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UN: Human rights report on Turkey published – Ankara rejects recommendations from Greece and Cyprus

The six specific recommendations by Greece and Cyprus' requests – The report includes a detailed list of recommendations from over 120 countries on issues such as judicial reform, gender-based violence, and freedom of expression

Saudi Arabia: Outrage over obedience shelters for women – Beatings, solitary confinement & rape

Disturbing testimonies reveal the horrors experienced by girls and women in "care shelters" - Reports of torture, harassment & suicides behind a system of "punitive rehabilitation"

Turkish “touch” in the joint statement after Meloni – Erdogan meeting in Rome

References to human rights and the Rule of Law are absent, with Ankara’s positions on maritime zones adopted. Meanwhile, Italy “forgot” Cyprus amid discussions on European defense and the €800 billion package, which Erdogan aims to access through the acquisition of Italian Piaggio

Ukraine: Kiev accuses Russia of executing five captured Ukrainian soldiers

The Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, cited a video circulating on social media

Escalation of executions in Iran: 975 in 2024

Iran carries out the most executions after China

Portugal bans marriage between people under 18

The aim is to prevent forced marriages of little girls

Iran: Rapper Amir Tatalou sentenced to death

The Supreme Court accepted the prosecutor's appeal against the previous five-year prison sentence

Afghanistan: Taliban to close all NGOs employing women

Afghan women can no longer receive education beyond the primary level, go to parks, gyms, beauty salons, or even leave their homes without male escort - Some local media have also stopped broadcasting women's voices

Albania: Riots in Tirana at opposition rally against the Rama government

The opposition organises demonstrations almost every week demanding the formation of a caretaker government until the 2025 parliamentary elections

Iran: Concern over student transferred to mental hospital – “They are giving electric shocks”

Amnesty International claims to have found evidence that the Iranian regime uses electric shocks, torture & beatings on those transferred to psychiatric institutions

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