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    Jurist Rights groups in the Canadian province of British Columbia urge an end to police in-school programming

    The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and Policing-Free Schools Canada sent a letter to the British Columbia Ministers of Education and Child Care, and Public Safety and Solicitor General, calling for an end all police-in-school programming in the province. According to...
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    Jurist Canada passes bill amending Criminal Code to ban forced sterilization

    The upper house of the Canadian parliament passed Bill S-228 on Monday to amend the Criminal Code (the “Code”) and explicitly criminalize forced and coerced sterilization. Specifically, the bill amends § 268(1) of the Code and prohibits the performance of a sterilization procedure without a...
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    Jurist Press freedom groups concerned over human rights in Egypt

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and 14 other press freedom and human rights organizations sent a letter to the EU Monday raising concerns over Egypt’s lack of progress on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. As part of the elevation of the EU-Egypt relationship to a...
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    Jurist ICC chief prosecutor suspended amid sexual misconduct claims

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday suspended its Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan, following allegation of sexual misconduct. The unprecedented move places Khan’s future in the hands of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), which will convene a special session to determine whether he...
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    Jurist UN climate chief urges countries to accelerate action to implement climate commitments

    The UN climate chief, Siomn Stiell, called on countries on Monday to take further and urgent steps to implement their commitments to mitigate climate change and accelerate the energy transition, during the opening of the UN Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany. In his speech, Stiell emphasized...
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    Jurist Estonia Supreme Court upholds law restricting domestic ties to foreign religious organizations

    Riigikohus, the Estonia Supreme Court, in a 11-6 decision on Monday refused to declare as unconstitutional a set of amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act (the “Act”) that would have restricted domestic religious organizations from associating with a foreign religious organization or...
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    Jurist Hong Kong proposes new law empowering chief executive to certify criminal acts as national security offenses

    The Hong Kong Legislative Council’s panels on Security, and Administration of Justice and Legal Services (the “Panels”) on Monday proposed a new “subsidiary legislation” under Article 23 of Hong Kong Basic Law, empowering its chief executive to certify “other offences endangering national...
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    Jurist UN rights chief urges US to lift Cuba sanctions

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday that the expansion of US sanctions against Cuba is causing widespread harm to the population and endangering lives and called for them to be lifted immediately. Türk’s statement identified two overlapping measures: the national...
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    Jurist Nigeria authorities criticized for inadequate response to violence against young women and girls

    UN rights experts on Monday condemned Nigerian authorities after sources reported that mass killings, kidnappings, forced conversion, sexual violence, and enforced disappearances were disproportionately targeting women and girls in Christian and minority religious communities. In commenting on...
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    Jurist Bolivia legislature clears way for increased crackdown on anti-government protests as country enters fifth week of nationwide tensions

    Bolivia’s legislature has passed a law granting embattled President Rodrigo Paz the authority to use military troops to clear roadblocks set up by protesters, as the country enters its fifth week of nationwide anti-government demonstrations. The law was passed in Bolivia’s Chamber of Deputies on...
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