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    Jurist Sri Lanka President suspends parliament until February 8

    A gazette notification issued Friday by the Sri Lankan President’s secretary announced that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has suspended parliament until February 8, when he is to announce new long-term policies to address various issues. One of these issues is the economic crisis and clear...
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    Jurist Coroner report confirms calls to reform Australian bail act to prevent Indigenous deaths in custody

    Calls to reform the Victorian bail act have intensified as a coroner released a finding Monday criticizing the Victorian police and prison system following the death of 37-year-old Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson in custody. Nelson died alone in her...
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    Jurist Myanmar junta announces new election law setting high bars for political parties to participate

    Myanmar’s military junta Friday announced a new law that restricts the ability of political parties to participate in elections. The new Political Parties Registration Law contains strict provisions, such as requiring parties that wish to take part in the upcoming election to recruit a minimum...
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    Jurist Australia to scrap family law presumption of shared parental responsibility

    The Australian Labour government Monday released a draft of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 to amend the Family Law Act 1975. In a statement, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the reforms seek to prioritize the best interests of the child and address criticisms that the family law system is...
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    Jurist Only 11% of Tunisia voters cast ballots in second round of parliamentary elections

    The Tunisian Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Sunday announced that the total turnout of voters at the nation’s second round of parliamentary elections was estimated to be 11.3 percent. The figure shows a slight rise in ballots cast since the first round of parliamentary votes in...
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    Jurist Amnesty International calls for increased global action on Myanmar coup anniversary

    Amnesty International Monday called for increased global action and solidarity with the people of Myanmar on the two-year anniversary of the 2021 coup by the military junta or Tatmadaw. Amnesty International highlighted Tatmadaw’s alleged human rights violations in its statement and drew...
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    Jurist Kenya Supreme Court rules against automatic equal division of wealth upon divorce

    The Kenyan Supreme Court ruled Friday that married couples are not automatically entitled to equal shares of matrimonial property in case of divorce. This precedential ruling stated that upon divorce each partner should exit their marriage with the wealth each of them acquired individually. The...
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    Jurist Philippines Department of Justice: ICC lacks jurisdiction to investigate death of civilians during war on drugs

    Secretary Jesus Remulla of the Philippines Department of Justice held a press conference Saturday regarding the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to authorize an investigation into the deaths of civilians during the government’s “war on drugs.” Remulla stated he did not...
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    Jurist Türkiye warns citizens of possible Islamophobic attacks following Quran burnings

    In a press release Saturday, following an “Attack Targeting Holy Quran in Denmark,” Türkiye warned its citizens about possible “racist, xenophobic and anti-Islam attacks” in the US and Europe. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned in strongest terms the “hate crime” carried out in Sweden...
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    Jurist Delhi High Court reduces interim bail period of former BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in rape case

    The Delhi High Court Friday reduced the period of interim bail for former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted of rape, in light of the safety concerns raised by the victim. A division bench of the Delhi High Court led by Justice Mukta Gupta modified an earlier order...
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