Students and journalists stand trial in Turkey over protests sparked by mayor’s arrest

Dozens of people including journalists appeared before a court in Istanbul on Friday, accused of attending banned demonstrations and disobeying police orders to disperse during anti-government protests that were triggered by the jailing of the city’s opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. Imamoglu, seen as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule, was arrested…

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U.S. Supreme Court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court early on Saturday paused the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their lawyers claimed they were at imminent risk of removal without the judicial review previously mandated by the justices. “The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the…

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