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AUGUST 10, 2024

Amnesty International sent an open letter to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday, calling for immediate action against Venezuela for its crimes under international law. The rights organization urged the prosecutor, Karim Khan, to take immediate action regarding the escalating human rights crisis in Venezuela, where security forces and pro-government groups have been responsible for numerous deaths and the arbitrary detention of thousands of people.

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AUGUST 10, 2024

Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK is proud to announce the release of Private International Law in BRICS: Convergence, Divergence, and Reciprocal Lessons co-edited by Dr. Stellina Jolly, South Asian University, Delhi, India, and Professor Saloni Khanderia, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. The book forms part of Hart’s prestigious Private International Law Series with Professor Paul Beaumont, University of Stirling, as its Series Editor.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2024

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and public activist Wanjiru Gikonyo filed a petition in the High Court of Kenya on Thursday to challenge the recent appointments of cabinet secretaries in the country. The petition seeks to nullify the appointments of all 19 cabinet secretaries sworn in by President William Ruto just a day earlier. The petition named the attorney general and the National Assembly as respondents, while the Law Society of Kenya , Transparency International Kenya and the new

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AUGUST 10, 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

AUGUST 10, 2024

The Court of Appeals (CA) Special 7th Division of Philippines on Friday decided that the revocation order issued by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Filipino news website Rappler was illegal, ordering the SEC to restore the certificate of Incorporation of Rappler, Inc. and Rappler Holdings Corporation. The court declared the SEC’s previous order to shutdown Rappler was made “ with grave abuse of discretion, contravening established procedures, jurisprud

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2024

The Supreme Court of India on Friday granted bail to Manish Sisodia, the former deputy chief minister of Delhi and a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), marking a significant development in the ongoing legal proceedings related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. Sisodia, who had been in custody for over 17 months , was released following the court’s decision.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2024

Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned on Saturday following a series of protests in Dhaka. The resignation was confirmed by Aisf Nazrul, the acting minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs in the interim government. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement led the protests, demanding the immediate resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2024

The US, UK, and Canada announced more sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities Friday, all pointing to human rights abuses in Belarus and its support for Russia in the war against Ukraine. The countries moved for slightly different reasons. First, the US Department of the Treasury announced “action against 19 individuals, 14 entities, and one aircraft.” Some of those entities supply Russia’s armed forces.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2024

Senator Penny Wong on Saturday condemned the statements made by the Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich surrounding the military justification for the purposeful starvation of Palestinians, in the statement on her social media X (formerly Twitter). Her statement reports, “ Australia joins international partners, including the United Kingdom, Germany and France, in condemning the comments made by Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on Friday that the Biden administration’s effort to prohibit pistol braces was “arbitrary and capricious.” The federal appeals court found that the rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was deficient in clear standards, making it exceedingly difficult for people to ascertain whether their firearms adhered to the regulations after 25 Republican state attorneys general challenged the ATF’s rule

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