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    Jurist Japan district court upholds ban on same-sex marriage

    Japan’s Osaka District Court ruled Monday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriages is not unconstitutional. The court rejected claims brought by three same-sex couples who sought marriage licenses. Because the court found the ban to be constitutional, it also dismissed the plaintiffs’...
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    Jurist Russia court upholds Meta ban for ‘extremist activity’

    Russia’s Moscow City Court Monday upheld a lower court ruling that Meta was guilty of “extremist activity” and kept the Kremlin’s ban on the social media company in place. State news agency TASS reported that the court called the ban “lawful and justified” after Russia’s media regulator...
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    Jurist Canada to ban single-use plastics by December 2023

    The Government of Canada Monday published its final regulations that aim to prohibit the sale of single-use plastics by December 2023. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault and Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos aim to regulate and prohibit single-use plastics, including...
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    Jurist China announces ban on industrial projects to combat climate change in key zones

    China Friday announced that it will ban new steel, coking, oil refining, cement, and glass projects in key zones to combat climate change by lowering pollution and carbon emissions. The plan establishes a zoning system to reduce carbon emissions. The zones classify urban areas, main...
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    Jurist Ireland PM warns Britain over revised Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade protocol

    Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin Sunday told the BBC that the UK’s revised Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade protocol would “effectively be very damaging to the NI economy.” As Martin noted, “it represents a form of economic vandalism on Northern Ireland.” The UK government’s Reformed...
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    Jurist UN rights experts urge UAE to release British businessman detained since 2008

    The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to immediately release Ryan Cornelius, a British businessman, who has been detained in the country since 2008 on fraud charges. The opinion is based on submissions made by Cornelius’ lawyers in the UK...
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    Jurist WTO reaches agreements including COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver and ban on subsidies for illegal fishing

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) early Friday agreed to the first changes to global trade regulations in many years, following contentious round-the-clock negotiations. Seven decisions and declarations were agreed upon by day six of the WTO Ministerial Conference, which was originally planned...
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    Jurist Israel court convicts Gaza head of international NGO of embezzling $50M for funding Hamas

    Israel’s Beersheba District Court has convicted international NGO World Vision’s Gaza manager of operations of diverting funds from the organization into Palestinian militant group Hamas. Mohammad El Halabi was arrested and charged in 2016 with, among others, membership of a terrorist group...
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    Jurist UK Home Secretary approves Assange extradition to US

    Uk Home Secretary Priti Patel Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. The Magistrates Court and High Court considered US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s extradition request and determined that extradition is not “oppressive, unjust or an...
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    Jurist UK court sentences two company directors to 11 years’ imprisonment for green investment fraud

    The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Wednesday announced Southwark Crown Court’s sentencing of two company directors to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of conspiracy to defraud and misconduct in a green investment scheme. Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers, former directors of Global Forestry...
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