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    Jurist UN Human Rights Council calls for equal rights for women in Taliban-led Afghanistan

    The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Friday adopted a resolution affirming its commitment to equal rights for women in Afghanistan, calling for representative participation in an organized dialogue on the issue at the next HRC session and directing the Taliban to establish institutions to protect...
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    Jurist Twitter asks India court to overturn information blocking orders

    Twitter, Inc. Tuesday sought judicial review from the High Court of the Indian State of Karnataka of the federal government’s online information blocking orders. In its petition filed before the Karnataka High Court, Twitter contended that the online information blocking orders issued by the...
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    Jurist New South Australia laws increase access to abortion

    South Australia’s Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021 went into effect Thursday, modernizing the state’s termination of pregnancy laws and increasing access to abortion for women in outside of Adelaide. The Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021 passed the state’s parliament more than a year ago on 11...
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    Jurist European Parliament votes to adopt abortion rights into fundamental charter

    The European Parliament Thursday voted 324-155 to adopt a resolution making the right to an abortion a fundamental human right. The proposed statement would add the words “[e]veryone has a right to safe and legal abortion” to Article VII of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European...
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    Jurist UK Law Commission recommends criminal reforms surrounding non-consensual sexual images

    The Law Commission of England and Wales Thursday released new recommendations for reforming the criminal code surrounding the taking and sharing of non-consensual sexual images. In England and Wales only “upskirting” and voyeurism are criminalized, but other offenses such as “deepfakes” (putting...
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    Jurist WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to controversial drug trafficking charges in Russia

    Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug trafficking in Khimki Russia amid accusations that she was wrongfully detained in the country. According to Russian state news agency TASS, Griner admitted her guilt but stated there was no intent...
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    Jurist European Court of Human Rights rules against Greece in landmark migrant rights case

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday }']ruled that Greece’s “pushback” operation that led to the sinking of a migrant boat, killing eleven (including children and infants), violated articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In Safi and others v. Greece, the court...
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    Jurist Russia Duma tightens domestic economic controls to support war operations

    Russia’s State Duma Wednesday adopted two bills that would allow the government to introduce “special measures in the economic sphere” to support Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, including mandating businesses to carry out assigned government contracts. The first bill includes measures...
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    Jurist US Senate committee chairs call for investigation into TikTok and parent company for invading users’ privacy

    US Senate Intelligence Committee members Tuesday called for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance for invading the privacy of its users. The members accuse the companies of repeatedly allowing company engineers...
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    Jurist Belarus dispatch: Minsk expands reach of death penalty to include enemies of Lukashenko regime

    Law students and lawyers in Belarus are filing reports with JURIST on the situation in their country Here, a law student reports on the complications posed by the authoritarian government’s recent expansion of the list of crimes for which one can be executed. For privacy and security reasons, we...
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