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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. 'Hell on earth': China deportation looms for Uyghurs held in Thailand

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A&L Goodbody has welcomed Steven Duggan, Eimear Keane and Jeff Greene to the firm as partners. Mr Duggan joined the firm's Belfast corporate and M&A team in November, while Ms Keane joined the Dublin investment funds and asset management team in December and Mr Greene joined the Dublin emplo

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An award-winning board game inspired by Sicily's mafia wars has sparked outrage in Italy. Originally developed in Germany, La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War has now been released in Italy, where it has provoked a backlash among the families of mafia victims, The Guardian reports.

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Courthouses north and south of the border have closed for the day as Storm Éowyn brings extremely high winds across the island. The Courts Service of Ireland has published a lengthy list of court closures on courts.ie, which it has said may be updated throughout the day.

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Donald Trump's return to the White House has put the legality of EU-US data transfers in doubt once again, privacy campaigners have warned. Three of the four sitting members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) have reportedly been sacked by the new president, leaving the wa

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New EU rules aimed at strengthening the IT security of financial entities such as banks, insurance companies and investment firms are finally here, write William Fry lawyers John O'Connor, Claire O'Connor and Conor Forde. While it may seem that we have been talking about the Digital Operational Resi

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Iraqis have reacted with horror after the country's parliament passed a law allowing children as young as nine to marry. The law, passed on Tuesday, grants religious authorities control over family matters such as marriage, divorce, and child custody, overturning a ban on child marriage under 18 tha

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