UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced on Tuesday coordinated sanctions with the US to target Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leaders and financial supporters. The goal of the sanctions is to restrict the terror groups’ operational abilities. The sanctions include travel bans, asset freezes and arms embargoes against four Hamas senior leaders and two [...]
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EU condemns escalating violence in Sudan and warns of potential genocide
The European Union (EU) has issued a stern condemnation regarding the escalating violence in Sudan’s Darfur region. The EU expressed deep concern over the potential for “another genocide.” The conflict, ongoing since April, involves Sudan’s regular army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF’s recent gains have granted them de facto control in western [...]
Israel families of Hamas victims file ICC complaint as accusations of war crimes, genocide exchanged
The families of nine civilian victims of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), their lawyer François Zimeray told the media last week. The complaint asks the ICC to prosecute Hamas leaders for genocide and war crimes and to issue an international arrest warrant for Hamas leadership. [...]
Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Hussain Abbas is an LLB student in the University of London External Programme. He files this from Islamabad. Flight FZ 4525 Fly Dubai is scheduled to land at Islamabad International Airport at 1 pm on Friday [...]
Israel-Hamas War Law Student Interview Series: ‘It's a time of crisis’
Editors’ note: On Oct. 7, Hamas militants staged a surprise attack on Israel, as a result of which at least 1,400 Israelis were killed and hundreds were taken hostage. In the days since, Israeli forces have launched a counter-offensive in Gaza that has taken thousands of Palestinian lives, according to local reports. As tensions continue [...]
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait this weekend called on their citizens to leave Lebanon amid conflicts in the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. On Friday, the embassy of Saudi Arabia warned its citizens “against being present and approaching the areas witnessing armed conflicts” and also implored its citizens “to quickly leave [...]
Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Hussain Abbas is an LLB student in the University of London External Programme. He files this from Islamabad. Since the first promulgation of Pakistan’s constitution back in 1971 the country still wanders, bewildered by the [...]
Israel Police raid Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan prayers
Israeli Police Wednesday raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and arrested 350 people inside. Police said in a statement that they forced entry into the compound in a bid to counter “masked agitators.” However, worshippers inside the mosque claimed that they were violently attacked and that police prevented medics from reaching Al-Aqsa amidst the clash. [...]
The UN Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) Friday concluded its deliberation for the 76th General Assembly, approving six draft resolutions and an additional draft decision to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on the legal consequences of denying the Palestinian people the [...]
Hamas Islamists in Gaza Sunday executed five unnamed Palestinians, the Ministry of Interior and National Security announced. According to authorities, the five individuals were executed by firing squad and hanging at approximately 05:00 in Ansar Security Compound, western Gaza City. Hamas has executed about 32 people they took over authority in the Gaza strip in [...]
