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    Jurist Finland to extend Russia border closing until February 11

    The Interior Minister of Finland Mari Rantanen announced in a press briefing on Thursday that Finland has decided to prolong the closure of its border crossing points with Russia until February 11, beyond the initially scheduled end date of January 15. The briefing states that Russia...
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    Jurist Finnish member of European Parliament moves to suspend Hungary voting rights

    Finnish member of the European Parliament (EP) Petri Sarvamaa announced Tuesday that he launched a petition to deprive Hungary of its right to vote in the EU’s decision-making council. The petition is open for signatures by members till Friday. Sarvamaa shared the petition, which is addressed...
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    Jurist Climate advocacy groups calls for investigation into Canada’s big 5 banks for misleading sustainable investing disclosures

    Investors for Paris Compliance (I4PC) launched a complaint against the Ontario Securities Commission and the Autorité des marchés financiers of Québec on Tuesday, asserting that Canada’s big five banks’ sustainable investing disclosures are misleading to shareholders. The complaint called out...
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    Jurist Haiti judge issues arrest warrants for 30+ senior officials

    Haitian Judge Al Duniel Dimanche issued arrest warrants for over 30 senior officials on Friday on corruption charges, according to a document leaked online. The list of officials includes former prime ministers and presidents. The judge is investigating a corruption case relating to the...
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    Jurist India Supreme Court rejects intervention in undertrial prisoner visits to Delhi prisons

    The Indian Supreme Court dismissed Tuesday a petition seeking the court’s intervention in undertrial prisoner visits to the prisons in Delhi, the capital of India. The petition was filed against the government’s limit of two weekly visits for undertrial prisoners lodged in Delhi prisons. The...
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    Jurist Singapore bill responds to sexual crime with indefinite prison holds and mandatory forensic examinations

    Singapore’s Ministry of Law and Ministry of Home Affairs introduced the Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2024 into Parliament, aiming to institute new rules for forensic medical examinations (FME) and allowing for the indefinite detention of serious sexual offenders. The bill...
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    Jurist Teacher arrested in India for allegedly supporting Maoist insurgents

    The police in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh reported Monday the arrest of a schoolteacher on charges of supporting Maoists. The arrest led to protests by the local people, including students. 25-year-old school teacher Ramlal Nureti was arrested in Chhattisgarh after being apprehended from...
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    Jurist Colombia ombudsman’s office reports 181 activist murders in 2023

    The Colombian Ombudsman’s Office (DPC) reported Tuesday that 181 social leaders and human rights defenders were murdered in 2023. The figure dropped 16 percent from the data reported for 2022. The ombudsman’s office, in its “Annual report on the killings of social leaders and human rights...
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    Jurist India High Court grants bail to scam convict opposition party leader

    The Maharashtra State Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to an Indian National Congress leader, Sunil Kedar, who was convicted of a bank scam in late December 2023. Kedar was also disqualified from the Maharashtra State Assembly after the conviction. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High...
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    Jurist Taiwan defense ministry activates warning system after China satellite rocket breaches airspace

    The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced Tuesday that it had activated the air threat warning system following after Chinese rockets launching satellites reportedly passed through its airspace. Tuesday’s press release stated that the Communist Party of China (CCP) launched...
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