monday.

Radio France Internationale

France begins first war crimes trial of Syrian officials

Three officials are being tried in absentia over the deaths of two French Syrian men arrested in Damascus in 2013.

Al Jazeera

Air con, a fridge and sofa: Thaksin Shinawatra’s ‘VVIP’ prison life in Thailand

Activists claim the former PM has received special treatment at a special hospital ward, which stands in stark contrast to the overcrowded prison system

The Guardian - AU

Former official under Belarus President Lukashenko to face Swiss trial over enforced disappearances

A former member of Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is to face trial in Switzerland next month for the forced disappearances of political opponents in the late 1990s

The Independent UK

Cambodia PM Hun Sen’s party claims ‘landslide’ in flawed election

Critics described the election as the least free and fair in decades due to exclusion of main opposition party.

Al Jazeera

Macron hails Nobel prize for 'unswerving defenders of human rights in Europe'

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hailed the Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize as "unswerving defenders of human rights in Europe".

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Palestinian lawyer sues Israel’s NSO group in France

Salah Hamouri has filed a complaint against the Pegasus spyware maker for having ‘illegally infiltrated’ his phone.

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