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Human Rights Watch warns that Saudi authorities are increasingly using capital punishment to silence dissent, pointing to recent cases such as the execution of a journalist arrested in 2018 for exposing corruption within the royal family.
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Human Rights Watch warns that Saudi authorities are increasingly using capital punishment to silence dissent, pointing to recent cases such as the execution of a journalist arrested in 2018 for...
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Bangladesh’s ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her children face corruption charges over disputed land deals as trials proceed amid tight security.
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Bangladesh’s ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her children face corruption charges over disputed land deals as trials proceed amid tight security.
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A Georgian judge has sentenced journalist and @Batumelebi_ge founder Mzia Amaghobeli to two years in prison for slapping a local police chief. Over 20 countries have called for Amaghobeli’s release, calling the sentence “disproportionate and politicized.”.
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A Ukrainian businessman and several senior officials at state-owned electricity distributor Kharkivoblenergo allegedly conspired to embezzle more than $3.3 million in 2021 and 2022, investigators say.
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Ukrainian investigators say an organized group manipulated tenders and laundered money at Kharkivoblenergo, a state-owned energy firm, with help from top management.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s move to leave intact sweeping new powers to the prosecutor general has alarmed legal experts and raised red flags in Brussels over Ukraine’s EU aspirations, according to @KyivIndependent.
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President Zelensky reverses a controversial law undermining anti-corruption agencies, but leaves a key clause intact, raising doubts about Ukraine’s EU accession prospects.
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Thousands of X accounts linked to users in oil-rich Gulf countries ran an online campaign to discredit climate science, reports @ARIJ_Network and @Code4Africa. Researchers found patterns of coordinated amplification using bots and semi-automated accounts.
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Driven by accounts based in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, the climate change denial and disinformation campaign seeks to manufacture false public sentiment and push climate denial hashtags to the...
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A Sierra Leone court has extended an asset freeze against the country’s largest diamond producer as part of an ongoing lawsuit. The suit accuses the company of “polluting the environment, degrading agricultural land, and destroying homes and livelihoods”.
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In July 2024, OCCRP revealed how these machines are increasingly being used by criminal networks to exploit older people. At the time, the FBI estimated scams involving crypto kiosks resulted in over $120 million in losses for victims in 2023.
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While crypto ATM operators insist they take steps to protect the public, investigators say the machines are a gift to criminal networks.
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So-called crypto ATMs are enabling criminals to launder proceeds from drug sales and other illicit activities, the U.S. Treasury has warned. Convertible currency kiosks allow customers to exchange real currency for virtual currencies and vice versa.
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The U.S. Treasury Department warned financial institutions to closely monitor crypto ATMs, which are increasingly being exploited by criminals to launder drug proceeds and carry out scams, particul...
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Five years after the deadly Beirut port explosion, a long-stalled investigation into its causes may finally be gaining traction. Read this analysis by OCCRP and @Daraj_media.
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Five years on, Lebanon’s new political leadership has revived the long-stalled investigation into the Beirut port blast. But despite renewed momentum, tangible progress remains elusive, as the probe...
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A senior Iranian cleric has resigned months after his son and daughter-in-law were arrested on financial corruption charges. Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi was also subject to a 2024 @yasharsoltani investigation claiming he was involved in a land grab.
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Senior imam Kazem Sedighi had faced mounting pressure to step down since his relatives were arrested in early June, in the wake of a 2024 media report alleging that the cleric and his family were...
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More and more Egyptian political detainees are staging hunger strikes to protest inhumane conditions and systemic abuse, a human rights NGO said. The Egyptian Network for Human Rights blamed three recent deaths in custody on torture by security forces.
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Following the deaths of three detainees in three different Egyptian jails recently, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights has renewed its call for an urgent international investigation into alleged...
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The High Council of Justice initiated disciplinary action against Judge Volodymyr Keleberda, who previously sided with Ihor Kolomoisky in a case challenging the nationalization of PrivatBank.
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The High Council of Justice initiated disciplinary action against Judge Volodymyr Keleberda, who previously sided with Ihor Kolomoisky in a case challenging the nationalization of PrivatBank.
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Kyiv confirms anti-corruption investigator Oleksandr Tsyvinsky as head of the Economic Security Bureau after international pressure and criticism over efforts to derail his appointment.
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Kyiv confirms anti-corruption investigator Oleksandr Tsyvinsky as head of the Economic Security Bureau after international pressure and criticism over efforts to derail his appointment.
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Kyrgyzstan’s new media law hands sweeping control to the government, raising fears of censorship and shrinking space for independent journalism.
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Kyrgyzstan’s new media law hands sweeping control to the government, raising fears of censorship and shrinking space for independent journalism.
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Three deaths in Tunisian prisons within a single week in July have raised alarm among rights groups over prison conditions and alleged mistreatment, prompting urgent calls for government investigations.
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Three deaths in Tunisian prisons within a single week in July have raised alarm among rights groups over prison conditions and alleged mistreatment, prompting urgent calls for government investigat...
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🇱🇧5 years after the catastrophic explosion that tore through Beirut, killing over 200 people, a long-stalled investigation into its causes may finally be gaining traction. Yet many officials implicated in the blast continue to evade accountability. @hala_nasreddine, head of the
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Ukrainian investigators say an organized group manipulated tenders and laundered money at Kharkivoblenergo, a state-owned energy firm, with help from top management.
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Ukrainian investigators say an organized group manipulated tenders and laundered money at Kharkivoblenergo, a state-owned energy firm, with help from top management.
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