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    Jurist Northern Ireland drops prosecution of last soldier charged in Bloody Sunday killings

    Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) announced on Friday that the prosecution of Soldier F, the only British soldier to be charged in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings of 1972, will be discontinued. It was also announced that planned proceedings against a second soldier...
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    Jurist Ethiopia war enters ceasefire over humanitarian concerns

    Ethiopia’s federal government announced a ceasefire in Tigray on Friday. The Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Provisional Tigray Administration left Tigray’s capital as part of the ceasefire, pausing eight months of war. The Tigray Defense Force, a guerrilla warfare group, has not...
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    Jurist UK-funded task force to investigate Myanmar human rights violations

    A new United Kingdom-funded task force was formed Monday to investigate human rights violations in Myanmar that have occurred since Myanmar’s February coup. The project, called Myanmar Witness, was created “to independently collect, preserve, process, verify, investigate and review incidents of...
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    Jurist US Treasury says removing sanctions on 3 Iranians does not reflect sanctions policy

    The US Department of the Treasury on Friday removed sanctions on three Iranians, but stated that the move did not reflect a change in its sanctions policy toward Iran. The department announced that it had removed Behzad Ferdows, Mehrzad Ferdows and Mohammad Reza Dezfulian from the Office of...
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    Jurist Vatican charges cardinal and 9 others with financial crimes

    The Vatican charged 10 persons with financial crimes on Saturday, including an Italian cardinal. The charges follow an inquiry by the Vatican Gendarmerie. The charges center around the Vatican Secretariat of State’s investment in Raffaele Mincione’s Athena Capital Global Opportunities Fund...
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    Jurist 130 nations agree to global corporate tax reform

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced on Thursday that 130 nations have agreed to a plan to reform taxation rules regarding multinational corporations. The plan involves two pillars. The first pillar would reallocate some taxing rights over multinational...
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    Jurist US announces new sanctions against Myanmar military regime

    The US State Department announced new sanctions on Friday against 22 individuals connected to the military regime in Myanmar, as well as against four entities that provide monetary or material support to the regime. The announcement noted that the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets...
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    Jurist Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for contempt of court

    The Constitutional Court of South Africa sentenced Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, to 15 months’ imprisonment on Tuesday after the Court found him guilty of contempt of court. Zuma’s conviction followed his failure to comply with orders to appear before the Judicial Commission of...
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    Jurist France’s Council of State orders government to accelerate Paris Agreement climate commitments

    The French Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) ordered the country’s federal government to take accelerated action against climate change on Thursday, threatening possible fines for noncompliance. The Council—which provides legal advice to the executive and acts as the Supreme Court for...
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    Jurist India police organization files case against Twitter for child pornography

    The Delhi Police Cyber Cell on Monday filed a case against Twitter Inc. & Twitter Communication India Pvt. Ltd. for failing to take action on a complaint by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPR). The NCPR had filed a complaint in May for cases of child pornographic...
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