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    Jurist Canada Treasury Board and union reach deal to end strike but tax workers remain on picket lines

    The Government of Canada’s Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Monday announced that they have reached a tentative agreement for more than 120,000 public service workers to end their strike and return to work. However, around 35,000 employees of the Canada Revenue...
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    Jurist Human Rights Watch urges Thai authorities to release teenager detained for defaming monarchy

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday called on Thai authorities to release a 15-year-old student activist who was detained after allegedly defaming the nation’s monarchy. Thanalop “Yok” Phalanchai was arrested in Bangkok on 28 March after police accused her of criticising the monarchy during a...
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    Jurist Mexico failed to take necessary measures to ensure equal access to education, UN committee rules

    A UN committee found Friday that Mexico failed to ensure inclusive education for a woman with an intellectual disability. Selene Militza García Vara brought a claim before the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the grounds that the Morelense Centre for Art had not...
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    Jurist Pakistan police raid house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in failed arrest attempt

    Pakistani police Friday raided the house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and former Chief Minister of Punjab. At his residence in Lahore, 500 police and anti-corruption personnel attempted to arrest Elhai, but failed to do so after facing resistance from...
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    Jurist UN discrimination report raises concerns of racial profiling, slavery, and human rights violations across several countries

    The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Friday issued findings on Argentina, Niger, the Philippines, Portugal, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, reviewing their performance under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination...
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    Jurist Putin signs decree authorising deportation of Ukrainians in annexed territories who refuse Russian citizenship

    Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday signed a decree which authorises the deportation of residents of illegally annexed Ukranian territories who refuse Russian citizenship. Under the decree, bordering Ukrainian citizens are given a choice to accept or refuse Russian citizenship. For those...
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    Jurist Ex Serbian policeman faces retrial in Croatia for alleged war crimes

    Former Serbian policeman Milenko Maric will be re-tried in Osijek, Croatia for alleged war crimes against the civilian population after his extradition from the UK in accordance with the Extradition Act 2003. Maric’s trial will begin on Tuesday for alleged crimes contrary to article 120(1) of...
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    Jurist Europe human rights court orders Russia to pay $143M in damages for 2008 Georgia conflict

    The European Court of Human Rights Friday }']ordered Russia to pay approximately 130 million euros ($143 million) in compensation to Georgia, almost 15 years after the war in the South Caucasus. The case concerned allegations by the Georgian government that administrative practices by the...
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    Jurist Afghanistan women march against possible UN recognition of Taliban government

    Afghan women Saturday marched in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to urge the UN not to formally recognize the Taliban government at a UN summit scheduled for next week. Approximately two dozen women took to the streets despite the Taliban government’s increasingly strict crackdowns on women. During...
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    Jurist Australia’s migration system considered ‘broken’ as landmark review finds system leaves 1.8 million workers ‘permanently temporary’

    Following a review by the Australian Government Thursday into Australia’s migration laws, Minister for Home Affairs Claire O’Neill declared the nation’s migration system as “broken.” This arises from Australia’s uncapped restrictions on temporary visa-holders, thereby doubling migrant numbers in...
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