August 7, 2024

Parliamentarians face swelling levels of abuse: watchdog

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In countries like Ivory Coast, Venezuela, Uganda and Zimbabwe, governments were “using lockdown laws to detain or otherwise infringe upon the rights of opposition parliamentarians”, it said. Overall, the most common complaints to the committee this year have been over undue suspension and loss of parliamentary mandate, followed by a lack of fair trial. Full Text -> MacauBusiness

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