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    Jurist Northern Ireland police guilty of ‘collusive behavior’ in 1990s, police ombudsman says

    Marie Anderson, Police Ombudsman for Nothern Ireland, released a 344-page report Tuesday identifying operational failures and “collusive behaviors” by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in the 1990s. Anderson’s office investigates civilian complaints about police in Northern Ireland. During...
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    Jurist Italian parliament votes to enshrine environmental protections in constitution

    The Italian Parliament voted Tuesday to include the protection of animals and the environment in the nation’s constitution. Prior to the amendment, Article Nine protected the “natural landscape and the historical and artistic heritage of the Nation.” Now, the Article includes a mandate to...
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    Jurist US publicizes inclusion of former Honduras president to corrupt actors list

    The US Department of State made public Monday the addition of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the “Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors” list (“the list”), which effectively makes Hernandez ineligible for visas and admission to the US. The move comes in the wake of a letter sent...
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    Jurist Netherlands continues detention of citizen in Suriname war crimes case

    A Netherlands court Monday set aside amnesty and decided to continue the pre-trial detention of a Dutch ex-army member suspected of war crimes, including the murder of civilians during Suriname’s internal war. The 55-year-old Suriname-born Dutchman was arrested in Amsterdam in October 2021 on...
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    Jurist Spain business executives implicated in decade-long spying scandal

    Spain’s High Court accepted appeals to reopen formal investigations Monday into Chairman Antonio Brufau and former Chairman Isidro Faine of Spain-based corporations Repsol and Caixabank, respectively. Judge Manuel Garcia Castellon had dismissed investigations into Brufau, Faine, Repsol and...
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    Jurist Hong Kong court dismisses US lawyer’s appeal in police assault case

    The Court of First Instance of the Hong Kong High Court dismissed the appeal Tuesday of US corporate lawyer Samuel Bickett, upholding his conviction and jail sentence for assaulting an off-duty police officer in December 2019. Bickett’s appeal centered on the lower court not giving enough...
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    Jurist Spain proposes ombudsman lead Catholic Church sexual abuse inquiry

    The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, Sunday proposed the country’s ombudsman lead an independent official investigation into Catholic Church sexual abuse of minors, according to El País. This is the latest step towards justice for Spain minors who suffered abuse at the hands of the...
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    Jurist Leaders and advocacy groups support International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM

    International leaders and advocacy groups recognized Sunday the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Responding to a UNICEF report released earlier this week which found COVID-19 slowed progress towards ending FGM, the international community banded together...
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    Jurist Israel announces commission to probe illegal police use of Pegasus spyware

    Israel’s Public Security Minister, Omer Barlev, announced Monday that he will set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the Israeli police’s alleged use of NSO group’s Pegasus spyware for illicit surveillance of citizens. Barlev initially denied that the Israeli police used the spyware for...
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    Jurist HRW criticizes ‘sham’ DRC trial for murders of UN experts

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday lamented the four-year trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that failed to uncover the complete truth behind the 2017 murders of two UN experts, Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharpe, and their Congolese interpreter and motorbike drivers. Zaida Catalán, a...
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