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Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court reversal of Article 63-A ruling comes amidst controversy over constitutional amendments
Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Abu ...
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Australia court upholds X fine for not disclosing measures to combat child abuse
An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for X (formerly Twitter) to pay a fine of A$610,500 for failing to comply with ...
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FIFA accepts Palestinian Federation petition against Israel
FIFA Council accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition on Thursday, announcing that it is investigating ...
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US Supreme Court denies request to block EPA rules under appeal
The US Supreme Court denied a request on Friday to place a hold on a lower court’s decision to uphold two EPA rules while the decisions are under appeal, meaning that the EPA rules must be followed ...
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Hungary protesters rally against state control of media
The leader of Hungary’s largest opposition party, Péter Magyar, organized a protest in Budapest on Saturday at the headquarters of the country's public broadcaster (MTVA) against the government's ...
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Russia prosecutor seeks 7-year sentence for US citizen accused of fighting for Ukraine
A Russian prosecutor requested a seven-year prison sentence for a 72-year-old US man accused of working as a mercenary for ...
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Humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as civilians flee Israel airstrikes
The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, arrived in Lebanon on Saturday in an effort to express solidarity and bring awareness to alleged breaches of ...
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Georgia signs bill protecting family values, minors from LGBT and homosexual influences
Speaker of the Republic of Georgia’s parliament Shalva Papuashvili announced on Thursday that he signed into law a bill aimed at protecting family values and minors from LGBT and homosexual influences ...
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Macron calls for France arms embargo of Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking to public broadcaster France Inter on Saturday, announced that France should no longer deliver weapons to Israel and urged other countries to halt arms ...
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Brazil supreme court rules fine must reach correct account to lift X ban
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil announced on Friday that social media platform X (formerly Twitter) must wait for the fine payed to the wrong government bank account to be transferred to ...
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Haiti gang attack kills 70 amid rising violence and humanitarian crisis
A gang attack in Haiti resulted in the deaths of at least 70 people in Pont-Sonde on Thursday, amid an alarming rise in gang ...
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UN unveils new monitoring methodology to combat online hate speech
The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect unveiled a groundbreaking methodology aimed at monitoring social media platforms on Friday. The initiative, backed by the UK ...