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    Jurist New law gives employees in Australia right to disconnect

    Employees in Australia now have the right to disconnect from their employers outside of working hours, pursuant to a new law which came into force for non-small businesses on Monday. This means that employees now have a right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact from an employer or...
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    Jurist India Prime Minister reiterates call for secular civil code

    Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reaffirmed on Sunday his call for a “secular civil code,” underscoring the strong support his administration demonstrated for the introduction of the code since the commencement of his term. The address builds on Modi’s Independence Day speech, in which he...
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    Jurist Mexico electoral body grants ruling coalition supermajority in Congress

    Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) approved a controversial allocation of seats in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, granting President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party and allies a supermajority to pass constitutional reforms without opposition backing. In its decision, the...
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    Jurist UN official warns Taliban ‘virtue’ law severely restricts rights in Afghanistan

    The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, warned Sunday that the Taliban’s “Law on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice” imposes severe restrictions on the rights of Afghans. Otunbayeva noted...
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    Jurist Canada labour board orders rail workers and employers to resume operations

    The Canada Industrial Labour Relations Board (CIRB) Saturday ended unprecedented nationwide rail shutdowns by ordering a return to normal operations as of August 26. Both employers and union have stated they will comply with the unanimous decision, however, the union will seek an appeal to the...
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    Jurist France police arrest suspect in attempted arson attack on synagogue

    French police arrested a man suspected of attempting to set fire to a synagogue in the southern city of La Grande-Motte on Saturday, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. The suspect, whose identity has not been officially disclosed, was apprehended in Nîmes after a dramatic...
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    Jurist Russia and Ukraine exchange 230 prisoners of war with UAE as intermediary

    Russia and Ukraine exchanged a total of 230 prisoners of war on Saturday, following an intermediation by the United Arab Emirates. The exchange happened on the 33rd commemoration of Ukraine’s Independence Day of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. The UAE Foreign Ministry noted that the recent...
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    Jurist Greece Coast Guard opens fire on migrant vessel from Turkey and kills one

    The Greek Coast Guard confirmed on Friday that they opened fire on a boat of Turkish migrants and killed one man, according to local media sources. The migrants were allegedly agitating the coast guard by rocking the latter’s boat, which prompted the crew to fire “warning shots” before shooting...
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    Jurist Norway proposes reform to expand abortion rights

    The Norwegian government announced on Friday its proposal to extend the legal period for self-determined abortions from 12 to 18 weeks. The proposal, intended to modernize the Abortion Act of 1978, is aimed at aligning the law with contemporary values and medical practices. One of the most...
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    Jurist Australia judge awards transgender woman $10k for gender discrimination claim against women-only app

    An Australian judge on Friday awarded a transgender woman $10,000 for her claim of gender discrimination, finding she had been indirectly discriminated against by a women-only social media app. Justice Bromwich rejected the woman’s claim of direct discrimination but found her claim of indirect...
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