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Europe rights court rules Italy did not violate convention by keeping man with AIDS in prison during COVID

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After being placed in prison, the applicant filed an urgent request in March 2020 to be put on house arrest instead of being kept in the detention facility due to his health and his fear that he would die if was kept in the prison. This application was rejected by the general court because he had no adequate place to stay.

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ECOWAS court rules Nigeria violated human rights during October 2020 protests

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The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ruled on Wednesday that Nigeria violated the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in its response to the protests that took place in October 2020, according to a statement published by the court.

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Ireland High Court rules UK not safe for asylum applicants due to Rwanda plan

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The Irish High Court ruled Friday that a decision made by the country’s Minister for Justice in 2020 to declare the UK a “safe country” to send asylum seekers back to during processing was “unlawful as a matter of EU law.” The UK has yet to respond to the ruling.

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Federal appeals court rules two-sentence immigration decision insufficient

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Valarezo-Tirado claimed that a judge must take another look at his petition because the 13-word ruling failed to cite any evidence or offer a reasoned explanation of why his fear of persecution in his home country did not entitle him to relief. Valarezo-Tirado entered the US illegally in 2017 and was ordered deportation in early 2020.

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“Gambling With the Law: How SCOTUSblog’s Goldstein Risked It All; Goldstein reports negative net worth of $3.3 million; Investigation started in 2020, court filings say.”

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million; Investigation started in 2020, court filings say.” At Air Mail, George Pendle has an article headlined “ Tommy Supreme and the Blitz: Tom Goldstein was a star in arguing cases before the Supreme Court; He was also one of the worlds highest-rolling — and most recklesspoker players; Then his worlds collided.”

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Federal appeals court rules Los Angeles not required to provide housing to homeless population

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A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously decided Thursday that the decision of Judge David Carter, who oversaw the case in April 2020 , failed to follow legal requirements. In January 2020, there were reportedly over 66,400 people on the streets in the county.

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US Supreme Court rules jury unanimity rule does not apply retroactively

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In April 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in Ramos that defendants on trial in state courts must be convicted by a unanimous jury under the Sixth Amendment, which is incorporated to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. In Edward v.