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19th Mar 2024

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Controversial Danish 'jewellery law' used four times

The controversial legislation allowing Danish police to confiscate cash and valuables above 10,000 kroner (€1,345) from arriving migrants and asylum seekers has been used four times only since since it was adopted last January, police figures have shown, Danmarks Radio reports. The "jewellery law" put Denmark in the international spotlight, with parallels drawn to the confiscation of gold and other valuables from Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

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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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