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    Jurist UN rights expert urges UK government to halt extradition of Julian Assange

    UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, urged the UK government Tuesday to stop the impending extradition of Julian Assange to the US. She urged the government to carefully consider Assange’s appeal and cited significant concerns that his extradition could put him at risk of...
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    Jurist UK/Northern Ireland dispatch: return of Stormont government after two-year hiatus comes at a critical time

    Shannon McKeown-Gilmore is a BCL candidate at the University of Oxford and a JURIST Assistant Editor. She grew up in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill made history last weekend after she was appointed Northern Ireland’s first-ever nationalist first minister. The Democratic Unionist...
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    Jurist Zimbabwe government agrees to abolish death penalty 19 years after last execution

    Zimbabwe’s cabinet agreed on proposed legislation Tuesday which will abolish capital punishment, 19 years after the last state execution took place. The decision came following months of debate in parliament, and the country will instead impose life imprisonment sentences for aggravated murders...
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    Jurist Haitian police fire tear gas at protests against Prime Minister Ariel Henry

    Police in Haiti fired tear gas at protestors on Monday as demonstrations against Prime Minister Ariel Henry continue to rage on in the nation’s Capital, Port-Au-Prince. The protests were conducted to criticize Ariel Henry’s lack of action to curb gang violence. According to an HRW report, the...
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    Jurist Russia accuses Ukraine of attack on bakery in Lysychansk

    Russian officials accused Ukraine on Saturday of attacking a bakery in a Russian-occupied town, Lysychansk, in eastern Ukraine, killing civilians and several representatives of the Russian occupation authorities. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also called the attack a terrorist act against...
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    Jurist Thailand politician Pita Limjaroenrat sentenced to jail for illegal 2019 opposition rally

    A Thai court handed down a suspended sentence on Monday to political figure Pita Limjaroenrat for an illegal rally held in 2019. Limjaroenrat was sentenced alongside seven other individuals involved with his political party, the Move Forward Party (previously the Future Forward Party). The case...
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    Jurist Brazil judge calls for probe against Transparency International

    The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil Justice José Dias Toffoli called for an investigation on Monday into alleged funds received by Transparency International from the leniency agreement entered between a food processor company, JBS and the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in 2017. The agreement...
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    Jurist Moscow court orders arrest of exiled novelist Boris Akunin over Ukraine support

    A Moscow court issued an arrest warrant in absentia on Tuesday for exiled novelist Grigori Chkhartishvili (under pen name Boris Akunin) over his critique of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Accused of justifying terrorism and spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, Akunin, who has resided...
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    Jurist Netherlands police crack down on farmer protests disrupting freeways

    Dutch police stopped farmers’ protests across the Netherlands on Monday regarding low prices for produce and the EU’s Green Deal. The protests disrupted traffic by blocking freeway exit roads and setting fires. In a statement released on Monday, the police in Gelderland highlighted the health...
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    Jurist Singapore passes bill allowing indefinite prison time after jail sentence for ‘dangerous offenders’

    Singapore passed a bill on Monday that allows for the indefinite holding of “dangerous offenders” even after they complete their jail sentences. Under the Sentence for Enhanced Public Protection (SEPP) law, individuals convicted of serious violent offenses like culpable homicide and attempted...
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