Voters, civil rights, and faith groups joined together to file two lawsuits against Alabama’s new state legislature and congressional district maps Monday. The civil rights groups involved include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund (NAACP LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama, and the Southern Poverty Law [...]
The Council of the European Union amended its sanctions regime against Belarus on Monday, agreeing to step up sanctions in view of the situation at the EU’s border with Belarus. Belarus denounced as “absurd” Western accusations that it was driving a migrant crisis that has left thousands of people stranded on the EU border. The [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his perspective on recent Taliban abuses of power amidst a rapidly-deteriorating economic situation. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding the [...]
In a coordinated action, the United States and the United Kingdom imposed sanctions Monday on several high-ranking Nicaraguan officials in response to that nation’s November 7 presidential election, widely regarded as a sham election. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an announcement that it was imposing sanctions on the Public Ministry of Nicaragua, [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on a looming economic crisis in Afghanistan as banks continue to run out of foreign exchange reserves, contributing to a rapid decline [...]
Steve Bannon, the former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to former President Donald Trump, surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday morning. The Justice Department charged Bannon Friday with contempt of Congress after he failed to attend a deposition and refused to turn over documents subpoenaed by the January 6 Committee. The congressional [...]
India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma reports on Monday’s proceedings in the Supreme Court of India on government efforts to control the latest severe bout of air pollution in the country’s National Capital Region. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. The Special Bench of Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana, Hon’ble Justice [...]
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Sunday released new draft regulations implementing new laws recently passed by China on cybersecurity, data security, and personal data. China’s Personal Information Protection Law took effect earlier this month and carries the strongest consumer protection requirements globally to date. Fines can reach 50 million Chinese yuan (about $7.8 million [...]
China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Sunday announced the repatriation of banker Xu Guojun to China. Xu fled China in 2001 for the US, where he lived until repatriation. Xu was the president of Bank of China branches in the southern city of Kaiping. Kaiping, a city in Guangdong province, has a population of [...]
Shortly after the press credentials of five journalists belonging to Spanish news agency EFE were revoked Saturday in light of anti-government protests planned just two days later, Cuban authorities reinstated the credentials of two of them, according to the agency. Five members of EFE’s seven-member team in Havana—three reporters, a photographer, and a cameraperson—were urgently [...]
