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    Jurist UK environmental movement sets ultimatum for government action amid mass protests for climate crisis

    Thousands of protesters Friday descended on Westminster to join the biggest protest tackling the climate crisis ever held in the UK. The unprecedented action was co-ordinated by Extinction Rebellion (XR), a UK-based global environmental movement which aims to use mass nonviolent civil...
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    Jurist Mexican immigration director detained for trial for refugee deaths from fire at detention centre

    A Mexican judge Saturday ordered the immigration director of Mexico’s northern border state Chihuahua to stand trial for his failure to manage a deadly fire at an immigration detention centre which caused the death of 40 refugees. Judge Juan José Chávez ordered Salvador González to be detained...
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    Jurist New Zealand citizens residing in Australia granted faster pathway to citizenship

    The Australian Federal Government Saturday announced the liberalisation of Australia’s immigration laws, which will grant New Zealanders residing in Australia a direct pathway to attaining citizenship. As of 2023, there are approximately over 559,980 New Zealand citizens living in Australia...
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    Jurist France sentences Lebanese-Canadian sociology professor to life imprisonment in absentia for 1980 synagogue bombing

    Following a three-week trial, a French court on Friday convicted Hassian Diab, a sociology professor from the University of Ottawa Canada, to life imprisonment in absentia for the October 3, 1980 Copernic synagogue bombing in Paris, which resulted in four deaths and 46 injuries. Diab is a dual...
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    Jurist Citing rights to privacy, customers sue Australian telecoms giant Optus over major data breach

    An Australian law firm on Friday launched a class-action lawsuit against telecommunications giant Optus, seeking compensation for the fallout of a major data breach that occurred in September. Filed in the Federal Court of Australia, the lawsuit accuses Optus of violating fundamental privacy...
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    Jurist New Zealand environmental group alleges forest industry violated indigenous rights before UN forum

    A New Zealand environmental group Wednesday testified before the 22nd United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) about potential indigenous rights breaches by New Zealand’s forestry industry. Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti has stated that extensive deforestation, poor forestry practices...
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    Jurist Uganda President sends anti-homosexuality bill back to Parliament

    Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Thursday declined to sign the Anti-homosexuality Bill that sought to impose harsher sanctions on same-sex sexual conduct. Instead, Museveni sent the bill back down to Parliament. The move comes amidst international calls for Museveni to reject the bill...
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    Jurist India Supreme Court grants bail to 8 life convicts in Godhra train burning case

    The Supreme Court of India Friday granted bail to eight life convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning, which led to the death of at least 58 people at the Godhra railway station in Gujarat, India and fueled large-scale riots in the region. In considering whether to grant bail to the eight...
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    Jurist Capitol Territory becomes first Australia state to provide free abortion care

    The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Thursday became the first Australian state to guarantee free abortion care. The new policy allows women living in the ACT to obtain abortion up to 16 weeks gestation. The ACT government noted that cost was a significant barrier to safe and legal abortions...
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    Jurist US Department of Defense announces repatriation of Guantanamo Bay prisoner to Algeria

    The US Department of Defense (DOD) Thursday announced the transfer of Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush, a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, to Algeria. With his transfer, 30 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. In a statement, the DOD announced that Guantanamo’s Periodic Review Board (PRB)...
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