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    Jurist Barbados High Court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark ruling

    The Barbados High Court Monday issued an oral judgement striking down two laws which effectively criminalized gay sex in the island nation. Sections 9 and 12 of the Barbados Sexual Offences Act of 1992 criminalized “buggery” and acts of “serious indency” with penalties of up to life imprisonment...
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    Jurist New Zealand implements lifetime ban on youth tobacco consumption

    New Zealand Tuesday passed the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Bill to prohibit anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, from ever purchasing cigarettes. The law will usher in a lifetime ban to prevent future generations from being able to purchase cigarettes and lowers allowable...
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    Jurist G7 and EU foreign ministers discuss support of Ukraine in war against Russia, issue new sanctions against Iran

    G7 leaders and EU foreign ministers Monday held several meetings to discuss the implementation of new sanctions against Iran and economic support for Ukraine in the country’s ongoing war against Russia. EU foreign ministers adopted a new round of sanctions against Iran and discussed, but did not...
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    Jurist Alberta legislature passes bill allowing provincial government to override federal law

    The Canadian province of Alberta’s legislature Thursday passed Premier Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act, empowering the provincial government to dismiss federal law, programs, and policies. The Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada allows for the provincial government of Alberta to, if the...
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    Jurist Hong Kong court sentences Jimmy Lai to nearly six years in prison on fraud charges

    A Hong Kong district court Saturday sentenced pro-democracy activist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai to almost six years of imprisonment on fraud charges. Lai is already serving a 20-month prison sentence in Hong Kong for his participation in a vigil commemorating the victims of the 1989...
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    Jurist Libyan man accused in terrorist 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing now in US custody

    Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told the BBC on Sunday that Libyan national Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is in US custody. Al-Marimi was allegedly involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. A...
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    Jurist Japan parliament approves law to tighten restrictions on Unification Church donations

    Japan’s House of Councillors Saturday passed a law to tighten restrictions on the solicitation of donations by religious and secular groups. The legislation is intended to prevent Japan’s controversial Unification Church, or the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, from using...
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    Jurist China eases COVID-19 restrictions nationwide in major policy change

    The National Health Commission (NHC) of China Wednesday announced eased COVID-19 regulations. The NHC’s new, more relaxed regulations are the first nationwide change regarding the virus, and a step away from their previous zero-COVID policy. A ten-point directive been released by the NHC...
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    Jurist Iran carries out first execution of Mahsa Amini protestor

    Iran authorities Thursday executed 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari for protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, according to state-affiliated source Tasnim News Agency. Shekari is the first protestor to be executed since Iranians nationwide began protesting Amini’s death in police custody. Amini was...
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    Jurist Germany arrests 25 members of Qanon-aligned terrorist organisation for allegedly planning coup

    The German Office of the Federal Prosecutor (Generalbundesanwalt) Wednesday arrested 25 suspected members and supporters of an unnamed terrorist organisation who allegedly planned to “overcome the existing state order in Germany” through violence and replace it with their own form of government...
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