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

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 […]

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Jailed Navalny ordered to pay 500,000 rubles to Kremlin ally Prigozhin

The Lyublinsky District Court in Moscow Friday ordered jailed political dissident Alexei Navalny to pay 500,000 rubles ($6,725) to businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. Navalny, who lost a parole appeal last month, had allegedly made defamatory statements about Prigozhin, calling him a bandit and claiming he had been involved in child prostitution. Prigozhin, a noted Kremlin ally, […]

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European Union court finds UK in breach of EU air pollution limit

A European Union court ruled Thursday that the UK was in breach of the bloc’s air pollution limit by failing to fulfil its obligations under the combined provisions of Article 13(1) and of Annex XI to Directive No 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality […]

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Federal appeals court decertifies jail employees’ sexual harassment class action lawsuit

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday repealed a lower court’s order certifying a class action lawsuit filed by nearly 2,000 female employees alleging an “epidemic” of sexual harassment while working at the Cook County Jail in Cook County, Illinois. In a 38-page opinion, the three-judge panel held that the lower […]

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UN rights chief stresses need for independent assessment in Tigray, Ethiopia

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday stressed the need for an independent and objective assessment of reports of serious human rights violations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The UN Human Rights Office received reports of the killing of eight protesters by security forces in Adigrat, Mekelle, Shire and Wukro, in […]

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Indigenous Amazonians sue France supermarket chain over deforestation claims

Indigenous activists from regions of the Amazon in Brazil and Colombia, along with environmental groups from France and the US filed suit in a French court on Wednesday against a supermarket chain for selling beef produced by companies that are responsible for mass deforestation and land grabs. The lawsuit claims that French grocery retailer Casino […]

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US Supreme Court expands exception to Freedom of Information Act

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Thursday to limit the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by expanding the deliberative process privilege exception to the Act’s disclosure requirement to include “in-house drafts of biological opinions that are both predecisional and deliberative, even if the drafts reflect the agencies’ last views about a proposal.” The case, […]

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Federal appeals court dismisses contempt charge against human rights lawyer in ongoing Chevron legal battle

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday dismissed a contempt of court finding against human rights attorney Steven Donzinger, the latest ruling in a years-long legal battle between Donzinger and international energy company Chevron. The issue originated in 2011, when an Ecuadorian court rendered a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for […]

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India court dismisses sedition claim against Kashmiri politician

The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a civil writ petition against Dr Farooq Abdullah, a Member of the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party and a former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir. The petition had made a plea for terminating the […]

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US House passes voting rights and anti-corruption bill

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday seeking to expand voting rights and curb government corruption. The “For the People Act” passed mostly along party lines with a vote of 220-210. Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi was the lone Democrat who voted against the measure. The 791-page bill includes gerrymandering reform that requires […]

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

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. In London, the […]

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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Social Security cases

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the consolidated cases of Davis v. Saul and Carr v. Saul on Wednesday. Both cases seek to address the issue of whether a claimant seeking disability benefits under the Social Security Act must first raise an issue before the Social Security Administration (SSA) if they wish to […]

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Canada court finds man who drove van into crowd of people guilty of murder

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice found a man guilty of murder on Wednesday for driving a van into a crowd in Toronto, killing 10 and injuring 16 people. The court refused to name the man, calling him John Doe instead, because he committed the act of violence in order to achieve fame. Thus the […]

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Biden imposes trade sanctions on Myanmar military coup leaders

The Biden administration Thursday announced that it would impose trade sanctions on Myanmar’s military coup leaders following the country’s overthrow of democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1st. The Commerce Department stated that it would restrict Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense and Home Affairs along with Myanmar Economic Corporation and Myanmar Economic Holding […]

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Pennsylvania municipalities sue state over preemption of local plastic bans

Philadelphia and three other municipalities, filed suit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania legislature on Wednesday, claiming the legislature unconstitutionally deprived the municipalities of their right to pass ordinances on single-use plastics. Lower Merion, Narberth, West Chester and Philadelphia are challenging the legislature’s use of the annual fiscal code amendment—”a must-pass omnibus-style bill […]

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Canada initiates formal actions against Syria under Torture Convention

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau requested formal negotiations Thursday with the UN General Assembly to hold the Assad regime accountable for its atrocities in the 2011 Syrian civil war. The negotiations would be held on the grounds of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT). […]

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ICC launches investigation into alleged Israel war crimes in Palestinian territories

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced Wednesday that her office has launched an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes committed in Palestinian territories since June 2014. Bensouda’s announcement follows the December 2019 conclusion of the preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine, following Palestine’s referral of the situation to the ICC, which confirmed […]

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US Supreme Court rules undocumented immigrants must prove eligibility for protection

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday that undocumented immigrants bear the burden of showing that they have not been convicted of a crime involving “moral turpitude,” or they will face lawful removal. Clemente Pereida, is being deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952. He has lived in the US for more […]

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George Floyd police reform bill approved in US House

The US House of Representatives approved the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 Wednesday, a bill intended to institute police reform in a wide variety of categories. The 220 to 212 vote was almost entirely along partisan lines. A previous version of the bill passed the House last year but failed in the […]

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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar on Thursday said that fighter jets were seen flying over the city of Mandalay in an apparent show of force by the military junta while protests against the regime that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 continued in several major cities. […]

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Biden urged to reverse Trump administration policies toward Cuba

A group of nearly 80 democratic members of congress sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday urging him to reverse the Trump administration’s policies toward Cuba. The letter set forth the specific restrictions that the Biden administration should reverse, including both donative remittances and remittances sent by Cuban-Americans to their families. The Trump administration […]

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Parler files new suit against Amazon after withdrawing previous suit

Conservative social media website Parler filed a new lawsuit against Amazon Wednesday alleging that Amazon removed Parler from its hosting platform because they saw them as a threat and wanted to “destroy” the competition. The move comes after Parler withdrew their previous federal antitrust suit against Amazon Tuesday. Parler brought the suit two months ago […]

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South Carolina Senate approves bill expanding death penalty methods

The South Carolina Senate voted 32-11 in favor of expanding permissible ways of executing death row inmates. The bill, which was introduced to the Senate last year, would allow firing squads and the electric chair to be used for executions. The bill was first introduced last December in response to an expiring lethal injection stockpile. […]

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Myanmar dispatches: updates and analysis from JURIST correspondents in Myanmar

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A Myanmar law professor joins JURIST’s team of law student correspondents on the ground in Myanmar, updating us on the latest developments on Thursday, a day after police and security forces killed dozens of pro-democracy protestors at rallies and demonstrations across the country. Out of respect for our correspondent’s voice, the text […]

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Virginia governor signs Consumer Data Protection Act into law

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a data privacy bill into law on Tuesday, making Virginia the second state to do so. The Consumer Data Protection Act applies to businesses that control or process the personal data of at least 100,000 consumers, or businesses that control or process the data of at least 25,000 consumers and […]

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