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    Jurist Switzerland firm to pay £280M UK fine for oil bribery scheme

    A UK court Thursday ordered Swiss multi-national commodity trading and mining firm Glencore to pay a £280 million ($400 million) fine after a UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation revealed the company paid over $29 million in bribes to gain preferential access to oil in Africa. Glencore...
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    Jurist US announces effort to remove Iran from UN women’s commission in wake of Mahsa Amini protests

    The Biden administration Wednesday announced that the US is working to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). US Vice President Kamala Harris stated that Iran is “unfit to serve” on the commission due to the denial of women’s rights and “brutal crackdown” on its own...
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    Jurist UK investigators release report on misconduct and misogyny in police service

    His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) Wednesday released a full report on misconduct and misogyny in the UK police service. HMICFRS aimed to assess current vetting and counter-corruption capacity and capability in policing across England and Wales. The...
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    Jurist ‘Invasive’ two-finger test performed on sexual assault victims is misconduct, India Supreme Court rules

    The India Supreme Court Monday declared that performing the “two-finger” or “three-finger” vaginal test on victims of rape or sexual assault will be classed as misconduct. Also dubbed the “virginity” test, the test consists of a medical professional inserting either two or three fingers into...
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    Jurist Russia court imposes second fine on Wikimedia over refusal to remove Ukraine war entries

    A magistrate judge in Moscow Tuesday fined Wikimedia 2 million roubles ($32,600) over the platform’s refusal to remove entries relating to the war in Ukraine. Wikimedia has not yet responded to the court’s decision. The fine is the most recent in a string of many aimed at Western news and...
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    Jurist Human rights organizations condemn mass arrest of LGBTQ+ persons in Malaysia

    Human rights advocacy groups Justice for Sisters, Amnesty International of Malaysia, Women’s March Malaysia and 17 other organizations Tuesday called for an end to raids on LGBTQ+ people carried out by multiple policing organizations in Malaysia. The demand comes after a police raid of a...
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    Jurist US Supreme Court rejects Turkish appeal to dismiss Washington DC protests lawsuits

    The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a request from the Turkish government to dismiss two civil lawsuits against it. The lawsuits allege that demonstrators were injured by Turkish security forces during a 2017 protest in Washington, DC. Turkey appealed on the basis of immunity under the...
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    Jurist UK government must end GPS tracking of migrants, rights groups say

    Human rights groups the Public Law Project, Bail for Immigration Detainees and Medical Justice Monday released a joint report calling upon the UK government to immediately end GPS electronic monitoring of immigration bailees. GPS monitors currently track approximately 2000 people for 24 hours a...
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    Jurist HRW calls on international leaders to impose harsher sanctions on Myanmar junta ahead of Asia summits

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday urged governments attending Asian summits in November to support tougher sanctions to curb human rights abuses by Myanmar’s junta. The Myanmar junta seized power in February 2021 and has since then committed “widespread and systematic abuses,” according to HRW...
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    Jurist ICC rules Afghanistan investigation may proceed after two-year hiatus

    Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday authorised prosecuters to resume their investigation into atrocities committed in Afghanistan since May 1, 2003, following a two-year hiatus. The Chamber examined materials submitted by Afghanistan and found “that Afghanistan...
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