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Sep 1, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
Hong Kong police officials arrested two individuals on Saturday under the new national security law, citing alleged “seditious” intent. The detainees include a 41-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, who are suspected of forging a suicide note of a deceased professor to allegedly incite hatred against the Hong Kong and central (Chinese) government.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
The Indian Supreme Court granted bail to Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party, on Tuesday in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor policy scam after the high court rejected her bail application on July 1, 2024.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
French President Emanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on French territory was not a political decision but a part of an ongoing judicial investigation. While addressing the alleged “false accusations” against France, he stated on X (formerly Twitter) that it is “up to the judges to decide” and “France is more than anything attached to freedom of expression and communication, to innovation, and the spirit of enterprise.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
The Indian Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday constituted a National Task Force (NTF) of medical professionals to give regulatory recommendations for workplace safety and protection citing the recent rape and murder of a 31-year-old female trainee doctor inside hospital premises, which fueled nationwide protest.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
The UN Human Rights Office (UNHRC) said that there is a credible probability of “unnecessary” use of force by the Bangladeshi security forces against the student-led protesters that ousted the last government from power, in a report released on Friday. In its report, the UNHRC raises various human rights concerns regarding the conduct of the government during the peaceful protests led by students against the government job quota reform.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
The Supreme Court of India (SC) on Monday put a stay on the criminal defamation proceeding against an Indian newspaper editorial director, Jaideep Bose, who took the case before the apex court after the Karnataka High Court refused to quash the proceedings against him. Jaideep Bose is the editorial director of Bennett Coleman and Company Limited, publisher of The Times of India. The bench was headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud along with two other SC judges.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
An independent United Nations (UN) expert on Friday called on the Cambodian government to implement a national action plan to execute and safeguard the interests of the country’s indigenous communities. Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn was appointed as a special rapporteur to oversee and report on the human rights situation in Cambodia in March 2021.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
The Indian government has removed a 58-year-long ban forbidding civil servants and bureaucrats from joining or associating with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its activities, as reported by an opposition leader on Sunday. Jairam Ramesh, a Member of Parliament (MP), affiliated with the opposition Indian National Congress posted a picture on his X (formerly Twitter) of the memorandum removing the ban passed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Anam Sadaf
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
jurist.org | Anam Sadaf
The Court of First Instance of Tunisia on Friday sentenced opposition leader Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison with a lifetime ban from contesting elections on charges of illicitly influencing votes through gifts and cash, as reported by local media. Mraihi is the founder and president of the Union Populaire Républicaine (Republican Union Party). He has been one of the vocal critics of the current president Kais Saied.
