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Brazil court summons far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro for electoral crimes, stemming from allegations that he created a fake news campaign.
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Brazil court summons far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro for electoral crimes, stemming from allegations that he created a fake news campaign.
It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president (Jair Messias Bolsonaro) and it is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil. Español Português
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18 October 2018 (openDemocracy)* – It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president. After winning the first ballot on 7 October, candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Social Liberal Party) now leads the polls for the second ballot enjoying 58% of voting intentions (considering only the valid votes). It is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil.
Separating children from their undocumented parents is a traumatic violation of their rights, UN independent experts said on 19 October 2018.
Independent UN human rights experts are praising business leaders who have decided to pull out of a high-level investment conference taking place next week in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, over concern for the fate of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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18 October 2018 — The case of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is just the latest example of a “new and very worrying practice” of States abducting individuals beyond their own borders, said the Chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, addressing the UN General Assembly on 9 October 2018.