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    Jurist Iran dispatch: ‘The gun was about 8 inches away from my face’

    Law students and young lawyers in Iran are reporting for JURIST on protests and related developments in Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. Here, a correspondent in Tehran talks about her experience after a recent protest. For security and privacy reasons, we are withholding the name...
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    Jurist US appeals court rejects China state-owned company’s challenge to FCC revocation of authority to operate in US

    The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday denied China Telecom Corporation’s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order revoking the Chinese state-owned telecommunications company’s authority to operate in the US. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft...
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    Jurist UK High Court rules Brexit settlement scheme ‘unlawful’

    The UK High Court Wednesday held that the Home Office acted unlawfully in implementing the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). The scheme was introduced as part of the Brexit process. It grants UK immigration status to EU citizens who moved to the UK prior to Brexit. However, the court said that the...
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    Jurist Taliban decision to ban women from universities draws global criticism

    The Taliban’s announcement that women in Afghanistan would be banned from attending university drew sharp criticism from around the globe Wednesday. The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the US and the...
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    Jurist India Transgender Welfare Board to establish housing program for transgender individuals

    The Transgender Welfare Board of Chandigarh, India Tuesday alterted the High Court of Punjab and Haryan that Garima Grah, a scheme for providing shelter for transgender individuals, will be implemented in the union territory shortly. Post-graduate student Ashish, who identifies themselves as...
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    Jurist Tajikstan prosecutor seeks 7 years in prison for online journalist

    Tajiki prosecutors asked a court in Dushanbe, Tajikstan to convict online journalist Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda to seven years in prison on extremism charges, according to a statement by Pirmuhammadzoda’s relatives to Radio Free Europe (RFE) on Monday. Pirmuhammadzoda’s relatives told RFE that...
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    Jurist Nova Scotia First Nations drop fishing lawsuit in favor of new legal action

    The Potlotek First Nation and Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs Monday dropped their civil suit against the Canadian federal government over fishing provisions. The groups announced that they will instead focus on providing legal defense to a Potlotek harvester who was fishing under a...
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    Jurist New Zealand High Court rules special conditions imposed on deportee amount to double jeopardy

    The High Court of New Zealand Tuesday held that the classification of a deportee as a returning prisoner and the subsequent imposition of special conditions on him amounted to double jeopardy and is therefore unlawful and contrary to the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. The deportee, “G,” was...
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    Jurist Germany court convicts former Nazi concentration camp secretary

    A court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein Tuesday convicted Irmgard Furchner, 97, for aiding and abetting murder while working as a secretary at the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp. Furchner worked at Stutthof between June 1, 1943, and April 1, 1945. While she was employeed, authorities...
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    Jurist Amnesty International: Libya armed group must be held responsible for ‘catalogue of horrors’

    Amnesty International Monday accused armed group Tariq Ben Zeyad (TBZ) of committing war crimes and other human rights abuses to enforce the reign of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) and its leader Khalifa Haftar. In a research briefing, Amnesty International detailed incidences of forced...
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