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19th Mar 2024

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Kosovo's ex-PM released in France

The former prime minister of Kosovo and ex-rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj was released in France Thursday. He cannot leave the country until a court decision whether to extradite him to Serbia, where he is wanted for alleged war crimes. Haradinaj was detained over a week ago based on a Serbian warrant from 2004. He served as commander in the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict. He dismissed the court procedure as a "circus".

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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