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    Jurist Bosnia criminal code amendments outlaw denial of genocide, glorification of war criminals

    The Office of the High Representative (OHR) for Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday introduced amendments to the Bosnia-Herzegovina Criminal Code sanctioning the glorification of war crimes or war criminals and denial of the Bosnian genocide that resulted from the Srebrenica massacre between 1992...
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    Jurist El Salvador officials order arrest of second ex-president charged with embezzling public funds

    El Salvador officials have ordered the arrest of former president Salvador Sánchez Cerén after he was charged with unlawfully receiving USD $530,000 as a bonus during his time as vice president. The Attorney General’s office initiated the legal process and asked international police to locate...
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    Jurist Sierra Leone parliament passes bill to abolish death penalty

    The Parliament of Sierra Leone passed a bill Friday abolishing the death penalty. If given presidential assent, this law will see the west African country become the 23rd country in the continent to abolish the capital punishment. The country’s legal regime prescribes the death penalty for the...
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    Jurist Hong Kong court denies bail to 4 former employees of pro-democracy tabloid

    A Hong Kong court denied bail to four former employees of the pro-democracy Apple Daily after they were charged with colluding with foreign forces under Beijing’s imposed national security law (English). According to the Hong Kong Free Press, the bail applications of the employees were rejected...
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    Jurist Spain president proposes Digital Rights Charter, outlining fundamental rights of individuals online

    Spanish President Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday announced publication of the Carta Derechos Digitales, or Digital Rights Charter. Rather than presenting the Charter as regulation or new legislation, Sánchez stated that the Charter is meant to be a framework of reference for all Spanish authorities...
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    Jurist ECHR unanimously declares Polish Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber an illegitimate tribunal

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously held that the Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court has violated Polish lawyer Joanna Reczkowicz’s right to a fair trial and does not represent a lawful tribunal. Reczkowicz was suspended from practice for three years...
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    Jurist US Treasury sanctions Cuba defense minister and special forces unit

    The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions Thursday against Cuban Defense Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera and an entire special forces unit for alleged human rights violations in relation to the suppression of peaceful protests. Earlier this month, thousands...
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    Jurist Austria Supreme Court refers Facebook data collection questions to ECJ

    Austria’s Supreme Court of Justice referred four fundamental questions regarding the legality of Facebook’s collection and use of EU customers’ data to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) on Tuesday. The questions arose in a civil case filed by Maximilian Schrems, an Austrian...
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    Jurist Moscow court fines Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete illegal content

    Moscow’s Tagansky District Court imposed fines Thursday against Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, and Pavel Durov’s Telegram. The Russian government stated that these fines were the result of Facebook and Twitter failing to delete illegal content. The court first decided the case against the tech...
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    Jurist India joint panel on data protection receives fifth extension to present report

    The Lok Sabha approved the fifth extension requested by the Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. This grant allows the committee to submit its report during the Winter Session of the Parliament. The motion for extension was submitted by the newly...
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