3 h. ago Iran’s chief justice urges regime to swiftly ‘punish’ protest detainees

Move comes despite Trump’s threat to ‘take very strong action’ if Tehran executes demonstrators

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7 h. ago Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as death toll in crackdown goes over 2,500

Iran's judiciary chief is signaling fast trials and executions for those detained in nationwide protests

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26 h. ago Iran crisis live: UN says ‘cycle of horrific violence’ in Iran must end as official says 2,000 killed in crackdown

UN rights chief says ‘killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop’ as Iranian official tells Reuters around 2,000 have diedTrump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US tradePeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationNon-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago ‘Unimaginable loss’: Renee Good family urges ‘empathy’ in call for justice

Relatives pay tribute to ‘extraordinary mother’ and hope killing by ICE agent leads to meaningful changeRenee Good’s extended family said on Monday it wanted justice and accountability for her death at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, but urged people stirred to outrage by the shooting of the 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three to root their conversations in “humanity, empathy, and care for the family most affected”.In a statement and in interviews with the Guardian, the family members – most of them relatives of Good’s late husband Timmy Macklin Jr, the father of her youngest son – paid tribute to Good, her children, and to Macklin, and said they hoped the “unimaginable loss” the family had suffered would lead to meaningful change and “fewer families [who] have to endure this kind of pain”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Iran army chief threatens preemptive attack on ‘enemies’ after Trump’s comments

President Donald Trump warned that if Tehran ‘violently kills peaceful protesters,’ America ‘will come to their rescue’

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4 w. ago Emma Caldwell family lawyer says Police Scotland cannot be excluded from the inquiry into the police investigation

Aamer Anwar, who has urged Justice minister Angela Constance to review and clarify the scope of the inquiry, led by Lord Scott, to ensure the decisions of Police Scotland and the Crown Office after 2013 are examined.

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4 w. ago Mum of grooming gang victim urges MSPs to sack Justice Secretary in harrowing open letter

EXCLUSIVE: The mother of Taylor, who was sexually abused as a thirteen year old, has written an open letter to MSPs hours before they vote on Constance's future.

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