Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. Last Thursday, September 21st, India formally designated Canada as an international refuge for terrorism, characterizing it as a “sanctuary harbouring terrorists, extremists, and organized criminal elements,” [...]
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Thousands of Greece public workers strike against new labor laws
Thousands of public sector workers in Greece took part in a strike on Thursday in opposition to new labor law put forth in the Hellenic Parliament. Workers including doctors, transport staff and firefighters protested in Athens, Greece to voice their objection. The new labor law, yet to be passed by Parliament, reportedly allow employers to [...]
UN reports US-Mexico border is world's deadliest migrant route
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) released data Monday showing that the US-Mexico border is the deadliest migrant route on land in the world. According to the organization’s Missing Migrants Project report, 686 people died at the US-Mexico border in 2022. However, there is concern the numbers are underreported because the agency could not [...]
Protests in southern Syria entered their fifth day on Thursday, in the Druze city of Sweida. The origin of these protests is attributed to the rise in fuel prices, which has subsequently worsened the already challenging economic conditions prevalent in the area. At the core of the demonstrators’ demands is the call for the removal [...]
UN: over 1 million people in Sudan seeking refuge outside country
According to the UN International Organization for Migration Sudan (IOM Sudan), more than 4.4 million people have been forced to flee Sudan and over 1 million people have sought refuge outside of Sudan due to the “disastrous and senseless” war, which has entered its fifth month, between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a case asking whether banning firearms from people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders violates the Second Amendment. The case is an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.The lawsuit specifically asks whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment. According to [...]
US whistleblower alleges federal investigators slow-walked Hunter Biden investigation
A US congressional committee released testimony Thursday from whistleblowers within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), suggesting that federal officials slow-walked an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. The US House Ways and Means Committee, which is currently majority-Republican, released the testimony following closed door meetings and the announcement of federal charges against Biden earlier [...]
New York jury convicts former police sergeant and two others for acting as illegal agents of China
A Brooklyn, New York, jury on Tuesday convicted a former New York City police sergeant and two others for acting as illegal agents of Chinese authorities when they attempted to intimidate US residents to return to China. Michael McMahon, a former New York City police sergeant, faces up to 20 years in prison. The other [...]
While animal rights organizations like PETA are advocating an unparalleled realm of animal protection by prompting people to convert to veganism and altogether avoiding animals in food, clothing, and drug-testing, India is still stuck in a conservative era where animals are cruelly treated in the name of upholding the “tradition and culture” of a community. [...]
Hunter Biden charged with failure to pay taxes and unlawful possession of a firearm
The US Attorney for the District of Delaware charged Hunter Biden, US President Joe Biden’s son, on Tuesday with tax and firearm offenses. Biden faces two tax-related charges. Those charges include two violations of 26 U.S.C. § 7203 which criminalizes willfully failing to file a tax return, supply tax information or pay taxes. The first [...]