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    Jurist Former Honduras president extradited to US on drug trafficking, conspiracy charges

    The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday announced that former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández would appear before a New York federal court after being extradited to the US to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. From about 2004 to 2022, Hernández allegedly...
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    Jurist South Korea Supreme Court overturns convictions of soldiers for gay sex

    The Supreme Court of South Korea Thursday overturned a 2019 military court conviction of two male soldiers sentenced for having consensual sex outside their military facilities. In its landmark ruling, the Supreme Court said that the military court did not consider whether the defendant’s...
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    Jurist UK announces 26 new sanctions on Russian defense individuals and entities

    The UK Thursday announced 26 new sanctions on Russian individuals and entities who continue to support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The reasons behind the new sanctions, according to UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, are Putin’s renewed military assault in the eastern...
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    Jurist Canada imposes sanctions on ‘close associates’ of Russian regime

    Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly Tuesday announced that Canada was imposing sanctions on 14 “close associates” of the Russian regime, including President Vladimir Putin’s two daughters. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Canada has imposed sanctions on over 750...
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    Jurist New Zealand sanctions 18 additional Russian financial entities

    New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta Tuesday announced fresh sanctions on Russia’s banks and financial institutions. New Zealand’s Parliament passed the Russia Sanctions Act 2022 on March 9 “n the absence of an effective response from the United Nations Security Council.” The new sanctions...
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    Jurist Hong Kong pro-democracy activist jailed for sedition in first post-colonial case

    Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and DJ, Tam Tak-chi, was found guilty Wednesday of seditious speech and sentenced to jail for 40 months in Hong Kong’s District Court. Tam Tak-chi is the first person since Hong Kong’s 1997 handover to stand full trial for sedition in Hong Kong. Tam was...
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    Jurist Expert says UK PM’s failure to follow COVID-19 restrictions presents constitutional crisis

    Boris Johnson is the first UK Prime Minister to be fined for breaking the law and has thrust the country toward a constitutional crisis, according to a leading constitutional expert. Johnson was fined on April 12 for violating UK COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. In March 2020 the UK imposed a...
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    Jurist UN urges Australia to repatriate citizens detained in Syria

    UN experts warned the Australian government to take action to rescue 46 Australian citizens, including 30 children, from camps in north-eastern Syria. In a letter released Sunday, UN experts described how the conditions in the camps constitute violations of human rights and meet the standard for...
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    Jurist Mexico parliament blocks president’s plan to increase state control over power generation

    A bill that would have given the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) at least 54 percent of Mexico’s electricity market failed in the nation’s Congress of the Union, according to Mexican news sources El Universal. The defeat came Sunday after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez...
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    Jurist Lithuania bans symbols associated with Russian invasion of Ukraine

    The Lithuanian legislature, the Seimas, Tuesday passed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Law on Assemblies to prohibit symbols associated with Russian aggression in Ukraine. Banned symbols include the letters “V” or “Z” and the black and orange ribbon of St. George. Paulė...
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