The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal unanimously ruled Tuesday that seven activists’ “systemic proportionality challenge” to the constitutionality of Section 17A(3) of the Public Order Ordinance is not reasonably arguable. While... Read more »
Palestine Permanent Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour criticized the US at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday for its repeated “misuse of veto power” against a ceasefire in Gaza. Mansour stated... Read more »
A group of Palestinian Canadians filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Canadian government in Federal Court, challenging the continued export of military goods and technology to Israel. Led by a coalition of... Read more »
Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg pled guilty Monday to two counts of perjury in the first degree and surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The DA’s office is... Read more »
Belarusian law students enrolled at European Humanities University are filing reports with JURIST on current circumstances in Belarus under the constitutionally-disputed presidency of Alexander Lukashenka. Katsiaryna Vasilionak files this dispatch from Vilnius,... Read more »
France’s parliament voted Monday to include the right to abortion in the Constitution of France. The draft law was registered in December 2023 and has been adopted by lawmakers with some amendments.... Read more »
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot enforce Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment against federal candidates, keeping former US President Donald Trump on Colorado’s election ballot. While all nine... Read more »
The Tunisian General Workers’ Union (UGTT) announced Friday that Tahar Mezzi, the union’s deputy general secretary and head of the union’s private sector, was released after being arrested on Thursday. According to... Read more »
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne and Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced in a statement Friday additional measures aimed at strengthening guidelines on foreign investments in the... Read more »
South Korean police raided offices of the Korean Medical Association (KMA) on Friday. The raids come as walkouts by junior doctors in Seoul have continued despite backlash from the South Korean government.... Read more »