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HRW urges Sri Lankan authorities to respect human rights after emergency declaration
The Human Right Watch (HRW) NGO has urged Sri Lankan security forces and authorities to respect the rights of protesters following the declaration of a state of emergency on Wednesday in connection with the demonstrations. The organization’s call came hours after the country’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed interim president and called the demonstrations…
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Indepaz reports death of Colombian peace agreement signer
The Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) reported Wednesday the death of Noel Humberto Castro Colorado, former guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and signatory of the Peace Agreement in 2016. “This man was killed around 9:45 a.m. (local time) by armed men who were mobilizing on a motorcycle. The events…
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Opposition claims Viktor Orbán’s government “failed” after declaring energy emergency
Klara Dovrev, representative of the Democratic Coalition, Hungary’s opposition party, said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government “has failed politically” after the government declared an energy emergency and announced gas and electricity prices limited to the average household consumption level. “Abandoning the reduction of utilities could mean tens of thousands of additional weeks for most…