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    Jurist Canada government announces appeal of court decision on Freedom Convoy and Emergencies Act authority

    The Canadian government announced Friday it would file an appeal of a Federal Court judgement that found it acted illegally when responding to Freedom Convoy protests in 2022. That judgement held that the government’s invocation of the federal Emergencies Act in response to the protests exceeded...
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    Jurist Tunisia court sentences former president to 8 years in prison for alleged incitement

    The Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki in absentia on Friday to eight years in prison, according to a statement from the court’s spokesman, Mohamed Zaitouneh, to Tunisia’s state news agency. The charges against Marzouki, who lives in Paris, are based on...
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    Jurist Ethiopia secret committee violating human rights in suppressing Oromo insurgency group: Reuters investigation

    An investigation published by Reuters on Friday revealed that a secretive committee of high-ranking officials in Ethiopia has been committing human rights violations in order to eliminate the Oromo Liberation Army- Oromo Liberation Front (OLF-OLA) insurgency group. Reuters interviewed over 30...
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    Jurist China activist filmmaker charged with ‘picking quarrels and provoking troubles’

    Police in China charged Chen Pin Lin, director of documentary “Not the Foreign Force,” with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to Chinese human rights news watchdogs Weiquanwang and Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch. The Thursday charges come after Chen’s arrest in January...
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    Jurist Tunisia opposition figure sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for election criticism

    The Court of First Instance of Tunis sentenced prominent opposition figure Jawher Ben Mbarek to six months in prison, his sister and lawyer Dalila Ben Mbarek Masddek announced in a live video on Facebook on Saturday. The case was brought by the Independent Higher Authority for Elections (ISIE)...
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    Jurist UN report calls for accountability for violations of international law in Israel and Palestine

    The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report on Friday calling for accountability for Israel and Palestinian militant groups for numerous violations of international law over the course of the Israel-Palestine conflict and occupation. The report said that the ongoing human rights...
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    Jurist Reporters Without Borders urges DRC authorities to protect press freedom and continue dialogue

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the authorities in the Équateur region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday to continue dialogue with the media to address press freedom violations and ensure journalists can work without fear of reprisals. The dialogue commenced on February...
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    Jurist Ukraine investigating over 120,000 alleged Russia war crimes

    Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced Friday at the War Crimes Conference 2024, a day before the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that Ukraine is in the process of investigating 120,000 potential Russian war crimes. Kostin spoke with Reuters at the...
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    Jurist Hong Kong top court rejects government bid to appeal unauthorized assembly acquittals of pro-democracy activists

    The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) refused to grant leave to the government on Friday to appeal the acquittals of seven pro-democracy activists. The lower court overturned the activists’ convictions for organizing an unauthorized assembly but upheld their convictions for participating in...
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    Jurist Mexico president defends publicizing NYT reporter’s phone number

    Mexican President Andres Manuel Obrador defended on Friday his decision to reveal a New York Times (NYT) reporter’s phone number, saying that the privacy protection laws governing personal data and information do not apply to him. Obrador, who was accused in a report from NYT of taking millions...
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