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    Jurist Rights group calls for governments to provide support to Tibetans in exile

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that governments should provide more support to Tibetans in exile, on Monday, marking the 66th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against China, where Tibetans gathered in Lhasa, to protest against Chinese occupation and protect the Dalai Lama, who was under...
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    Jurist UN rights chief warns of escalating violence in Syria

    The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned of escalating violence in Syria in a statement on Sunday, urging an immediate end to the killing of civilians in the coastal areas of northwest Syria. He stated: Additionally, Türk reports other summary executions have been...
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    Jurist India court rejects Delhi minister’s challenge to summons in election case

    A Delhi, India court on Friday dismissed a challenge from local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra to a summons in a case involving allegations that he made inflammatory communal statements during the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Special Judge Jitendra...
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    Jurist Italy court orders compensation for migrants left stranded by coast guard

    Italy’s highest appeals court ordered the government to provide financial compensation to a group of migrants who were confined to an overcrowded coast guard ship for ten days on Friday. Most of the 190 Eritrean migrants were not allowed to disembark at a port in Malta following an order from...
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    Jurist Italy approves draft law punishing feminicide with life imprisonment

    The Italian Council of Ministers approved on Friday a draft law introducing the crime of femicide and punishing it with life imprisonment. Under the proposed legislation, femicide is defined as causing the death of a woman as an act of discrimination or hatred because she is a woman, or with...
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    Jurist Canada top court strikes down election finance law provision for infringing right to vote

    The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a provision of an Ontario election finance law violated the constitutional right to vote, finding the provision to be invalid and of no effect. Writing for the slim five justice majority, Justice Andromache Karakatsanis contended that the different...
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    Jurist UK court rejects appeal over offenders’ duty to disclose serious convictions in Northern Ireland

    The UK Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal regarding offenders’ obligation in Northern Ireland to disclose convictions to third parties such as employers and insurance companies under the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. The court assessed the proportionality...
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    Jurist Japan high court declares denial of same-sex marriage unconstitutional

    Japan’s Nagoya High Court ruled on Friday that the country’s lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. This ruling marks the fourth consecutive high court decision to declare the current government policy unconstitutional following similar verdicts in Tokyo, Fukuoka...
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    Jurist South Korea court orders release of impeached President Yoon

    The Seoul Central District Court ordered the release of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from detention on Friday, citing procedural violations by prosecutors during Yoon’s arrest. This ruling allows President Yoon to await his impeachment trial and criminal proceedings from home. Still, the...
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    Jurist Canada Federal Court rejects challenge to Parliament prorogation

    The Federal Court of Canada dismissed a challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament on Thursday, concluding that the applicants failed to demonstrate that the prime minister exceeded the limits established by the written Constitution, unwritten Constitutional...
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