News Clips- June 16, 2017

June 16, 2017

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On Monday, courts in Russia began sentencing anti-corruption demonstrators arrested during protests led by an opposition leader. [Guardian]
On Tuesday, the parliament of Hungary approved regulations requiring certain foreign-funded civil society groups to register with the government. [Al Jazeera]

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court unanimously affirmed its jurisdiction over the charges of war crimes of rape and sexual slavery of child soldiers lodged against former Democratic Republic of the Congo military leader Bosco Ntaganda. [ICC Press Release]
On Monday, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report claiming that Israel and Palestine have failed to hold perpetrators of alleged war crimes accountable. [Reuters]

On Wednesday, 23 people were detained during an overnight raid in Venezuela for their alleged involvement in attacks against officers. [Washington Post]
On Wednesday, 31 people died during a siege of a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, which was orchestrated by al-Shabab. [Al Jazeera]
On Friday, 14 people were killed in clashes over food aid in Somalia. [Washington Post]

On Thursday, an aid organization rescued 420 migrants off the coast of Libya. [Washington Post]
On Wednesday, authorities in Niger estimated that in the past week they rescued more than 100 migrants abandoned by traffickers. [Reuters]

On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to promote peace in Somalia by extending the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia. [Washington Post]
On Tuesday, representatives of the European Union signed the Council of Europe Convention preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. [Council of Europe Press Release]
On Monday, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) published an interim compliance report on Turkey’s compliance with 17 recommendations that GRECO adopted in March 2010. [Council of Europe Press Release]