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Two dead, over 40 wounded in Myanmar port city after police and soldiers open fire on protesters

JURIST

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Protestors had gathered in support of transportation workers supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement created to oppose the February 1 military coup that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. EU foreign ministers are scheduled to discuss the Myanmar situation and potential sanctions against the military government on Monday.

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Myanmar arrest warrant issued for Mandalay lawyer who condemned military coup as illegal

JURIST

MARCH 6, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students filing for JURIST in Myanmar reported Saturday that an arrest warrant has now been issued for U Tun Kyi, the outspoken Mandalay lawyer who publicly denounced the military coup as illegal in videos posted to the internet in early February, shortly after the army deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar

JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – After a fifth day of overnight internet blackout imposed from 1AM – 9 AM MMT by the Myanmar military government, our law student correspondents in Myanmar reported Friday that protests against the junta continued across the country.

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Myanmar dispatch: military junta’s announcement of new currency printing celebrates Buddhism but reflects and promotes instability

JURIST

JULY 24, 2023

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Current wandering legal currency and coin continue as legal currency. The main points of the announcement were as follows.

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Myanmar authorities file new charge again Aung San Suu Kyi as military coup leaders tighten internet restrictions

JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Deposed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged by Myanmar police with failing to abide by COVID-19 restrictions under the country’s Natural Disaster Management Law, according to her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw on Tuesday. The country’s civilian Union Election Commission has vigorously denied the fraud allegations.

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Myanmar dispatches: ‘Info on almost all members of the Yangon Underground is leaked now’

JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation.

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Myanmar dispatch: ‘Four more heroes have fallen’

JURIST

JULY 25, 2022

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. They’re now calling the murder case of 4 innocent civilians legal by labeling it as “death penalty.”

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Myanmar: concern grows for lawyers and law students arbitrarily detained after military coup

JURIST

MARCH 5, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – International concern grew Friday for Myanmar lawyers and law students arbitrarily detained in the wake of the February 1 military coup that deposed the civilian government and prompted mass pro-democracy street demonstrations that continue despite the killing of over 50 protestors by security forces in the last two weeks.

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Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalist detained since 2016

JURIST

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Mahmoud Hussein, a video editor, was arrested in 2016 over accusations of attempting to overthrow the country’s government and being a member of the banned political party, Muslim Brotherhood. ” The post Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalist detained since 2016 appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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India Supreme Court: Facebook must appear before panel probing Delhi riots

JURIST

JULY 11, 2021

The court rejected the argument and held that the members and non-members both can be called before the committee and depose an oath. They also have inquisitorial and recommendatory powers which can be utilized for better governance. The court said that the legislative powers of the assembly cannot be confined to only enacting laws.

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Myanmar authorities terrorize pro-democracy protesters and city residents in Mandalay, Yangon and elsewhere

JURIST

MARCH 7, 2021

Across Myanmar there were reports of isolated killings of civilians and continued arrests of prominent opponents of the February 1 military coup that deposed the civilian government effectively led by Aung San Su Kyi. Troops also deployed at the University of Yangon late Saturday night.

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Myanmar pro-democracy protests against military coup draw hundreds of thousands into streets

JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

International pressure on the military junta that deposed the Myanmar civilian government in a coup on February 1 continues. The post Myanmar pro-democracy protests against military coup draw hundreds of thousands into streets appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Her trial began in secret last week.

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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar

JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The government banks are not reliable now. The main important thing is that we, citizens, do not recognize the military junta and we want to have our government elected by us. According to the news, there will be a shortage of fuel after two months because our country mainly depends on imports. They are dragging down the country.

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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar

JURIST

MARCH 15, 2021

The post Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Some sources said more than 15 more people were killed after a particularly bloody Sunday that saw over 5o deaths, most of them in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.

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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from our law student correspondents in Myanmar

JURIST

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We need to promote the legitimacy of CRPH more and more [ Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw; this is the group of deposed National League of Democracy parliamentarians that is holding itself out as the locus of legitimate civilian authority in Myanmar, and which appointed Sa Sa as its UN representative].

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Myanmar law students resist military coup online and in the streets

JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Young law students in Myanmar are defending democracy online and in public demonstrations as they resist the February 1 military takeover that deposed civilian Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The post Myanmar law students resist military coup online and in the streets appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Myanmar dispatches: ‘lawyers are starting to think that there is no point searching for justice when it does not exist anymore’

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation.

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Myanmar dispatches: “the D-Day declaration was made out of necessity… we must save ourselves”

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation.

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Myanmar dispatches: ‘in the courtroom there’s a guy with a rifle pointing his gun at me’

JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February. I don’t think any lawyers, judges and legal interns in other countries would have ever faced such thing.

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Justices allow depositions of Texas lawmakers in Voting Rights Act lawsuit

SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2022

As part of their case before a three-judge district court, the challengers want to depose Texas legislators about the process that led to the new maps and the legislators’ motives in adopting them. Prelogar told the justices in a May 26 filing that the challengers still intend to depose all three lawmakers after they file their new complaint.

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Myanmar dispatch: A red rose for Aung San Suu Kyi

JURIST

JUNE 19, 2023

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Similarly, she must influence many other young Myanmar women, especially Myanmar women pursuing legal education and political science.

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Biden’s Canned Hunt: The Punishment of the Border Agents is about Protecting a President, not Migrants

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JULY 12, 2022

In previous legal cases, I have deposed mounted officers involved in crowd-control operations. At the start of his administration, President Biden proclaimed that “the most difficult but important step [for a free nation] is burying the legacy of tyranny” and ensuring “ a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law.

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Myanmar junta sacks UN envoy after anti-coup address as protesters prepare for pan-ASEAN marches after crackdowns

JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The post Myanmar junta sacks UN envoy after anti-coup address as protesters prepare for pan-ASEAN marches after crackdowns appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. One of JURIST’s law student correspondents described the situation Saturday in Mandalay as it unfolded: This morning, in Mandalay, many police forces.

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Myanmar dispatch: what is happening in Myanmar, or where do you stand on the Rohingya, NUG?

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Since its formation, the NUG has promised federal democracy as a people’s government.

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Justices will consider whether details on post-9/11 CIA black sites are state secrets

SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in yet another legal battle arising from the government’s response to the attacks – specifically, the government’s efforts to block the disclosure of information about its torture program at CIA “black sites.”. In United States v.

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International lawyers coalition condemns erosion of protection for legal advocates in letter to UN rights expert

JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A coalition of international legal advocates sent a joint letter Saturday to Professor Mary Lawlor , the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, condemning the growing trend of government officials intimidating and endangering the legal representatives of politically controversial clients.

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Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules

SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation. The justices had agreed to review three separate questions.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said its August 2017 decision rejecting challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act to DOE’s authorization of LNG exports at another Texas facility largely governed the resolution of the instant cases. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account.

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