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19th Mar 2024

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Lithuania abusing migrants, says Amnesty

Amnesty International in a 65-page report out Monday says Lithuania has "arbitrarily detained thousands of people in militarised centres where they have been subjected to inhumane conditions, torture and other ill-treatment." The findings came after the NGO had interviewed dozens of unlawfully detained people. The abuse came as thousands attempted to cross in from Belarus early last year. Lithuania then introduced new rules, leading to automatic detention of people caught.

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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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