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JURIST
MARCH 20, 2022
For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The banking sector has assisted in economic development of Afghanistan throughout the past two decades and Islamic banking is widely one of the fastest growing sector not only in Afghanistan but in the Middle East market.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The use and sale of artificial intelligence systems should be suspended until governments can establish “guardrails” to protect privacy, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR). Meanwhile, any AI systems found to be “incompatible” with human rights protections should be banned outright, said Michelle Bachelet.
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JURIST
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
The whistleblower said that he leaked the information because “I believe that Swiss banking secrecy laws are immoral…The pretext of protecting financial privacy is merely a fig leaf covering the shameful role of Swiss banks as collaborators of tax evaders.”
JURIST
MARCH 28, 2025
HRW Middle East and North Africa Director Belkees Jarrah criticized the conviction and said the case was part of a broader crackdown on journalists and human rights activists in the country. .”
JURIST
JULY 25, 2023
Middle East director of HRW Lama Fakih also stated that “[t]here is an urgent need to address the downward spiral on rights we are seeing in Jordan today.” These include the Crime Prevention Law of 1954 , the Penal Code of 1960 , the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2006 , and the Cybercrime Law of 2015.
JURIST
MAY 4, 2023
One video showed the detained American citizen telling authorities that he and others brought in Bibles with invisible ink, readable only with a special light, to protect the privacy of those reading them. A lawyer for another one of the detainees told The Guardian his client was tortured into renouncing his faith.
JURIST
OCTOBER 9, 2024
McCallum stressed the necessity of maintaining access to encrypted communications to prevent plots while upholding privacy laws, with recent cases underscoring the potential for online radicalization to translate into real-world violence, from synagogue attack plans to stabbings at public events.
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