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The rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were restricted at universities, with demonstrators unjustly prosecuted for protests against Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Due to a surge in femicides urgent measures to protect women from domestic violence were announced. Some rejected asylum seekers faced forcible return to Afghanistan.

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