Paris prosecutors request trial for Marine Le Pen following embezzlement investigation – JURIST

Paris prosecutors request trial for Marine Le Pen following embezzlement investigation – JURIST

The Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement Friday that they have requested a trial for over 20 National Rally (RN) members on suspicion of embezzling European public funds over 12 years,... Read more »
Kosovo dispatch: terror attack on village near Serbian border leaves three gunmen and one policemen dead – JURIST

Kosovo dispatch: terror attack on village near Serbian border leaves three gunmen and one policemen dead – JURIST

Ernesa Shala is a JURIST staff correspondent in Kosovo and a recent graduate of the University of Pristina Faculty of Law. She files this dispatch from Pristina.   In the early morning... Read more »
Norway arrests ex-Wagner commander under suspicion of illegally crossing Russia border – JURIST

Norway arrests ex-Wagner commander under suspicion of illegally crossing Russia border – JURIST

Norwegian police arrested former commander of the Wagner Group, Andrey Medvedev, on Friday under suspicion of attempting to illegally cross the border into Russia, according to local Norwegian news site the Barents... Read more »
Federal judge rules California ban on high-capacity gun magazines unconstitutional – JURIST

Federal judge rules California ban on high-capacity gun magazines unconstitutional – JURIST

A US district judge struck down on Friday a California ban limiting gun magazines to ten rounds. In the decision, US District Judge Roger Benitez stated that the state’s prohibition of high-capacity... Read more »
Rights groups express concerns about China’s forcible return of North Korean detainees – JURIST

Rights groups express concerns about China’s forcible return of North Korean detainees – JURIST

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... Read more »
Germany says 90 military-age Russian men granted asylum since Ukraine invasion – JURIST

Germany says 90 military-age Russian men granted asylum since Ukraine invasion – JURIST

The German interior ministry said that 90 Russian men of military age have been granted asylum in the country since Russia’s 2023 invasion of Ukraine, according to a Friday report from the... Read more »
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court invalidates indigenous land demarcation timeframe law – JURIST

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court invalidates indigenous land demarcation timeframe law – JURIST

On Thursday, the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil invalidated a legislative proposal 9-2 regarding the temporal boundaries for demarcating indigenous lands.  The judges ruled against the argument that the territory of indigenous peoples... Read more »
Automobile workers union lodges complaint against US senator – JURIST

Automobile workers union lodges complaint against US senator – JURIST

President of United Auto Workers (UAW) Shawn Fain filed a complaint Thursday against Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), alleging he threatened workers’ ability to strike in violation of US federal labor law. UAW... Read more »
Tunisia police arrest political cartoonist on suspicion of insulting PM – JURIST

Tunisia police arrest political cartoonist on suspicion of insulting PM – JURIST

A prominent political cartoonist in Tunisia announced he was released from custody Friday on his Facebook page. Tunisian authorities arrested Tawfiq Omrane, well-known for publishing satirical drawings of political figures on his... Read more »
ProPublica: Clarence Thomas secretly attended donor events for libertarian political organization – JURIST

ProPublica: Clarence Thomas secretly attended donor events for libertarian political organization – JURIST

ProPublica released a report on Friday revealing details about US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ attendance at the Koch network annual winter donor summit in California in 2018. According to the report,... Read more »
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