JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

An investigation published by Reuters on Friday revealed that a secretive committee of high-ranking officials in Ethiopia has been committing human rights violations in order to eliminate the Oromo Liberation Army- Oromo Liberation Front (OLF-OLA) insurgency group.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Colombia’s Office of the High Commissioner for Peace issued a joint statement on Friday with the Second Marquetalia, formally initiating a dialogue aimed at achieving a peace agreement with the armed group. The post Colombia initiates peace talks with Second Marquetalia armed group appeared first on JURIST - News.

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MARCH 14, 2024

The ALA said this is “the highest levels ever documented” by the group. This follows the national trend of conservative groups and legislators targeting diversity initiatives in schools, which has led students to stage walkouts in protest and organize banned book groups.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2024

It is this inaction that the five groups cited to on Thursday as the catalyst for their complaint before the CERD, which is a body of independent experts charged with monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) by its signatories, among whom France.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Sunday that his government suspended the ceasefire with the EMC group of rebels in the departments of Nariño, Cauca and Valle del Cauca. The announcement comes a day after the rebel group attacked an indigenous community in the country.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A previously unknown Greek anarchist group, “Armed Response,” claimed responsibility Monday for a bomb attack against a judge earlier this month. The group also accused judges, prosecutors and appeals courts of being a closed group of torturers with the support of successive governments.

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JURIST

JANUARY 7, 2024

The International Crisis Group , a non-profit NGO, released its latest report on Haiti’s ongoing gang crisis on Friday, which stressed the growing challenges of an international intervention to address the country’s deteriorating security situation.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The US Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia called for an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians taking place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Friday, where local rights group Ethiopia Human Rights Council (EHRC) has said over 80 people were killed following violent clashes between soldiers and a militia groupknown as the Fano.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Council of the European Union Saturday imposed additional sanctions and measures against the Wagner paramilitary group for human rights abuses taking place in Ukraine, Mali, the Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan.

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MARCH 17, 2024

Department of Justice has reportedly recently launched an antitrust investigation of UnitedHealth Group, which begs the question of whether the healthcare giant should be broken up. Experts have varying opinions.

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JURIST

JANUARY 15, 2024

Tang Shuangning, the former Chairperson of state-owned Chinese banking behemoth Everbright Group, was arrested on charges of embezzlement, accepting bribes and “ privately reading publications with serious political problems, ” China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate said on Monday.

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JULY 4, 2023

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s media company Patriot Media Group announced its closure Saturday in the continuing aftermath of Prigozhin’s brief march towards Moscow, which saw him exiled from Russia.

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APRIL 26, 2024

“The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups: Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.” ” Shawn Musgrave of The Intercept recently had this report.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Over 50 rights groups expressed their concerns to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the forcible returns of North Korean escapees detained by Chinese authorities. These groups call upon China to end its forcible repatriation of North Korean detainees in accordance with the non-refoulement principle in international law.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2023

The accused is alleged to have helped to produce three “terrorist propaganda videos” for the benefit of Atomwaffen Division (AWD), an international neo-Nazi terror group listed as a terrorist entity by Public Safety Canada in 2021.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The historic Moscow Helsinki Group Wednesday was shut down by a Moscow court. The human rights group, founded in 1976, had been operational and highly influential in Russia since its founding. Although only the verdict has been delivered, the court’s motivation for the abolition of the group remains in question.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2022

million will be distributed to victims of paramilitary groups. The compensation is for 8,287 victims of the paramilitary groups of Central Bolivar, Mineros and Libertadores del Sur. Under the leadership of Hernán Giraldo, a leader of one of the Colombian paramilitary group, over 200 girls and women were subject to sexual violence.

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JURIST

JULY 11, 2023

Conservationist groups Center for Biological Diversity and 350 Colorado filed a petition for review in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its air pollution practices. The groups cite to the Clean Air Act (CAA, which has provisions to ensure just that—clean air.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Pakistan’s Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Anwar, revealed in a Friday press conference that several suspects have been apprehended in connection with the recent killing of a member of an outlawed anti-India militant group inside a mosque.

