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Amnesty International: China and Hong Kong students abroad facing transnational repression by home government

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Those interviewed expressed how Chinese officials would harass family members in mainland China, such as by threatening to revoke their passports or get them fired from their jobs. Other interviewees claimed being photographed or recorded at events such as protests.

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UN adopts draft resolution to bridge Artificial Intelligence gap for developing countries

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The bridging of the digital divide calls on the international community to foster international cooperation and promote a fair business environment. Member states are called upon to lift obstacles for developing countries and incorporate capacity-building into their national development plans and strategies where appropriate.

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World leaders must help secure release of jailed Uyghur academic: Amnesty International

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Amnesty International on Wednesday called on world leaders to help secure the release of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti ahead of the 10-year anniversary of his conviction. ” The post World leaders must help secure release of jailed Uyghur academic: Amnesty International appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration calls to raise Australia’s age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

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The conference brought together expert presenters, elders, community leaders, medical specialists, academics and members of the judiciary and legal profession. .” The conference, held in Sydney between October 29 and October 30, was a collaboration between the Law Society of South New Wales and AIJA.

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EU dispatch: European Parliament urges Council to determine whether Hungary has breached the rule of law before holding rotating presidency

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Law students and young lawyers from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Also Thursday, the Parliament also adopted its yearly fundamental rights report which points out Hungary’s use of spyware like Pegasus and oppression of the LBTQI+ community.

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President of Central African Republic orders removal of top judge from Constitutional Court

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” Darlan was elected by her fellow professors to represent the academic community at the country’s top court in 2017 for a term of seven years. The decree cites her forced retirement from professorship under an October 10 presidential order as a “definitive impediment.”

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Israel dispatch: protesters mass outside Knesset as controversial ‘judicial reform’ legislation advances

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Members of the Ultra-Orthodox community, army veterans, high-tech industry workers, academics, and more were together. This protest was also a workers’ strike: protesters took a “day off” of work, leaving offices empty and stores closed, to raise their voices in Israel’s capital city.