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19th Mar 2024

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EU sanctions commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard

The EU has imposed sanctions on eight Iranian militia commanders and police chiefs, including the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards, over a deadly crackdown in November 2019, Reuters reports. "[Revolutionary Guard commander] Hossein Salami took part in the sessions that resulted in the orders to use lethal force to suppress the November 2019 protests. Salami therefore bears responsibility for serious human rights violations in Iran," the EU said.

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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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