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    Jurist Surge in hate crimes in Canada, advocates call for anti-racism legislation

    Statistics Canada has released a report showing a drastic increase in hate crimes from 2019 to 2021. The report shows a 72 percent increase largely across religious, racial or ethnic, and sexual orientation lines. The report shows an alarming 293 percent increase in hate crimes against East or...
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    Jurist Uganda shuts down LGBTQ+ NGO over ‘illegal’ operations

    Stephen Okello, Executive Director of Uganda’s National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Bureau), Friday announced that the NGO Bureau had halted Sexual Minorities Uganda’s (SMUG) operations. Okello claimed that SMUG was operating illegally because it was not registered with the...
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    Jurist Outgoing leadership in Italy announces sweeping justice system reforms

    The government of outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Thursday announced sweeping reforms to the country’s justice system. Draghi, a former European Central Bank president who was elected to stabilize the country’s economy, resigned July 21 after the collapse of his national unity...
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    Jurist Canada temporarily bans handgun imports

    Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino Friday announced a temporary import ban on handguns. The ban will become active on August 19 and will cover weapons like pistols or revolvers that are designed to be shot with one hand. The majority of handguns...
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    Jurist UK files intervention in ICJ investigation of alleged Russian genocide in Ukraine

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Friday filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Ukraine v. Russian Federation. Human rights experts in Ukraine and across the world have accused Russia of genocide during its invasion...
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    Jurist Scientist in Russia hypersonic missile program jailed, accused of treason

    Russian state-run news agency TASS Friday reported that the Director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch Alexander Shiplyuk has been jailed for high treason. According to the institute’s scientific director Vasily Fomin...
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    Jurist Amnesty report accuses Ukraine of endangering civilian lives, angering Kyiv

    Amnesty International Thursday released a report which accused Ukraine of basing troops in residential areas, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to say that the report “tries to shift the responsibility from the aggressor to the victim.” The report quoted Agnès Callamard, Amnesty...
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    Jurist UN Secretary General announces probe into Ukraine prison attack

    UN Secretary General António Guterres Wednesday announced a fact-finding mission into a recent attack on a Ukrainian prison. The rocket strike hit a prison located in Olenivka, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, which housed Ukrainian prisoners of war. 50 people died in the strike...
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    Jurist Long-awaited report provides new evidence of Rohingya genocide in Myanmar

    The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) released its long-awaited report Thursday on the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. CIJA began its investigation in 2018, looking for evidence to clear a path toward international criminal prosecutions. CIJA has previously worked in...
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    Jurist ECHR denies family’s request to stop hospital from removing son’s life support

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Wednesday rejected a UK family’s request to prevent the hospital from removing their son from life support. The hospital placed 12-year-old Archie Battersbee on life support in early April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury. With the ruling...
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