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JUNE 22, 2024

Amnesty International on Friday raised alarm regarding a wave of legal initiatives across the Americas that threaten to curtail the activities of civil society organizations. These measures, currently under consideration in Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, pose severe risks to the promotion and defense of human rights in the region. Peru’s congress is rapidly advancing legislation that Amnesty says restricts civic space.

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JUNE 22, 2024

“Crime Labs Are Drowning in Work. That Hurts Us All. In Smith v. Arizona, the Supreme Court again insisted that lab techs must testify in court about their findings. It’s a distraction from their day job.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

Iran’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence imposed on dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi, his lawyer announced Saturday. The news was confirmed by Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raisian, on X. Raisian said that, through this decision, the Iranian Supreme Court avoided an “irreparable judicial error” Salehi had been detained since October 2022 for speaking out and participating in protests against the death of Mahsa Amini.

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JUNE 22, 2024

“Rahimi and The Roberts Court’s All New, Also Old, Second Amendment Doctrine: A (mostly) embarrassed Supreme Court majority tries to clean up sloppy (and deadly) Bruen with vague Rahimi. *Justice Thomas is not embarrassed.” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

A report by Rainbow Refugees NI and Law Centre NI published on Friday revealed that LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Northern Ireland experience serious homophobic abuse in their asylum accommodation. The report, titled “We are getting hurt,” shows that 78 percent of the study’s participants experienced “homophobic abuse or violence in or around their asylum accommodation.” According to Rainbow Refugees NI, LGBTQ+ asylum seekers have experienced homophobic abuse such as nam

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

The US Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit blocked an appeal Friday from Texas gun owners and state Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking judicial approval of a Texas gun law that exempts the state from federal firearm silencer regulations. In a short 14-page decision the court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing the case for lack of standing.

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JUNE 22, 2024

“Clarence Thomas was snubbed in the Supreme Court’s gun ruling. So were a few other people. There are clear winners and losers — but Chief Justice John Roberts got in a few digs for both sides, too.” Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

Pakistani authorities initiated a rigorous investigation to identify and arrest members of a mob that killed a tourist accused of blasphemy in the Swat district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to local media on Friday. Regional Police Chief Mohammad Ali Gandapur confirmed that a case has been registered against the organizers of the mob and that authorities are actively working to identify and arrest the individuals involved.

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JUNE 22, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

The Punjab, Pakistan government imposed protest restrictions on Friday citing the “law and order situation” and security threats posed by demonstrations. The order came at the time when Pakistan’s previous ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ( PTI ) had called for a nationwide protest to release its leader and Pakistan’s ex-prime minister, Imran Khan from jail.

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JUNE 22, 2024

The Daily Journal and Zócalo Public Square recently profiled former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. The Daily Journal piece is part of its ADR profile series. Cantil-Sakauye stressed the uncertainties of the court system as a reason to embrace mediation. “DBW — no case is a dead-bang winner,” she said, “Sometimes you win when you should lose, and you lose when you should win.” Because her position as president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

The French Court of Cassation annulled an award granted in an arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 2020 on Friday. The case before the French court arose when the presiding arbitrator of a three-person ICC tribunal, Thomas Clay, wrote a eulogy for lawyer Emmanuel Gaillard, counsel of a party before the body. Arbitration is the process whereby two parties with a commercial relationship refer a dispute to a tribunal which makes a binding decision on the dispute.

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JUNE 22, 2024

“After gun control victory at Supreme Court, justices have other firearms cases in their sights; The latest ruling is likely the first of many in which gun rights advocates challenge restrictions; One of those cases could affect Hunter Biden’s recent conviction”: Lawrence Hurley and Dareh Gregorian of NBC News have this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday urged the Nigerian authorities to release and drop the charges against journalist Precious Eze Chukwunonso, the publisher of the privately owned outlet News Platform. Chukwunonso has been in detention for almost three weeks following a complaint about his reporting. Muthoki Mumo, CPJ’s Africa Program Coordinator, called on Nigerian authorities to ensure protection and a safe environment for journalists.

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JUNE 22, 2024

Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. Rahimi and its implications for the Hunter Biden appeal. The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the challenge to the federal gun law. Here is the column: On Friday, Hunter Biden may have lost the greatest Hail Mary pass in history. When Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw his famous winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson in 1975, he later explained “I closed my eyes and sai

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

A San Francisco jury on Friday found David DePape guilty on all counts related to his attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. The charges against him included first-degree burglary, false imprisonment of an elder, threatening a family member of a public official, and dissuading a witness by force or threat. The jury also found that DePape inflicted great bodily injury and used a deadly weapon when he broke into the Pelosi residence in October 2022 and atta

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

Alabama inmate Alan Eugene Miller on Friday requested the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama block his scheduled nitrogen gas execution, which would be the second of its kind in US history. In 2000, Miller was sentenced to death for the murder of three people. Alabama law lets death row inmates choose the method of death either by lethal injection or by nitrogen gas.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

China introduced on Friday the death penalty for “particularly serious” cases involving supporters of Taiwanese independence. The new judicial guidelines outline severe punishments for activities deemed as fragmenting the country or inciting secession. The new standards, titled “Opinions on Punishing the Crimes of Splitting the Country and Inciting Splitting the Country by ‘Taiwan Independence’ Diehards,” were jointly issued by the Supreme People’s Court

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