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Will the UK ever let Chagos islanders return home?
Chagossian families hold the Chagossian flag and celebrate at the Groupe Réfugiés Chagos headquarters in Mauritius on 25 February 2019 following the news that a top United Nations court had told the UK government to give up control of the Indian Ocean archipelago. It has been over a year since the judgement and the UK is yet to implement the court’s non-binding ruling.
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Chagossian families hold the Chagossian flag and celebrate at the Groupe Réfugiés Chagos headquarters in Mauritius on 25 February 2019 following the news that a top United Nations court had told the UK government to give up control of the Indian Ocean archipelago. It has been over a year since the judgement and the UK is yet to implement the court’s non-binding ruling.
International critics slammed the members of El Salvador s Congress who voted to oust magistrates on the country s supreme court. Critics described that the movement aims to obliterate any opposition to the president s firm grip on power, Al Jazeera reported.
The vote came on the first day that lawmakers from the president s New Ideas party have shown firm control over the Congress, Reuters reported. The said party garnered more than two-thirds supermajority in the unicameral legislature after the midterm elections.
El Salvador Congress Ousts Top Supreme Court Judges
The voting happened on Saturday, where the legislative assembly supported the dismissal of all the justices in the Supreme Court s constitutional chamber, as they issue arbitrary decisions. The motion to remove the judges passed with 64 votes in favor or nearly 80 percent of the 84-seat legislature.
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Alleged Blasphemy: UN experts demand release of Nigerian atheist from one-year detention
The UN human rights experts say Mr Bala’s prolonged detention is a “flagrant violation of fundamental rights” and has “a chilling effect on the exercise of fundamental freedoms in Nigeria”. 3 min read
Seven United Nation (UN) human rights experts on Thursday demanded the release of a Nigerian atheist and humanist, Mubarak Bala, who has been detained without charge by the police for a year over alleged blasphemy.
The experts’ demand add to calls by many human rights groups, including Amnesty International, in the last one year for the release of the activist who faces death penalty if convicted under the law being operated in many parts of Northern Nigeria.