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Society & Rights 1m ago

Indian transparency activists, journalists set for court fight over Modi’s privacy law

A change to the Right to Information law means it now excludes any 'personal information' from release. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Allegations against ICC war crimes prosecutor Karim Khan still under review despite report he was cleared

Allegations of sexual misconduct against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are still under review by the court’s executive branch, an internal memo shared with staff on Sunday said, after a media report that he had been exonerated. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, who investigates war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, has stepped aside temporarily pending an investigation into accus...

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Indian transparency activists, journalists set for court fight over Modi’s privacy law

A change to the Right to Information law means it now excludes any 'personal information' from release.

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Allegations against ICC war crimes prosecutor Karim Khan still under review despite report he was cleared

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