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DECEMBER 30, 2024

In June 2024, Russia blocked access to 81 European media websites from 25 European countries, affecting outlets like France’s Agence France-Presse (AFP), Le Monde, and Liberation. This action came after the EU banned four Russian state media outlets in May 2024.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

The milestone follows the ratification of the statute by the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on August 21, 2024, and its subsequent signing into law by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on August 24, 2024, Ukraine’s Independence Day.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

The sentence stemmed from an October 3, 2024, ruling by the Pinsk City and District Court, which found him guilty under Article 342(1) of the Criminal Code for “organizing or participating in gross violations of public order.” .” The CPJ’s statement came after the Brest Regional Court upheld a 1.5-year

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The mission has recorded 79 executions in 24 separate incidents since August 2024. The mission recorded at least 3 phone calls in 2024 in which Russian public officials called for executions. Relatedly in November 2024, Ukraine prosecuted several Russian soldiers for executing Ukrainian prisoners of war.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

New Zealand police on Thursday made their first arrest under the newly enacted Gangs Act 2024, just three minutes after the legislation prohibiting the public display of gang insignia came into effect. Under the Gangs Act 2024, any public displays of gang insignia are punishable by a fine of up to $5000NZD or up to six months in prison.

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DECEMBER 29, 2024

Further, the 2024 review by Mine Action Review released last month said it was “unclear” whether Afghanistan would meet its commitments to ensuring mine clearance was completed. Despite these challenges, efforts to clear Afghanistan’s minefields have made some progress.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

In November 2024, RSF and seven other organizations released a report finding over 228 violations of press freedom surrounding the country’s July 2024 presidential election. RSF also ranked Venezuela 156th out of 180 countries on its 2024 World Press Freedom Index.

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MARCH 23, 2025

In May 2024, President Noboa issued a new, localized, 60-day state of emergency even though the Constitutional Court ruled that the previous one was unconstitutional. Throughout 2024, there have been allegations of mass arrests, extrajudicial killings, torture , and enforced disappearances.

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MARCH 9, 2025

Additionally, the draft law aligns with EU Directive 1385/2024 , which mandates that Italy provide a minimum level of protection against sexual violence. This convention aims to eliminate gender-based violence and discrimination, promoting a safer environment for women.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

” The Louisiana legislature created the current map in early 2024 after the court effectively shot down the previous map in late 2023.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) reported Monday that at least 31 women were executed under Islamic law in 2024, which marks the highest annual toll in 17 years. The report also highlighted a troubling surge in executions disproportionately affecting female prisoners.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A class-action lawsuit was filed in May 2024 by four Illinois residents on behalf of shoppers in the state. The court’s order requires Target to respond to the complaint by December 13, 2024. The court similarly denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss on November 6, 2024, with pre-trial proceedings set to begin in January 2025.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela found that Venezuelan authorities detained at least 56 political opposition activists, 10 journalists, and one human rights defender between August and December 2024.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

He stated on behalf of the country: we do not recognize the results of the July 28th, 2024, elections, as announced by the electoral authority, since Venezuelan laws have been violated, thus ignoring the legitimate will of the Venezuelan people clearly expressed in that process.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

.” Recent research shows that the disapproval of the current Minister of Interior, Juan Jos Santivez, peaked at 80 percent in December 2024. In April 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also found that Peru’s failure to regulate mining activities violated inhabitants’ basic right to a healthy environment.

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MARCH 10, 2025

ITLOS published its advisory opinion in May 2024, and the IACtHR opinion is expected later in 2025. The Court received 91 written statements and 62 written comments on those statements, and 96 States and 11 international organizations presented oral statements at public hearings in the Hague in December 2024.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In a statement issued on Monday, Amnesty International outlined a series of attacks in 2024 that resulted in child casualties, calling for urgent accountability for the perpetrators of these unlawful acts and justice for the victims. million internally displaced and 6.75 million refugees abroad, most of whom are women and children.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

This downgrade follows a series of nationwide protests in June 2024 in response to a controversial Finance Bill that aimed to raise taxes amid soaring living costs. The Kenya Court of Appeal at Nairobi delivered a judgment rendering the controversial Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional in August 2024.

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MARCH 5, 2025

Amnesty International’s investigation focused on four Israeli attacks in Beirut between October 3 and 9, 2024, which killed 19 healthcare workers, wounded 11 more, and destroyed multiple ambulances and two medical facilities. These include reparation, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

The report covered the period from September to November 2024 and documented intensified military operations by Russian forces, which have led to increased civilian deaths and injuries.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In 2024, the UN received approximately $2.1 Human Rights Watch’s 2024 annual report stated that both sides of the Sudanese civil war have committed several atrocities and that civilians are at extreme risk of harm. According to Fletcher, 24.6 In addition to this, almost nine million people have been internally displaced.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Tran’s indictment stems from three Facebook posts published between April 23 and May 9, 2024, in which he criticized actions taken by then Supreme Court Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh. The government has frequently utilized Article 331 to stifle criticism, with at least 24 individuals convicted under this provision in 2024 alone.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

In January 2024, Haiti and the UN signed a protocol for the handover of children allegedly associated with armed gangs to civilian child protection actors. The violence has also killed over 100 children from January to September 2024 alone, further worsening the situation.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The incident, according to the operational data, took place on October 2, 2024. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office opened 53 criminal cases into such incidents, 37 of which occurred in 2024. The investigation is being conducted by the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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MARCH 16, 2025

million people internally and externally as of August 2024. In addition, the transitional government has delayed elections initially scheduled for July 2024 and announced plans to remain in power for five more years following nationwide talks largely boycotted by opposition groups. The violence has displaced over 2.3

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

In January 2024, the Venezuelan Supreme Court disqualified her from holding public office for fifteen years, citing alleged corruption during Juan Guaidó’s “interim government.” ” Throughout 2024, several of her campaign managers and party members have been detained by security forces without stated charges.

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MARCH 28, 2025

Despite a judicial order on 20 February 2024 mandating Oqba Hashad’s release after his detention exceeded the legally prescribed two-year limit, authorities evaded compliance by filing a new terrorism-related charges. In June 2024, 28 rights organizations urged Egypt to stop its targeting and retaliation against human rights lawyers.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The 2024 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Tuesday indicates high rates of corruption worldwide, with the global average at 43 points out of 100. Among countries that have reduced corruption per the 2024 CPI are Finland, Singapore, Luxembourg, Iceland, Kenya, Seychelles, Israel, and South Korea.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons revealed rising child exploitation and forced labor cases fueled by poverty, conflict, and climate crises. The international community recently reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating trafficking in Action 35 of the Pact for the Future , adopted at the 2024 Summit of the Future.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Despite intensive domestic protests, Slovakia’s parliament approved a contentious law in July 2024 to dissolve the state-funded media organization Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS), which has served as Slovakia’s public broadcaster since 2011, being alleged to be in breach of provisions under the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).

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JANUARY 8, 2025

In November 2024, Besigye was forcibly taken from Kenya and charged by a Ugandan military tribunal, alongside fellow opposition politician Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya, with unlawful possession of firearms.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Taliban has shut down at least 12 media outlets across Afghanistan in 2024 alone, according to a Friday report by Reporters Without Borders. Since regaining control over Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have detained at least 141 journalists , with over 25 arrests since January 2024 alone.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

An Ethiopian government body overseeing civil society ordered the halt of the operations of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council and Ethiopian Human Rights Defenders Center in December 2024. While CARD and LHR briefly had their suspensions lifted on December 11, 2024, the ban was reinstated a few days later.

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