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UK mass crackdown on Palestine activism has brought chaos to the courts

As hundreds of cases grind through the system, high-profile activists are seeing their charges dismissed or rejected
Human Rights
Why Israel's death penalty law is a massive setback for human rights
Hussein Abu Hussein
France
‘Policing thought’: French bill to fight antisemitism accused of silencing Israel critics
Human Rights
US and Israel vote against UN resolution recognising slavery as 'gravest' crime against humanity
Inside Iraq
Prominent feminist activist Yanar Mohammed shot dead in Iraq
Human Rights
Family of Francesca Albanese sues Trump administration over sanctions
Prevent
NHS mental health trust withdraws from counter-terror police programme
UK Politics
UK Home Office graph reveals shocking scale of Palestine Action arrests
Human Rights
Jailing of Pakistani rights lawyers marks ‘new wave' in dissent crackdown, says former minister 
US Politics
Photo of five-year-old boy being detained by ICE sparks outcry
Sport
Swiss councillors to vote on Uefa tax exemption over failure to suspend Israel
Human Rights
Saudi Arabia contradicts itself on child executions at UN
Human Rights
UK trained hundreds of guards working at Bahrain’s death row jail: Report
Human Rights
Sudan kills women and children in Darfur chemical attacks: Amnesty
Human Rights
VIDEO: Amal Clooney 'delighted' at prospect of prosecuting Assad
Human Rights
WATCH: Amal Clooney 'delighted' to prosecute Assad
Human Rights
Canada urged to cancel controversial torture directive
Human Rights
Turkey jails 45 students over 2012 anti-Erdogan protest
Human Rights
Kuwaiti-Canadian rights advocate dies
Human Rights
Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar 'unpaid for months'
Human Rights
Canada security agencies helped Syria in torture cases: Documents
Human Rights
Ireland snubs call to arrest Bahrain's top lawyer over torture
Human Rights
VIDEO: UN chief slams far-right politicians, comparing them to IS