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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘It is not the application of Islamic criminal law that frightens us, it is that it is applied without due process…”

JURIST

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation.

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Türkiye sparks global criticism as eight nations condemn alleged lawyer harassment

JURIST

Türkiye found itself the subject of international reproach on Friday, as a coalition of 27 bar associations, human rights organizations, and legal groups from eight countries pronounced their condemnation of the country’s alleged mistreatment of lawyers.

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China human rights lawyer sentenced to three and a half years in prison

JURIST

Chang Weiping, a Chinese human rights lawyer, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Thursday shortly after he was found guilty of “subversion of State Power.” They also also cancelled his lawyers license. After meeting his lawyers, he said that the police tortured him. He must be released immediately.”

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ICC appoints British lawyer Karim Khan as next chief prosecutor

JURIST

International Criminal Court (ICC) members voted Friday to elect British human rights lawyer and Queen’s Counsel Karim Khan as the court’s next prosecutor, taking over from Fatou Bensouda. ” Khan will assume his new post on June 16.

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Local Newspaper Brings Not-So-Subtle Attack On Basic Constitutional Rights

Above The Law

Listen lawyers: no matter what work you do, you have a role to play in how criminal law gets reported.

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Protect Your Electronic Contact List From Prying Eyes

Attorney at Work

Opinion 1240 has this digest statement: “If ‘contacts’ on a lawyer’s smartphone include any client whose identity or other information is confidential under Rule 1.6, All lawyers likely have the client’s name, office, cell number, email, physical address and job title. What Do You Actually Store in Your Contacts? Back to Ethics.

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Justices wrestle with procedural issues stemming from their own federal criminal law decision

SCOTUSBlog

“The court would have to judge trial tactics — whether a particular lawyer would want to put that kind of evidence in?” ” The post Justices wrestle with procedural issues stemming from their own federal criminal law decision appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Roberts broke in.