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    Jurist Belarus grants asylum to defecting Poland judge

    Belarus has granted asylum to a former Polish judge following espionage charges in Poland. In a decree granting citizenship to 257 people from 16 states Friday, President Alexander Lukashenko stated that Tomasz Szmydt faces political persecution in Poland. Szmydt defected to Belarus in May and...
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    Jurist COP29 dispatch: new climate finance agreement is a discordant march toward climate action

    Sonja Rzepsiki is a JURIST Senior Editor. She attended the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan as part of a group from the Vermont Law & Graduate School. The painfully slow march of climate action was profoundly evident at COP29 this year. As a JURIST staff editor who attended the conference in...
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    Jurist UN warns situation for Myanmar children is ‘dire’ amid unprecedented anti-personnel mine causalities

    The United Nations (UN) said on Friday that Myanmar unprecedently has the highest number of civilian causalities from anti-personnel landmines, with children making up over a third of these numbers. UN experts have called for adherence to international law, warning that the situation is dire for...
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    Jurist France activists organize over 50 demonstrations to protest violence against women and femicide

    Thousands of protesters gathered across French cities on Saturday to condemn femicides and sexual violence against women in light of the Pelicot trial and US president-elect Donald Trump’s victory. The protests also took place in anticipation of the International Day for the Elimination of...
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    Jurist Nicaragua legislature unanimously approves constitutional reforms establishing co-presidency

    The Nicaraguan parliament on Friday unanimously approved partial constitutional reforms proposed by President Daniel Ortega. These reforms seek to change the political constitution of the nation by creating the position of “co-presidents” and increasing the president’s term, among other things...
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    Jurist Albania criticizes the passivization of minority home addresses by Serbia authorities

    Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday condemned the deactivation of addresses of ethnic Albanian nationals living in Southern Serbia by local authorities and asserted that this practice violated human rights. The ministry added that Alabanian authorities are closely...
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    Jurist Belarus opposition figure faces terrorist charges following extradition to Minsk

    Belarusian opposition activist Vasil Verameichuk has been detained in Vietnam and extradited to Belarus, where he faces accusations of terrorism and a possible death penalty, the opposition in exile said Thursday. On Wednesday state television in Belarus showed Verameichuk being taken to Minsk...
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    Jurist Venezuela announces probe against opposition leader over US sanctions support

    The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office announced Friday a new criminal investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for allegedly endorsing proposed US economic sanctions against the South American nation. According to the statement, prosecutors allege Machado committed...
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    Jurist Israel prosecutors indict prime minister’s aid for leaking information to German newspaper

    Israeli prosecutors Thursday indicted one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides, Eli Feldstein, for leaking classified information on Hamas and most likely harming national security, the latest development in a web of legal scandals that has entangled Netanyahu. Feldstein now faces a...
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    Jurist International community to establish special tribunal for crime of aggression against Ukraine

    The Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an effective and legitimate tribunal, in a resolution adopted on Friday. The resolution marks a significant step towards holding those responsible...
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