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MARCH 9, 2024

The post India deports first group of Myanmar nationals for alleged illegal entry appeared first on JURIST - News. Following the fence’s construction, Myanmar nationals will be required to have visas and can only enter India through designated border points or by air.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2023

Twelve environmental groups Tuesday joined to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Michael Regan over pollution guidelines set forth earlier this year. Ultimately, the environmental groups requested that the court review Plan 15 and order the EPA to make the necessary modifications to control pollution.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced Friday that it would investigate the alleged beheading of two members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group by SAF soldiers. The post Sudan Armed Forces to investigate alleged beheadings of paramilitary group members appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The UK government announced Wednesday that they would designate the Wagner Group, a mercenary group known for their involvement in the war in Ukraine, as a terrorist organization. As a result of the designation, it will be illegal for anyone within the UK for anyone to be a member of or support the Wagner Group.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2023

The US and India Thursday announced a new Trade Policy Forum (TPF) working group on resilient trade, which will aim to develop and strengthen a sustainable trade relationship between the two countries. The post US and India establish sustainable trade group appeared first on JURIST - News.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

The Internal Security Agency alleges that the Russians distributed Wagner Group propaganda in Krakow and Warsaw. ” The arrests come at a time of heightened tension in Poland due to an increase in Wagner Group movements and training in neighboring Belarus, which is closely linked with Russia.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) called upon Cyprus to make concerted efforts to prevent corruption within its executive branch in a report released Monday. The post Europe anti-corruption group urges Cyprus action against corruption appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 1, 2024

This is the Biglaw firm's fourth group lateral hire in 2024 alone. The post Biglaw Firm’s Group Lateral Hire Results In Closure Of Nearly 50-Year-Old Boutique appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

The military currently ruling has reportedly long been responsible for attacks against vulnerable groups. The post Report by human rights monitoring group claims churches hit by military airstrikes in Myanmar appeared first on JURIST - News. The coup overthrew the Suu Kyi government, ending the fragile peace process which had begun.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Three Portuguese environmental groups, Ultimo Recurso, Quercus and Sciaeno, filed a legal action in court Monday against the Portuguese government in response to the perceived lack of effort to enact legislation created to tackle climate change.

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MARCH 7, 2024

“Group suing over Pfizer diversity fellowship program loses US appeal”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. The post “Group suing over Pfizer diversity fellowship program loses US appeal” appeared first on How Appealing. ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. .”

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JURIST

AUGUST 27, 2023

” The executive order was issued two days after Yevgeny Prigozhin , leader of powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner, died in a plane crash. ” The post Putin orders members of Wagner Group to swear oath of allegiance to Russia appeared first on JURIST - News. Prigozhin was involved in a failed coup against Putin in June.

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MAY 23, 2023

In the wake of a damning UN report linking Russian mercenaries to a Malian massacre, the US State Department has said the Wagner Group may be using Mali as a secret arms depot to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine. Witnesses reported seeing groups of men shot by soldiers and dumped into a ditch.

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JUNE 27, 2023

The Department for Research and Information on Antisemitism (RIAS), a monitor group tracking antisemitism in Germany, announced in its annual report on Tuesday that Germany saw 2,480 antisemitism incidents last year. The post Germany antisemitism tracking group reports 2,480 antisemitism incidents in 2022 appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 16, 2023

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Saturday announced that they are prepared to return a group of captured Egyptian soldiers who were conducting training exercises in northern Sudan. The post Sudan paramilitary group offers return of Egyptian soldiers captured amid conflict appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The post Poland’s Culture Minister orders liquidation of state media groups appeared first on JURIST - News. Dudek argued the President’s actions have only prolonged the budget impasse and overridden normal procedures.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Haitian rights groups Center of Analysis and Research in Human Rights ( CARDH ) and Fondasyon Je Klere reported to media Saturday that at least seven people were killed following a gang attack against a local protest organized by a church leader. The protest was organized in response to the recent rise in gang violence in the region.

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APRIL 13, 2023

Human rights groups Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) Thursday released a report showing a dramatic increase in the total number of executions in Iran for 2022. ” The report also highlighted how many of those executed belonged to ethnic minority groups in Iran.

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