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Peru dispatch: APEC 2024 summit in Lima marked by historic agreements, but also tensions on trade and sustainability

JURIST

The 2024 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Leaders’ Summit , hosted by Peru in Lima, where I go to law school, concluded last Saturday, November 16. The country benefitted from agreements that improved market access for its agricultural exports, especially in key Asia-Pacific markets.

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Authorities urged to safeguard human rights and civil society ahead of EU-Central Asia Summit

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On Monday, Amnesty International urged Central Asia and EU nations to focus on actively protecting human rights and civil society spaces during the upcoming EU-Central Asia Summit. There has been a crackdown on freedom of press, belief, speech, association, and assembly in several Central Asia countries.

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Press advocacy group condemns detention of Macao reporters

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CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Beh Lih Yi said that the detention of these journalists sends a chilling message to all reporters in Macao: questioning authority or attempting to report independently can result in hours-long detention and criminal prosecution. One of the arrested reporters is the editor-in-chief of All About Macau, Ian Sio Tou.

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Lawyers Continue To Embrace AI In All The Wrong Ways

Above The Law

Hill Dickinson , a UK-based firm with offices in Asia and the Mediterranean, had to send out an email blast telling lawyers to knock off all the AI stuff after realizing just how often the firm used generative AI tools in their work. .” And that’s not exactly an exciting prospect for firm tech professionals.

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HRW: Indonesian authorities should drop defamation charges against human rights defenders

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What led to the police report was a YouTube interview and discussion between Azhar, Maulidiyanti and the Director of Walhi Papua environment forum regarding a report. The report accused the Indonesian government of “escalating armed conflict” by using “illegal military operations in Papua.”

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Kyrgyzstan adopts bill modeled after Russia ‘foreign agents’ law

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Associate Professor at the National Defense University Erica Marat stated , “[f]ollowing its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has expanded its influence in Central Asia, one of the few regions that can directly or indirectly support Russia’s actions in Ukraine.”

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Fearing for safety of journalists, Hong Kong pro-democracy news site shutters

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Sadly, we can no longer strive to turn our beliefs into reality without fear because of the sea change in the society over the past two years and the deteriorating media environment. UK Minister of State for Asia Amanda Million also expressed condemnation. At the centre of a brewing storm, we found ourself in a critical situation.

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