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    Jurist Philippines national security representative condemns actions of China Coast Guard against local fishermen

    Jonathan Malaya, a representative of the Philippines National Security Council, condemned the latest action by the China Coast Guard (CCG) against local Philippine fishermen in a televised interview on Monday night. Malaya was referring to the January 12th incident, where the CCG harassed...
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    Jurist UN expert condemns ‘severe crackdowns’ on environmental protestors in UK

    UN expert Michel Forst published a letter Tuesday detailing his concerns on the treatment of environmental protestors in the UK. Forst condemned the “severe crackdowns” on environmental protestors, including the prison sentences issued, the bail conditions and the restrictions on peaceful...
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    Jurist US senators urge Bangladesh to end harassment of Nobel laureate

    A bipartisan group of US Senators, led by Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Todd Young, sent a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, expressing concern over the alleged harassment of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who was convicted by a Bangladesh...
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    Jurist Canada dispatch: Federal Court judge rules government lacked authority to invoke Emergencies Act over Freedom Convoy, breached Charter rights

    William Hibbitts is JURIST’s Deputy Editorial Director. He files this report from Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Canadian Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday in Ottawa that the Canadian government exceeded its authority and violated some protesters’ constitutional rights by invoking the federal...
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    Jurist HRW calls on Meta to improve LGBTQ+ protections

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for Meta to improve their protection of LGBTQ+ people on Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday. This new campaign follows an HRW report from 2023, which found that security forces in the Middle East and North Africa use social media platforms to gather evidence to...
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    Jurist German Constitutional Court bans state funding for far-right party

    Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that one of the country’s most extreme political parties, Die Heimat, or The Homeland, will be excluded from state funding, furthering the heated debate over the legal restriction of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Die Heimat...
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    Jurist UK House of Lords votes to require government to back up claims that Rwanda is a ‘safe country’

    The UK Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda suffered a setback Monday, when the House of Lords voted to require the government to substantiate its claims that Rwanda is a safe country before ratifying the new treaty between the UK and the African nation. The vote came after the...
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    Jurist India state legislators adopt resolution in response to ongoing violence in Manipur

    The legislators of the Manipur Legislative Assembly of India Sunday unanimously adopted several resolutions during the 12th Legislative Assembly session in Imphal, addressing the widespread violence in the state of Manipur. The resolution called for an immediate cessation of the Suspension of...
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    Jurist Philippines president declines cooperation with ICC’s drug probe

    Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Tuesday reaffirmed on Tuesday that the country would not cooperate with the investigation undertaken by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the previous administration’s “war on drugs” led by its former president Rodrigo Duterte, which...
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    Jurist Hong Kong court imposes suspended sentence on woman who incited invalid votes in district council election

    The Hong Kong Eastern Magistrates’ Courts imposed a two-month imprisonment with a suspension of two years on Monday on a defendant who earlier pleaded guilty to engaging in illegal conduct to incite another person to cast an invalid vote by activity in public, violating section 27A of the...
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