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    Jurist South Africa requests ICJ implement urgent additional provisional measures in Israel genocide case

    South Africa filed an urgent request with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday for additional provisional measures and/or adjustments to court’s January 26 order and February 16 decision in country’s case against Israel, alleging Israel is carrying out genocide in the Gaza...
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    Jurist US House lawmakers introduce bill to ban ‘foreign adversary controlled’ apps, including TikTok

    US lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bill on Tuesday aimed at curbing the influence of social media apps controlled by the US’s foreign adversaries, such as TikTok, which is owned by China-based ByteDance. The bill, Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled...
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    Jurist Russia dismisses arrest warrants by ICC for Russian military commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine

    Russia dismissed arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash and Admiral Viktor Sokolov of the Russian Armed Forces on Wednesday, each allegedly responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The arrest warrants were issued by a 3...
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    Jurist Sweden Supreme Court upholds life sentence of former Iran official

    The Swedish Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday the guilty verdict and life sentence of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official convicted for his involvement in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Nouri was previously arrested in 2019 at a Swedish airport on charges of grave...
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    Jurist Spain data protection agency suspends Worldcoin for up to 3 months

    The Spanish Data Protection Agency (APED) ordered a precautionary measure on Wednesday against a global technology company, known as Tools for Humanity Corporation, to cease the collection and processing of personal data that it is carrying out in Spain under its Worldcoin project. Additionally...
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    Jurist US appeals court dismisses DRC child labor case against Tesla, other tech companies

    The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a child labor case Tuesday against technology companies and refused to hold them accountable for their alleged support of the use of children in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Former cobalt miners and their...
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    Jurist HRW urges Ghana president to reject anti-LGBTQ+ bill

    Human Rights Watch urged President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday to “unequivocally reject” The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 and refuse to sign it. The bill was passed last month by the parliament making it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+ in Ghana...
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    Jurist Greece Orthodox Church excommunicates members of Parliament for supporting same-sex marriage

    The Orthodox Church in Corfu, Greece, excommunicated two members of Parliament on Tuesday. This action was sparked by the politicians’ support for a bill that legalised same-sex marriage in the country, which was passed in February. The diocese of Corfu held a General Priest Assembly on Tuesday...
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    Jurist Inter-American Commission of Human Rights: 126 human rights defenders murdered in the Americas in 2023

    At least 126 human rights defenders were murdered in the Americas in 2023, according to a statement published Tuesday by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR). The IACHR stated that this high violence rate was directed toward land and environment defenders, leaders of indigenous...
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    Jurist Hong Kong top court rejects activists’ challenge of Public Order Ordinance

    The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal unanimously ruled Tuesday that seven activists’ “systemic proportionality challenge” to the constitutionality of Section 17A(3) of the Public Order Ordinance is not reasonably arguable. While the court refused to grant leave to the activists on their systemic...
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