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  • International human rights groups calling for stronger safeguards preventing government interference with the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal following the resignation of German judge, Siegfried Blunk [Voice of America]
  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says that Israel is legally obligated “to protect Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory”, amidst increasing against Palestinians in recent weeks [IMEMC]
  • Mea She’arim, an ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, to impose gender segregation – banning women from the use of certain streets – on Sukkot [Haaretz]