JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

In a collective statement released on Friday, the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and Norway expressed deep concern about escalating violence and human rights abuses in Sudan, particularly in the troubled Darfur region. This condemnation also expressed concern over the potential for “another genocide.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has written letters to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Ambassador of France, who holds the rotating chairmanship of the Security Council, describing Iran’s intentions behind missile strikes on terrorists and their bases.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The document instructed state agencies nationwide to standardize the management of Islamic religious venues and explicitly stated that no new mosques should be constructed to reduce their overall number. Notably, the United Nations, the United States, Canada, and France have all voiced concerns over China’s actions.

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JURIST

JULY 14, 2023

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday said it was concerned about reports that hundreds of Burkinabe refugees, including women and children, fleeing to Ghana were being deported. ” The Ghanian Ministry of National Security has denied the allegations.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2023

The UN’s use of technology within the United Nations Support Mission in Libya to monitor citizens’ responses to policies sped up advances in the nation’s 2022 Global Peace Index. He additionally challenged governments to develop national policies on the responsible use of AI.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2024

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Sunday in an interview with the Russian state-owned RIA news agency that the Russian courts have issued long-term prison sentences for more than 200 members of Ukrainian armed groups for alleged crimes.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

A report by the Anadolu Agency shows that nearly 24,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed, 34,000 Rohingya Muslims were thrown into fires, over 114,000 Rohingya Muslims were beaten, approximately 18,000 women and girls were raped, over 115,00 Rohingya homes were burnt down, and more than 750,000 Rohingyas were forced to flee into Bangladesh.

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JURIST

APRIL 8, 2024

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), condemned on Sunday a drone strike on one of the six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine , warning against the risk of a major nuclear accident.

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JURIST

JANUARY 7, 2024

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi confirmed on Saturday the mass referral of 84 people to the State Security Court on charges related to violence and terrorism, reported Emirates News Agency (WAM), the state’s official news outlet.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2023

The largest increases were reported by agencies operating in jurisdictions with populations of over 1 million; hate crimes reported by these agencies increased 51 percent. Overall, reported hate crime incidents increased 11.6 percent from 8,120 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021. Distribution of victims by bias type shows that 64.5

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

Section 702 is a controversial provision of FISA that allows for “the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.” ” The FBI also shared support for the report’s conclusion.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Several United Nations agencies Tuesday released a joint statement condemning the death of a Venezuelan baby during a maritime interception by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard. The agencies also called for renewed support and protections for refugee women and children.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2023

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that over 45,000 asylum seekers and refugees from Somalia arrived at Dadaab Refugee Camp, one of the largest refugee camps in Kenya, in 2022. Earlier in May, Kindiki announced plans to re-open Kenya’s Mandera border crossing with Somalia after a ten-year shutdown.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Starbucks said Monday that multiple regional offices of the National Labor Relations Board "secretly colluded" with Workers United to help the union win elections, urging the agency to suspend all mail-ballot votes nationwide and calling for its inspector general to investigate.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Starbucks' antagonistic response to a nationwide union drive has reached a "crisis stage," and the National Labor Relations Board's processes can't stop it, Workers United and the AFL-CIO told the United Nations International Labor Organization on Friday, urging the international labor standards agency to launch a prompt investigation.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

The UK National Crime Agency announced on Monday that the Chief of Staff to Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina was arrested last week and charged with bribery offences. ” According to the NCA , the two were arrested “at a meeting where they are suspected of having attempted to solicit a bribe.”

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APRIL 4, 2023

The Australian federal government Tuesday banned TikTok on government devices following advice from national intelligence agencies. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced that the viral media platform will be prohibited on devices issued by Commonwealth departments and agencies.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2024

The UN Mechanism heard testimonies on racial profiling in Italy’s law enforcement agencies, which “create harmful and spurious associations of Blackness with criminality and delinquency,” Chairperson Akua Kuenyehia said.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an order ending China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s ability to operate in the United States.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

Russian prosecutors first filed the charges against 24 members of the Azov battalion in May, according to Russian state news agency TASS. The Azov battalion is a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine. The unit hails from the city of Mariupol, which is located along the Sea of Azov—from which the unit derives its name.

