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    Jurist Poland president asks constitutional tribunal to review criminal amendment on LGBTQ+ hate crime

    Polish President Andrzej Duda sent a bill to the Constitutional Tribunal Thursday for review. The bill seeks to expand on hate crimes provisions by adding sexual orientation, gender and others to the list of protected groups from hate crimes. The tribunal will consider whether the bill violates...
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    Jurist Russia court removes Taliban regime from terrorist list

    The Russian Supreme Court officially lifted the designation of the Taliban as a terrorist organization on Thursday, marking a significant shift in Moscow’s diplomatic stance toward Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. The move was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which stated that the...
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    Jurist UN expresses concerns over the suspension of the Maldives Supreme Court judges

    The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, expressed concerns on Thursday over the suspension and the disciplinary actions taken against three judges of the Supreme Court of Maldives. The UN expert indicated that these decisions aimed at...
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    Jurist International Bar Association raises concern over Peru restrictions on NGO activity

    The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) on Thursday expressed criticism and concern over Peru’s decision to enhance the scope and powers of its Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), which will impact the rights and activities of non-governmental...
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    Jurist Lawyers file lawsuit against Costa Rica for detaining minors deported from the US

    A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit on Thursday before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child against the Costa Rican government for allegedly violating the rights of minors deported from the United States. Lawyers from the Global Strategic Litigation Council, Instituto...
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    Jurist UN experts urge end to public execution in Afghanistan

    UN experts urged Thursday the Taliban to immediately impose a moratorium on inhumane punishments, including capital and corporal punishments, in response to public executions carried out on April 11. The de facto Supreme Court announced four public executions across the provinces of Badghis...
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    Jurist Canada Federal Court of Appeal upholds assault-style firearms ban

    Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a prominent challenge to the federal government’s 2020 ban on assault-style firearms on Tuesday. The ruling upheld the legality of the government’s decision to prohibit over 1,500 models of firearms deemed by Ottawa to be “assault-style” and unsuitable...
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    Jurist Gambia former paramilitary soldier convicted under US Torture Act

    Gambian national Michael Sang Correa was convicted by a Colorado jury for participating in the torture of victims in 2006, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday. Correa was a part of a paramilitary unit known as the “Junglers,” run by Yahya Jammeh, dictator and former Gambian...
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    Jurist Zimbabwe president signs law to curb civic space

    Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a law that would significantly restrict the rights to freedom of association and expression in the country on Friday, according to Human Rights Watch. The law, the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act 2025, was originally proposed in...
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    Jurist Former governor of Russia’s Kursk region detained over alleged fraud tied to border fortifications

    A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered former Kursk region governor Alexei Smirnov held in custody as authorities investigate “major fraud” allegations ahead of his June 15 trial, according to state news agency TASS. Smirnov and his first deputy, Alexei Dedov, are accused of allegedly embezzling 1...
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