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    Jurist UK nurses strike for the first time in history over stagnant pay

    National Health Service (NHS) nurses in Britain Thursday staged their first ever national walkout and strike. The industrial action comes in the wake of unsuccessful efforts to negotiate pay with the government to match quickly rising inflation. Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the nurses’ union...
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    Jurist Journalists from Washington Post, New York Times, Voice of America, CNN and more abruptly suspended from Twitter

    Prominent journalists, including those from The Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, and Voice of America, had their Twitter accounts suspended Thursday. The ban also affected non-media related accounts, such as the official account for Mastodon, a rival social media platform that has been...
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    Jurist ICC unanimously rejects appeal by Uganda rebel group commander

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday unanimously rejected the appeal of Dominic Ongwen, former commander of Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). In May 2021, the ICC sentenced Ongwen to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen’s defense...
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    Jurist Record number of journalists detained in 2022 according to Reporters Without Borders report

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Thursday released their annual report summarizing violence and abuse against journalists. The organization reports that a total of 533 journalists are currently detained because of their work, 65 are held hostage and another 57 have been killed in the past year...
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    Jurist Iran removed from UN commission on women

    The UN Economic and Social Council (ESC) Wednesday voted to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Of the 54 current ESC members, 29 voted in favor of removal, 8 voted against and 16 abstained. Iran was to serve its term from 2022-2026. In early November, the US...
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    Jurist Peru declares 30-day state of emergency in midst of protests

    Peru Minister of Defense Alberto Otarola early Tuesday announced that Peru will enter a state of emergency. In a tweet, Otarola said the measures are meant to “guarantee order, the continuation of economic activities, and protection of millions of families” following the protests that have...
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    Jurist UK sanctions Russia commanders, Iran businessmen following strikes on Ukraine territory

    The UK Wednesday announced 16 new sanctions against Russian commanders and Iranian businessmen in response to missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. The sanctions are in response to the continuing Russian occupation and seizure of Ukrainian territory. The new sanctions...
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    Jurist UK begins war crime trials training program for Ukraine judges

    The UK Attorney General’s Office Wednesday announced it started a program to train Ukrainian judges to conduct war crime trials. The program will train 90 judges from Ukraine under the supervision of Sir Howard Morrison, a former judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Morrison said...
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    Jurist Human Rights Watch calls upon Hong Kong for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai and co-defendants

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday released a statement demanding the immediate released of Hong Kong “pro-democracy media tycoon” Jimmy Lai and six of his c0-defendants journalists. Lai is currently serving a 20-month prison sentence in Hong Kong for his participation in a vigil commemorating...
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    Jurist Reuters: Nigeria has killed at least sixty children in anti-Boko Haram military operations

    A Reuters investigation released Monday reports that Nigeria’s military has killed at least 60 children since 2009 as part of the nation’s 13-year battle against Islamic extremist organisations like Boko Haram. Under “Operation No Living Things,” soldiers were often acting on orders to...
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