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19th Mar 2024

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EU Commission launches probe into Hungary's 'Stop Soros' law

The EU Commission on Thursday launched a probe into Hungary's so-called 'Stop Soros' legislation that criminalises assistance to people seeking asylum in the country. The new law could be in breach EU rules on asylum applicants' rights and other EU rules on non-admissibility. The commission also referred Hungary to the EU's top court for an earlier breach of EU asylum rules for legislation adopted in 2015.

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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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