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A US federal judge ruled on Monday that Idaho cannot enforce a ban on out-of-state abortion referrals, saying that such a prohibition would violate doctors’ First Amendment right to free speech. The block on enforcement will remain in effect while a lawsuit challenging a March letter from Idaho’s Attorney General Raúl Labrador continues. Labrador’s letter [...]

The Central Election Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (CEC) announced Monday that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with over 87 percent of the vote. The vote came shortly after Uzbekistan’s new constitution went into effect in May. Under the previous constitution, Mirziyoyey would have been barred from holding office again. The CEC, in a [...]

An Ohio federal court sentenced former Ohio Republican Speaker of the House Larry Householder on Thursday to 20 years in prison for leading a complex racketeering and bribery scheme. Householder allegedly accepted over $60 million in bribes through the scheme by working to pass a nuclear plant bailout. Matt Borges, former Ohio Republican Party Chair, [...]

Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Polina Dvornikova, a law student at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv, Ukraine.  This morning, according to Ukrainian officials, the Russian Federation deliberately destroyed the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, resulting in international condemnation as a [...]

In February 2022, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published a report, accusing Facebook of inciting ethnic violence and disseminating misinformation in Ethiopia. A senior government official condemned the tech giant, accusing it of standing idle as the nation descended into chaos. Yet, as previously announced, the Ethiopian government refused to sit by idly and pledged [...]

As an underdeveloped country, Myanmar has long been vulnerable to corporate crimes. Since the country’s transition to democracy in 2010, it has faced pressure to implement effective reforms and regulations for companies, particularly in relation to foreign investments. One crucial aspect of these reforms has been the protection of human rights (HR) violated by corporations. [...]

Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg Tuesday requested the US District Court for the Southern District of New York block a subpoena issued by the Republican-controlled US House Judiciary Committee. The subpoena, issued two days after the April 4 arraignment of former President Donald Trump, seeks the testimony of Mark Pomerantz, a former Special Assistant [...]

The Mexican Supreme Court Friday suspended President Andrés Obrador’s proposed legislative reform package regarding the nation’s electoral system, following a challenge from the National Electoral Institute (INE) who argued that the reforms were unconstitutional. Minister Speaker Javier Potisek also allowed a freeze on the legislation, keeping the current provisions in force. The court noted they [...]

In honor of the International Day of Francophonie, this interview is published first in French. An English translation is available here. En l’honneur de la Journée internationale de la francophonie, la correspondante en chef de JURIST pour le Canada, Mélanie Cantin a eu le privilège d’interviewer le professeur François Larocque, professeur à la Faculté de [...]

The Australian government Monday released a paper outlining Australia’s plan to become “the most cyber secure nation by 2030.” The paper, “2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy Discussion Paper,” comes after two major scandals in 2022, known as the Optus and Mediabank hacks, which exposed personal consumer data. The paper begins with a foreword from Clare O’Neil, who [...]