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Orban’s Government Ordered to Apologize to NGO After Soros Dispute
A court in Budapest obliged Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to apologize to a human rights organization for making false statements about it in the buildup to last month’s elections, in a rare victory for NGOs amid an increasing official crackdown. Source: bloomberg.comPortugal’s president vetoes new gender-change law
The law, approved by parliament last month, would have allowed citizens to make the legal changes from the age of 16 without the need of a medical test. Source: bbc.comThe Russian authorities want to jail people for observing or even promoting Western sanctions
Russia is about to pass a law that will impose criminal penalties on anybody who observes or promotes Western sanctions. Source: meduza.ioECHR to register Telegram complaint
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has registered a complaint about a fine, appointed by the Russian court to the messenger Telegram for refusing to give the encryption keys for user correspondence to the FSB. Source: meduza.ioAmnesty criticizes UK gangs matrix as discriminatory
London's Metropolitan Police Gangs Violence Matrix discriminates based on race and violates individuals' privacy, according to an Amnesty International UK report published Wednesday, titled Trapped in the Matrix. Source:jurist.org
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