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The United Nations has condemned Uganda’s increasing repression of dissent, with High Commissioner Volker Turk citing a climate of fear affecting fundamental freedoms. This follows the hospitalisation of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, highlighting severe human rights violations since the January elections, including arbitrary arrests and media restrictions.

On June 10, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway imposed targeted sanctions—asset freezes and travel bans—on Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for “inciting extremist violence” in the West Bank and making inflammatory Gaza-related remarks.

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