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    Jurist Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns

    Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned Sunday, as widespread pro-democracy protests rocked the country. The protestors condemned the October coup that initially unseated Hamdok from the position of prime minister, as well as the deal that brought him back to power about four weeks later...
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    Jurist UNHCR in Jordan announces few Syrian refugees returned to Syria in 2021

    The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Jordan announced in a press conference with Jordanian media Sunday that 5,500 Syrian refugees had left Jordan and returned to Syria in 2021, a small fraction of the total number of Syrian refugees living in Jordan. The UNHCR stated that while many...
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    Jurist China, France, Russia, UK, US issue rare joint statement on nuclear security

    In an exceptional instance of diplomatic harmony, China, France, Russia, the UK and the US released a joint statement Monday advocating for nuclear non-proliferation, and citing the historic refrain, “nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” The statement, which urged the imperative...
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    Jurist Biden tells Ukraine president US will act ‘decisively’ if Russia invades Ukraine

    US President Joe Biden spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday to discuss Russia’s troop buildup near its Ukraine border and vowed Washington and its allies would “respond decisively” if Russia invades Ukraine, according to a White House statement. Russia currently has...
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    Jurist Fearing for safety of journalists, Hong Kong pro-democracy news site shutters

    Citing concerns for the safety of its reporters amid Hong Kong’s ongoing crackdown on pro-democracy journalism, independent media outlet CitizenNews announced the decision to shutter its operations Sunday. The move comes five years from the day the news outlet was established with the aim of...
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    Jurist India competition regulator orders probe against Apple for commission on in-app payments

    The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered Friday a detailed investigation against Apple over allegations that the commission policies of its App Store are anti-competitive. The order came after an NGO, Together We Fight Society, filed a plea alleging that Apple abused its dominant...
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    Jurist UNICEF warns grave violations against children’s rights are on the rise

    UNICEF sounded the alarm Friday over surging numbers of child casualties amid armed conflicts. “From Afghanistan to Yemen, and Syria to northern Ethiopia, thousands of children paid a devastating price as armed conflict, inter-communal violence, and insecurity continued,” the organization said...
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    Jurist After days of armed attacks, World Food Program scraps North Darfur operations

    In the aftermath of a large-scale looting attacks, and amid deteriorating economic conditions in the region, the World Food Program (WFP) announced that it has suspended operations in El Fasher, the capital city of the Sudanese State of North Darfur. The shuttering is expected to affect some two...
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    Jurist War crimes prosecutor indicts nine for killing Muslims during Bosnia War

    A war crimes prosecutor Wednesday indicted nine Bosnian Serbs for killing about 100 Muslim Bosniaks during the Bosnian War, according to Reuters. All nine are men who served in the Bosnian Serb army and are accused of killing dozens of Muslim civilians, including seven entire families, women...
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    Jurist Afghanistan dispatches: ‘My hands were shaking with fear of being shocked… My little sister was very scared and clinging on to me’

    Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a female law student reports on what she witnessed during her second visit to the passport office in one of the country’s major cities. For privacy and security...
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