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    Jurist Journalist arrested following report on classified France military operation in Egypt

    French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux was arrested Tuesday by the French General Directorate of Internal Security (CGSI) following a complaint that her 2021 co-authored report on a French military operation in Egypt compromised national defense secrets. The report, titled the Egypt Papers was...
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    Jurist Protests, counter-protests held across Canada over sexual orientation and gender identity in school curriculums

    Protests and counter-protests were held across Canada Wednesday over the sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) curriculum in schools, with numbers ranging from several hundred to over 1,000 participants in some cities. Arrests were made in Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver and Victoria...
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    Jurist UK police charge five with spying for Russia

    The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Thursday it had arrested five Bulgarian nationals on suspicion of spying for Russia. In a statement, the CPS said the five will be charged with “conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy for a...
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    Jurist Switzerland passes controversial law banning face coverings

    The Swiss National Council approved the controversial Federal Law on the Prohibition of Concealing the Face Wednesday by a vote of 151-29. The law implements a referendum passed in March 2021, in which 51% of Swiss voters approved a ban on concealing one’s face in public. The initiative was...
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    Jurist UN calls for an end to the sole use of punitive measures when combating drug crime

    The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report Wednesday detailing the problems that states are facing in combating drug trafficking and addiction globally. The report states that while the drug problem is significant, treating people who use drugs as criminals...
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    Jurist UK police officer charged with murder over 2022 fatal shooting of Black man

    UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorized a murder charge on Wednesday against an acting police officer over the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, a Black man, on September 6, 2022. CPS charged the officer with murder after he shot and killed Kaba with a single bullet in south London. The...
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    Jurist UK High Court hears legal challenges to recently enacted Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

    The UK High Court began hearing on Wednesday 16 legal challenges, filed mostly by victims’ families, against the recently enacted Northern Ireland (Troubles & Reconciliation) Act. The act, which grants amnesty to former soldiers and militants involved in an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern...
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    Jurist UK Online Safety Bill to receive Royal Assent after passing Parliament

    The UK Online Safety Bill completed its Parliamentary passage Tuesday and is now set to receive Royal Assent. After passing this last step, the bill, which introduces new strict requirements for social media platforms to remove particular content, will become law in the UK. The Online Safety...
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    Jurist UK inquiry reveals human rights abuses in immigration detention centre

    The UK’s Brook House Inquiry published a report Tuesday detailing an investigation into the mistreatment of individuals detained at the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in the UK. The inquiry, chaired by Kate Eves, was set up to investigate incidents at the centre that took place between...
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    Jurist UN reports impact of digital border technologies on human rights

    The UN Human Rights Office released a report Monday that assessed the impact of digital border technologies on human rights. While the report acknowledged that digital technologies aid states in achieving security objectives, it also alleged that digital technologies result in the manifestation...
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