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In Kyrgyzstan, the Open Society Foundations NGO has recently said it would end its operations after three decades in the country following the introduction of a foreign agents bill. The new law risks “an overwhelmingly negative impact on civil society, human rights defenders, and the media in Kyrgyzstan,” the NGO said in a statement. Source link

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“The UK’s new online safety laws will be an important part of making it harder for fraudsters to operate,” it added. “Under the new laws, online services will be required to assess the risk of their users being harmed by illegal content on their platforms – including fraud, take appropriate steps to protect their users, and remove illegal content when they identify it or are told about it.” Source link

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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells ignored calls from the organisation’s top management team to halt sub-postmaster prosecutions, the Horizon IT inquiry has heard.Former top in-house lawyer Chris Aujard said that in 2013 the executive committee “were in favour of ceasing prosecutions entirely”, but Ms Vennells said “limited” prosecutions should continue.The inquiry is investigating the wrongful conviction of hundreds of sub-postmasters on the basis of evidence from the faulty Horizon software.Ms Vennells said she is “truly sorry for the devastation caused to the Sub-Postmasters and their families”.She added that she is co-operating with the inquiry and “will not make any…

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