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A Northern Ireland court ruled Thursday that the sole British soldier facing charges in connection with the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of Catholic protesters will be tried for murder. Ted Magill, a District Judge in Londonderry, decided that the case against the defendant “Soldier F” would proceed, as there was enough evidence to send him [...]

Opposition-led protests broke out in Sierra Leone on Wednesday amid growing tensions surrounding the country’s presidential elections, set to take place next weekend, according to local JURIST sources. In support of the All People’s Congress, Sierra Leone’s leading opposition party, protesters in the capital city of Freetown demonstrated against the country’s election authorities. The APC [...]

In a press release by US Vice President Kamala Harris Sunday outlined the importance of voting rights on the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, as President Biden is set to visit the town. In the statement, Harris outlined the importance behind this historic event, where 600 individuals took part in a peaceful [...]

The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights Wednesday condemned the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, saying the legislation is a risk to human rights law. The bill would offer conditional amnesty to those accused of killings and other Troubles-related crimes. The committee warned that the bill’s conditional amnesty provisions would fail to meet [...]

Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly member Pádraig Delargy Wednesday released a statement criticizing administrative delays in the recent prosecution of alleged Bloody Sunday perpetrator “Soldier F.” Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) announced a new trial would begin on Tuesday against Soldier F. On January 30, 1972, in Derry, Northern Ireland, 26 unarmed civilians were shot [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on Sunday. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. The text has been [...]

Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) announced on Friday that the prosecution of Soldier F, the only British soldier to be charged in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings of 1972, will be discontinued. It was also announced that planned proceedings against a second soldier, Soldier B, will not be commenced. The announcement comes after [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A law student reporting for JURIST in Myanmar offered these reflections Monday about the direction of her country as the military junta cut off mobile data access and civilian casualties from police and military violence continued to mount. Some sources said more than 15 more people were killed after a particularly bloody [...]

Amnesty International reported Thursday that the Myanmar military (the Tatmadaw) is increasingly adopting lethal tactics and weapons, ordinarily employed on the battlefield, against peaceful protesters of the February coup. Officers are reported to be using weapons such as semi-automatic rifles, sniper rifles, and light machine guns, which are not appropriate for policing. These are coupled [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of the Philippines to investigate “the use of lethal force” in police raids on Sunday. Nine activists died in the raids, and another six were arrested. Local activist groups report that the police executed search warrants issued by Jose Lorenzo de la Rosa, the judge who presides over [...]