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• Russell Brand and why the allegations took so long to surface

  24-09-2023 14:00
  
  Publishing stories like this in England and Wales is fraught with risk – for media groups and accusersIt came as little surprise that the darker corners of the internet were ablaze with conspiracy theories this week, after Russell Brand used his YouTube channel to call the allegations of sexual assault and rape against him a “coordinated attack” and a “serious and concerted agenda” to control his voice.But even among more mainstream voices, questions were raised abo
  
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• Immigrant, pop star ... and supreme court judge who will decide fate of Israel’s justice system

  24-09-2023 07:00
  
  ‘Progressive’ chief justice has been harsh towards Palestinians but also sided with the underprivileged and come under criticism by the right wingWhen Esther Hayut, a bespectacled woman with hair always neatly parted down the middle and pinned back with a barrette, was sworn in as the chief justice of Israel’s supreme court in 2017, she pledged to protect the country’s judiciary from politically motivated attempts to weaken it.“It is the properly applied rule of law
  
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• War crimes dossier to accuse Russia of deliberately causing starvation in Ukraine

  24-09-2023 06:00
  
  Human rights lawyers are working with Ukraine’s public prosecutor to prepare dossier to submit to the international criminal courtHuman rights lawyers working with Ukraine’s public prosecutor are preparing a war crimes dossier to submit to the international criminal court (ICC) accusing Russia of deliberately causing starvation during the 18-month-long conflict.The aim is to document instances where the Russian invaders used hunger as a weapon of war, providing evidence for the ICC t
  
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