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‘Political arrest’ of Palestinian academic in Israel marks new civil liberties threat
University and colleagues condemn detention of law professor, the first time an academic has been held over speech related to workThe arrest and interrogation of a leading Palestinian legal scholar based at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem marks a new threat to civil liberties in Israel, her legal team and employer have said.Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was detained by police on the afternoon of 18 April over comments made on a podcast more than a month earlier and held overnight in...
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Amnesty International hits out at Ireland's 'failing' housing system in human rights report
The organisation today published its annual State of the World’s Human Rights report.
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Watch live as Biden presents Medal of Freedom to civil rights leaders, celebrities and politicians
Watch live as Joe Biden honours 19 Americans with the nation's highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Friday 3 May.