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Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and antidepressants and neurodevelopmental outcomes: A population cohort study
by Saraid McIlvride, Neha Rao, Sarjit Singh, Scott M. Nelson, Jill P. Pell, Michael Fleming Background The long-term effects of antidepressant use in pregnancy on child neurodevelopment are unclear; meanwhile antidepressant use in pregnancy is increasing. We aimed…
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OCCRP Partner Siraj Wins 2026 Samir Kassir Award
The Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press has named Ali Al-Ibrahim, co-director of OCCRP member center Siraj, and Syrian investigative journalist Mais Katt as joint winners in its investigative reporting category. The award recognizes their September…
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Syria: Reconstruction Deals Lack Critical Rights Framework
Click to expand Image A destroyed school in Ghadfa village, Idlib countryside, Syria. © 2026 Ali Haj Suleiman/Human Rights Watch (Amman) – The Syrian transitional government is signing billions of dollars in reconstruction deals without a human rights framework…
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Niger Rejects Key Rights Recommendations at UN Review
Click to expand Image Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger attends the Alliance of Sahel States second summit on security and development, in Bamako, Mali, December 23, 2025. © 2025 Mali Government Information Center via AP Niger has rejected key recommendations…
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US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
Click to expand Image A voter filling out a ballot at the Green Spring Gardens polling station in Lincolnia, Virginia, US, June 20, 2023. © 2023 Minh Connors/The Washington Post via AP Photo (New York) – The Trump…
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Niger Rejects Key Rights Recommendations at UN Review
Niger has rejected key recommendations raised by United Nations member countries during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) earlier this year, including calls to address arbitrary detention, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and accountability for serious human…
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Ethiopia: Indiscriminate Airstrike in Tigray
Click to expand Image A collapsed wall in a residential house following the August 20, 2026 airstrike on a residential compound in Daero neighborhood, Mekelle, Tigray region, Ethiopia. The image was taken the same day by a Mekelle…
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Array of Experts Back Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s ICC Sanctions Regime
Click to expand Image Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse building in lower Manhattan, New York City. © 2026 Laura Prieto Uribe/Human Rights Watch (New York) – An array of former government officials, human rights groups, bar associations,…
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Russia Crackdown on Bypassing Online Censorship
Click to expand Image A person checks their phone in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, March 31, 2026. © 2026 Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo (Berlin, September 24, 2026) – Russian authorities are doubling down on their efforts to quash…
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Bosnian Police Officer Dies by Suicide Following Raid
A Bosnian police officer died by suicide Wednesday after authorities searched his office during a multi-city anti-trafficking operation, officials and local media reported. The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) stated Thursday the suspect suffered a self-inflicted gunshot…
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