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• 🇮🇷UN rights office says hundreds killed in Iran protests. While estimates of the death toll have varied dramatically, spokesperson Jeremy Laurence cited the UN’s own sources, which so far put the number of deaths in the hundreds, and voiced concern that the death penalty might be used against thousands of protesters who have been arrested.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🔥Is 2026 seeing a bonfire of international laws? The new year has started with some momentous events. Israel has banned dozens of aid agencies. And after axing much international aid last year, the Trump administration has announced a select list of countries and humanitarian crises to support. What are the consequences?
  Swissinfo (EN)
• 🗣️How the refugee system fails the whistleblowers it should protect. A refugee who helped expose a human trafficking network operating within a refugee camp describes being abandoned and isolated by a system that should provide justice and protection to whistleblowers.
  The New Humanitarian (EN)
• 🇨🇳China files for 200,000-unit mega-constellation with UN’s tech agency. The regulatory filing with the International Telecommunication Union marks a major escalation in the race for dominance in Earth’s low orbit, as we reported earlier this month. It is four times bigger than SpaceX’s Starlink goals for 50,000 satellites in space.
  SatNews (EN)
• 🌉Ex-ICRC president Peter Maurer: ‘Building new bridges can help Geneva maintain its leading role’. In a fragmented world, where each actor tends to operate in silos, this ability to build bridges remains a crucial asset, says the former humanitarian boss, in an interview commissioned to mark 50 years of the Fondation pour Genève.
  Le Temps🔒 (FR)