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News Clips- January 20, 2017

January 20, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil litigation, civil society, democracy & political rights, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, family, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, privacy, property, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, Universal system, women's rights
The UN Security Council passes resolution to recognize Adama Barrow as Gambia’s president
Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Civil Society

  • In Jordan this week, a military court arrested and charged eight activists with “insulting the King,” and “incitement to spread chaos,” through social media posts. [Al Jazeera]
  • On Wednesday, Turkish authorities denied entry to New York Times correspondent Rob Nordland allegedly based on Nordland’s prior coverage of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. [Al Jazeera]
  • In Mexico, environmental and land activist Isidro Baldenegro Lopez was shot dead. [Guardian]

Migrants & Displaced Persons

  • On Saturday, a ship transporting over 180 people from East Africa to Italy  capsized in the Mediterranean near Libya. [Al Jazeera]
  • This week the United Nations migration agency has requested additional support for the estimated 12,000 migrants arriving to the Gulf of Aden every month en route to Saudi Arabia. [UN News Centre]

Armed Conflict, Violence, & Humanitarian Crises

  • On Tuesday, the UN World Food Programme announced that airdrops in the city of Deir ez-Zor would be suspended due to volunteer safety concerns arising from the intense conflict between the Syrian government and ISIL in the area. [UN News Centre]
  • On Wednesday, the United States initiated airstrikes against ISIL near Sirte, Libya, killing 80 people. [Guardian]

Environment

  • On Wednesday, global warming data found that 2016 was the hottest year on record, making it the third year in a row to increase in temperature. [New York Times]
  • China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced at the United Nations this week that parties to the Paris climate deal must continue to implement the agreement. [Guardian]

Politics

  • This week, Russia extended the residence permit of whistleblower Edward Snowden until 2020; his permit was originally granted in August 2014 for three years. [Guardian]
  • On Thursday Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow took his oath of office at an embassy outside of the country due to former president Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to give up his position; Senegal has sent troops into Gambia in an attempt to force him to leave. [Washington Post]

Activities of International and National Judicial Bodies

  • On Tuesday, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court rejected banning the far-right political party, National Democratic Party (NPD), finding that although the party’s pursuits are unconstitutional, it does not pose a threat to democracy because it is not very politically popular. [Al Jazeera]
  • On Tuesday, Britain’s Supreme Court overturned a High Court ruling to allow Libyan dissident, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, to sue the British government and a former foreign secretary for his abduction and torture and subsequent detention in solitary confinement. [New York Times]
  • Last week, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held that Colombia violated five women human rights defenders’ rights to life; personal integrity; rights of the family; judicial guarantees; property; freedom of association; freedom of movement; and the prevention, punishment, and eradication of violence against women. [ISHR]
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