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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Human rights organizations sounded the alarm on Tuesday over the deteriorating health of Chinese legal scholar and human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly a month to protest his ongoing ill-treatment in detention. Xu , a key figure in China’s New Citizens’ Movement, has been held since February 2020, following his involvement in a meeting of activists and lawyers advocating for government transparency and civil rights.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

In a ruling that is 187 pages and has 2 dissents, the Supreme Court of Maryland remanded the Adnan Syed Case to Circuit court for a re-do of the Motion to Vacate his convictions. This is the second 4-3 ruling.

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The Paralegal Society

MARCH 7, 2024

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), an NGO promoting the protection of human rights, recalled on Monday the need for further action to hold China accountable for grave human rights violations in Xinjiang. The ISHR calls for the Chinese government to ensure the correct and timely implementation of the recommendations made by the the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in addition to permitting investigations in the region.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In the months following Uganda’s passage of draconian anti-LGBTQ+ legislation , human rights advocates are sounding the alarm over the country’s failure to protect members of the community from online harassment. Amnesty International on Wednesday reported a recent uptick in such harassment, finding that following the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) of 2023 , attacks against LGBTQ+ people have increased, forcing both individuals and organizations to significantly alter

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The International Criminal Court (ICC) filed an application on Wednesday for an arrest warrant against Myanmar’s military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, over alleged crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya minority. The ICC’s prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan KC, announced the move citing “reasonable grounds to believe” that Min Aung Hlaing bears criminal responsibility for the deportation and persecution of Rohingya Muslims in 2017. “The crimes wer

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The governments of the Republic of Chile, the Republic of Costa Rica, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Luxembourg, and Mexico referred Afghanistan for further investigation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday for violation of women’s rights in Afghanistan. In a press release, the Chilean Monitory of Foreign Affairs said: Today, the governments of the Republic of Chile, the Republic of Costa Rica, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an effective and legitimate tribunal, in a resolution adopted on Friday. The resolution marks a significant step towards holding those responsible for the aggression against Ukraine accountable. Meeting in Vienna and Riga, the Core Group, comprising representatives from various countries, welcomed Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute of t

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the Case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four Indigenous human rights defenders in 1989. The court determined that Guatemala violated multiple rights under the American Convention on Human Rights when state agents forcibly disappeared Agapito Pérez Lucas, Nicolás Mateo, Macario Pú Chivalán, and Luis Ruiz Luis, who were Indigenous Maya K’iche’ me

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The UK House of Commons began its first reading on Tuesday of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which aims to restrict the legal age to purchase tobacco each year to create the “first smoke-free generation” The bill was proposed under former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s government, and advanced by Parliament in April 2024. The 2023 King’s Speech outlined the bill’s initial proposal, which was to annually increase the legal age limit to purchase tobacco products as a means

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Canada’s Office of the Special Interlocutor on Tuesday concluded that the government committed systemic disappearance to Indigenous children who died and were buried at residential schools. Kimberly Murray outlined 42 legal, moral and ethical obligations for governments, churches, and other institutions to address the dark chapter in Canadian history.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

A federal US judge struck down Illinois’ Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) on Friday, ruling it unconstitutional under the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. US District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled that PICA infringes on an individual’s Second Amendment rights, citing recent US Supreme Court interpretations of the Second Amendment.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Amnesty International reported Thursday that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation and are living under life-threatening conditions due to the absence of essential facilities. The rights group also called on the belligerents in Myanmar to abide by international law and urged the international community to provide more humanitarian support.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Wednesday documenting extensive human rights abuses by Saudi employers and apathy by state agencies. The report crafted a series of suggestions for Saudi agencies, employers, and relevant parties to curtail future abuses, which it argues are particularly salient following the kingdom’s bid for the 2035 FIFA World Cup.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a report on Thursday that the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta routinely violates the constitutional rights of individuals in its custody. The DOJ’s report revealed the findings of a civil rights investigation launched in July 2023, uncovering pervasive abuses at the facility that included failures to protect inmates from violence, the use of excessive force, and neglect of essential medical care and humane living conditions.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The US government unsealed an indictment Monday charging two former high-ranking officials of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence with war crimes. The indictment accuses Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud of cruel and inhuman treatment, including the torture of detainees, some of whom were US citizens, at the Mezzeh military airbase prison in Damascus, Syria.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the murder conviction of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, should be set aside due to a witness having given false testimony in court and state prosecutors having failed to disclose key information about the witness. In 1997, a hotel maintenance worker named Justin Sneed beat his employer, Barry Van Treese, to death.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Amnesty International condemned Monday the increasing harm inflicted on children in Ukraine due to Russian airstrikes, describing the situation as a grave violation of international law. In a statement issued on Monday, Amnesty International outlined a series of attacks in 2024 that resulted in child casualties, calling for urgent accountability for the perpetrators of these unlawful acts and justice for the victims.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Commonwealth leaders from 56 countries announced on Saturday that they will discuss the possibility of reparations from the UK for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The schedule for the meeting was released during the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, stating that the leaders will “play an active role in bringing about such inclusive conversations,” referring to discussions on reparatory justice regarding the trans-Atlantic trade and chattel enslavement

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The United Nations (UN) said on Friday that Myanmar unprecedently has the highest number of civilian causalities from anti-personnel landmines, with children making up over a third of these numbers. UN experts have called for adherence to international law, warning that the situation is dire for Myanmar’s children. The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor’s 20 November report recorded 1,003 landmine causalities in Myanmar, with civilians accounting for 84% and children accounting fo

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Maine’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against multiple large oil companies alleging negligence, nuisance, unfair trade practices, failure to warn and trespass as parens patriae. Included among the parties being sued are Exxon, Shell, Chevron, British Petroleum (BP), Sunoco and the American Petroleum Institute (API). In the complaint submitted by the state, the attorney general emphasizes how large oil conglomerates, knowing the risks climate change posed to the public, fabricate

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday vacated a preliminary injunction that had blocked key provisions of Arizona’s contentious Senate Bill 1260 , resulting in the reinstatement of Arizona’s 2022 voter registration and mail-in voting laws which were intended to increase election security. The ruling reinstates two critical elements of the legislation: the “cancellation provision,” which allows counties to cancel a voter’s registration upon confirma

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Federal Police in Brazil announced on Monday that they identified and arrested the murderer of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, ending a two-year investigation into the double homicide of the Brazilian indigenous activist and the British journalist who were killed in the Javari Valley in the Amazon. The Federal Police stated that their investigations revealed that the homicide was carried out by a criminal organization consisting of nine people.

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