Canada government reveals it ordered national security review of TikTok
The Canadian government revealed on Thursday that it ordered a national security review of TikTok, a popular social media app, back in September. The move was not made public until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about the national security review at a press conference in Windsor on Thursday. During the press conference, Trudeau stated [...]
Shannon McKeown-Gilmore is a BCL candidate at the University of Oxford and a JURIST Assistant Editor. She grew up in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill made history last weekend after she was appointed Northern Ireland’s first-ever nationalist first minister. The Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) Emma Little-Pengelly has been nominated as the deputy first minister. [...]
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agreed Tuesday to the UK government’s deal regarding the restoration of Stormont power-sharing in Northern Ireland and the operation of the Windsor Framework. DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson announced the decision on X (formerly Twitter), stating the government will “publish new measures that are designed to restore Northern Ireland’s place [...]
William Hibbitts is JURIST’s Deputy Editorial Director. He files this report from Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Canadian Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday in Ottawa that the Canadian government exceeded its authority and violated some protesters’ constitutional rights by invoking the federal Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, which brought Canada’s capital [...]
An Ontario, Canada jury found Nathaniel Veltman guilty of the first-degree murders of Yumnah Afzaal, her parents Madiha and Salman Afzaal, and grandmother Talat Afzaal in a hate-motivated attack. A nine-year-old boy was also injured in the truck attack but survived. The deceased victims were 15-74 years old. Nathaniel Veltman targeted the Afzaal family of [...]
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Monday reached a deal to resolve their disagreements surrounding the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. The deal, called the Windsor Framework, will replace the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, which regulated trade between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the [...]
James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST. A deal has been reached in the long-running deadlock between the UK and the EU over trade going across the border in Northern Ireland (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (EU). Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen announced in a statement [...]
US labor watchdog cites three Amazon facilities for hazardous work conditions
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Wednesday cited three Amazon facilities for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). The facilities were cited for failing to provide a safe, non-hazardous environment for employees. These citations were disclosed at a press conference held by US Attorney for the [...]
The US House of Representatives Thursday issued final approval to the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill to federally recognize same-sex marriages, in a vote of 258 to 169. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden for approval. The Respect for Marriage Act formally repeals the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 bill which [...]
The US Senate Wednesday passed a procedural vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect same-sex marriage in the US. The act would repeal a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and would recognize any marriage valid under state law. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced the act in the US House [...]