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JURIST

APRIL 8, 2022

The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the US Drug Enforcement Agency announced Thursday that they had arrested four men accused of international narcotics and weapons trafficking offenses. They allege that he was introduced to an undercover DEA agent who was posing as a narcotics and weapons trafficker.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The excessive and “unnecessary” use of force violated protesters’ rights to peaceful assembly, the agency said. “A Colombia’s national police fought alongside the U.S.-backed A key element of that reform is putting police under civilian authority,” Juliette de Rivero, a representative of the U.N.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Cyprus spokesperson Emilia Strovolidou urged the country on Friday to stop forcibly pushing away Syrian refugee boats arriving from Lebanon in violation of international human rights law and the principle of non-refoulment provided by the 1951 Refugee Convention , according to reports from the Associated Press (..)

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Bureau reported that “for the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year’s statistics” and cited a 5.6 In comparison, the rate of violent crime in 1990 in the United States was an estimated 729.6 percent rise in violent crime.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

” The UN body Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) said women are key to the humanitarian aid of over 28 million people in Afghanistan. The United Nations Secretary General echoed this message , saying: The effective delivery of humanitarian assistance requires full, safe and unhindered access for all aid workers, including women.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Supreme Court held that a consumer may sue a federal agency under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681n and 1681o for failing to comply with the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Respondent Reginald Kirtz secured a loan from a division of the United States Department of Agriculture and later sued the agency for money damages under the FCRA.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2022

Additionally, Russian state-affiliated news agency TASS reported that the decree suspends payment waivers for government officials and cancels a policy of visa-free entry for foreign citizens with diplomatic passports. Nations throughout Europe have sanctioned Russian oligarchs.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

In April 2018 , the US government made Deripaska a Specially Designated National (SDN), meaning he was sanctioned. United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York David Williams alleged that McGonigal and Shestakov tried to relieve Deripaska of his sanctions in 2019.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Although 14 states activated National Guard Units, there were no reports of violence, reported Defense One. At the same time, the nation’s top cyber security agency reported “no credible threat” from cyber hackers or saboteurs—although there were some reports of collapsed websites, Reuters reported.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Yoon said the amnesties aim to “serve to unite our national strength.” ” Yonhap News Agency reported the wide-ranging special pardons to include a long list of high-profile politicians and former officials.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Iranian lawyers Tuesday collectively wrote a letter to the United Nations Special Rapporteur to take immediate action on the explosive shooting that occurred at Tehran’s Evin prison in Iran. Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) stated that clashes and violence occurred near Ward No.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The law “harms the United States’ interest in ensuring that States do not evade their obligations under the Constitution and then try to insulate their actions from judicial review.” .” Both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey protect the right to seek abortions. 8 purports to prohibit.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This legislation arose in response to Western countries’ efforts toward denuclearisation negotiations, and the United Nations’ treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). North Korea passed a law Friday enshrining its right to use pre-emptive nuclear strikes when defending itself.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

The union, Starbucks Workers United, filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, which went to federal court and won a preliminary injunction. The case here involves administrative proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act. Rather, the “agency’s preliminary assessment of the merits” should be enough.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2022

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Jordan announced in a press conference with Jordanian media Sunday that 5,500 Syrian refugees had left Jordan and returned to Syria in 2021, a small fraction of the total number of Syrian refugees living in Jordan.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Today, December 13, 2021, the value of the Afghan national currency – the Afghani – against the US dollar has reached its lowest level in two decades. As Afghanistan’s cold winter approaches, the United Nations has warned of a growing crisis of hunger, disease and poverty in the country, and this will make it worse.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

” The Journal also accuses Vismuradov of the same human rights violations as Kataev, but also states that “Vismuradov personally supervised and took part in torturing detainees.”

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