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Turkey Court Jails Kurdish Leader For 42 Years Over 2014 Unrest

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced the former head of a pro-Kurdish party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.

International Business Times

Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill: What’s the controversy about? What’s next?

The ‘Russia law’ will make it hard for Georgia to join European Union, argue protesters, the US and Baltic states.

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces attacked ‘known aid worker locations’ in Gaza: Rights group

Human Rights Watch says aid workers’ convoys and facilities have been targeted at least eight times since last October.

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At least eight Israeli strikes on Gaza aid groups since October, says report

Human Rights Watch says warnings were not issued before attacks, which have killed or injured dozens

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Sudan’s civil war: a humanitarian disaster we choose to ignore

Ethnic cleansing and war crimes in Darfur have left 25 million people in urgent need, yet the west’s attention is elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Paramilitary attacks in Sudan's Darfur possibly 'genocide', Human Rights Watch says

In tonight's edition, in a harrowing investigation, Human Rights Watch has collected stories of survivors in Darfur who faced systematic execution, persecution and abuse by the RSF.

France 24

Call for sanctions amid claims of ethnic cleansing in Sudan's West Darfur

Militias in Sudan killed thousands of people – including children – during a wave of violence last year in West Darfur, the NGO Human Rights Watch said as it accused armed groups of crimes against humanity and genocide.

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Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur

Human Rights Watch says ‘thousands’ killed in attacks last year targeting Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups.

Al Jazeera

Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur

As El Fasher stands on the ‘precipice of a massacre’, rights groups call for sanctions after new testimony describes atrocities carried out by RSF paramilitaries in Sudan

The Guardian - UK

‘If they see a Syrian, they beat them up’: the refugees living in fear in Lebanon

The death of a Christian political leader has sparked a wave of vigilante attacks on Syrians, fuelled by political scapegoating

The Guardian - UK

Europe live: China’s Xi Jinping calls for closer ties with the EU at opening of Paris talks – as it happened

Chinese premier meets Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen for talks, with trade and Ukraine on agenda

The Guardian - UK

Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals

Human rights experts say attack was violation of international law, and that US supplying of weapon defies 1997 Leahy law

The Guardian - US

China’s Xi Jinping begins first Europe tour in five years in France

Chinese president wants to repair ties with a sceptical Western Europe but faces questions over his Ukraine war stance.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on transnational repression: dissidents need safety in their new homes

Editorial: Authoritarian governments are extending their pursuit of critics far beyond their borders

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Uyghurs, Tibetans urge France to tackle human rights with Chinese president

Activists are protesting in Paris this weekend to highlight what they say are grave human rights abuses by the Chinese government ahead of a state visit by President Xi Jinping.

Al Jazeera

Why has the flooding in Kenya been so devastating?

Government criticised over poor infrastructure as 210 people killed, thousands displaced and cyclone on the way.

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As Kenya's flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up efforts

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

Latin Times

Human Rights Watch accuses Biden administration of using CBP One App to deny asylum rights

HRW said that requiring the use of the app limits the right to seek asylum for many people

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Al Jazeera

Russia troops accused of ‘executing’ surrendering Ukraine soldiers: Report

Human Rights Watch investigates ‘apparent summary executions’ and says actions could amount to war crimes.

The Guardian - US

US asylum app strands migrants and aids organised crime, rights group says

CBP One app offers far too few appointments, meaning asylum seekers must wait or pay human trafficking groups, report reveals

Radio France Internationale

Burkina Faso junta slams NGO report on massacre as 'baseless'

Military-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as "baseless accusations" a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on 25 February.

France 24

Burkina Faso rejects Human Rights Watch’s report on village massacre as ‘baseless’

Military-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as “baseless accusations” a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February 25.

Al Jazeera

The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims?

Two decades since images of Iraqi men being abused by US soldiers shocked the world, victims still seeking justice.

Al Jazeera

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February.

Evening Standard

What is the conflict between Rwanda and Congo?

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