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    Jurist Minibus taxi strike ends in South Africa after deadly protests

    Five people were killed amidst a protest and labor strike by taxi drivers in South Africa over new vehicle impoundment regulations. The strike officially ended Thursday. The protests and strike arose over a new municipal traffic law in Cape Town that stipulates that vehicles will be impounded...
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    Jurist UK Electoral Commission suffers largest data breach in British history

    The UK Electoral Commission said Tuesday that it fell victim to a cyberattack and that “hostile actors” were able to access copies of the electoral register, with the name and address of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The Electoral Commission’s Chief Executive Sean McNally...
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    Jurist Canadian news media file competition complaint against Meta over response to Online News Act

    Canadian news publishers and broadcasters represented by News Media Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and CBC/Radio-Canada filed an application with the Competition Bureau of Canada Tuesday requesting an investigation into Meta’s conduct relating to the implementation of the...
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    Jurist Meta seeks to contest Norway fine amidst user privacy violations

    On Tuesday, Datatilsynet, the Norwegian governmental regulatory authority, disclosed that Meta Platforms (Meta) is currently in pursuit of overturning a penalty levied against it for transgressing user privacy rights. In response to these developments, Datatilsynet has undertaken the stance of...
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    Jurist Hong Kong DOJ appeals High Court’s refusal to enjoin protest-related song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’

    Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal on Monday against the High Court’s judgement which refused to grant an injunction to prohibit “Glory to Hong Kong,” a popular protest song. The DOJ said that the Secretary for Justice Paul Lam applied for the injunction to discharge the...
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    Jurist UK government announces task force to prosecute immigration lawyers who facilitate false claims

    The UK government announced a new task force to target “crooked” immigration lawyers on Tuesday. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said lawyers who assist migrants with bogus asylum claims are common and “must be rooted out and brought to justice.” The Home Secretary’s comments came after reports...
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    Jurist US to help Ukraine and ICC investigate Russia war crimes

    US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin to help Ukraine with its ongoing Russian war crime investigations and assist the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a major policy reversal, as the Department of Defense (DOD)...
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    Jurist UK Association of Prison Lawyers report reveals number of legal aid prison lawyers declining

    A UK Association of Prison Lawyers (APL) survey published Monday reveals that prison lawyers are at risk of quitting if legal fees are not raised. The report asserts that prison law legal aid work is ‘no longer sustainable’ due to the ‘exhausting and poorly paid work’ undertaken by lawyers. It...
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    Jurist UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia urge their citizens to leave Lebanon amidst fighting in Palestinian refugee camp

    Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait this weekend called on their citizens to leave Lebanon amid conflicts in the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. On Friday, the embassy of Saudi Arabia warned its citizens “against being present and approaching the areas witnessing...
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    Jurist Brazil protesters demonstrate against Amazon River oil drilling during environmental summit

    Protesters demonstrated in Belém, Brazil on Sunday during a Brazilian government environmental conference, The Amazonian Dialogues, against the state oil company Petrobras’s proposal to begin offshore drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River. The proposed project is located in deep waters off...
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