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    Jurist Australia enacts tough hate speech laws amid anti-semitism surge

    The Australian government enacted a new law banning the display of hate symbols and mandating minimum sentences for certain terror offences on Thursday, as part of a broader effort to curb the surge in antisemitism across the country. The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 targets...
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    Jurist Press freedom advocates urge Sri Lanka to ensure accountability for journalist killings

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday for their alleged failure to uphold accountability and due process in the 2009 extrajudicial killing of investigative journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, urging decisive action to end the country’s “alarming...
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    Jurist ICC condemns US order imposing sanctions on its staff

    The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Tomoko Akane, on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s Thursday executive order that imposed sanctions on the court’s staff. The order follows the ICC’s issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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    Jurist UK high court rules British military was “not justified” in 1992 IRA killings

    The Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland ruled on Thursday that the use of lethal force by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1992 was “not justified” when it resulted in the killing of four members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The judgment found that the SAS, a specialist British...
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    Jurist Trump signs order sanctioning ICC for issuing warrants for Israel PM

    US President Trump signed an executive order Thursday sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. The order imposes significant sanctions on ICC officials and their immediate...
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    Jurist Italy justice minister defends decision to release alleged war criminal to Libya

    Italy’s justice minister, on Wednesday, defended the decision to repatriate accused Libyan war criminal Osama Njeem, blaming the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s allegedly “flawed” arrest warrant. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Njeem on 18 January 2025 for suspected crimes against...
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    Jurist US judge sentences UK citizen to 44 years in prison for plotting London airport bombing

    Minh Quang Pham, a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was sentenced Tuesday to 44 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack at London’s Heathrow Airport in 2011. The sentence was handed down by Judge Richard Berman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New...
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    Jurist EU court upholds €320M fine against Poland over judicial reforms

    DunixeBerlanas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The EU General Court on Wednesday upheld a significant financial penalty against Poland, amounting to approximately €320 million, due to non-compliance with EU laws through its judicial reforms enacted in 2019. The European Commission argued...
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    Jurist Philippines House of Representatives approves impeachment proceedings for corruption against Vice President

    The House of Representatives of the Philippines voted on Wednesday to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte following allegations of corruption and serious breaches of the Constitution. This impeachment marks the first time a vice president of the Philippines has faced such proceedings...
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    Jurist Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

    Foreign Minister Gideon Saar formally announced on Thursday that Israel will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). According to Saar’s letter, addressed to the UNHRC President, the decision was reached “in light of the ongoing and unrelenting institutional bias against...
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