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19th Mar 2024

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Over 3,500 attacks on refugees in Germany: report

There were almost 10 attacks per day on refugees and immigrants in Germany in 2016, according to figures released by the country's Interior Ministry in response to a parliamentary question from MP Ulla Jelpke from the left-wing party Die Linke and cited by Funke Media Group newspapers on Sunday. In total last year, 3,533 attacks left 560 people injured, among them 43 children.

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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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