In the past few days, the Mauritian government has been facing what some claim to be the most violent protests in recent years, with residents from various mostly low-income neighbourhoods protesting unsustainable increases in the cost of living and the sudden and drastic increase of petrol and gas prices by more than 10% and 30%. [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on the rapidly rising number of airstrikes and terror bombings in Afghanistan (including one he personally witnessed Friday) that have killed or wounded at least 400 people in the [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on a wave of explosions at a school and education center in Kabul that have reportedly killed and wounded dozens. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on rising suicide rates and growing desperation among many Afghans as oppressive and chaotic Taliban rule of the country continues. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a female Afghan law student reports on the growing number and severity of Taliban restrictions on women since August 2021. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name. The text has only [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on new foreign influences in Afghanistan and growing signs of corruption and hypocrisy in the Taliban government that run contrary to their long-stated values. For privacy and security reasons, [...]

Caleb Keraka is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kenya and a fourth-year law student at the University of Nairobi School of Law.  On April 8th in Nairobi the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formally joined the East African Community (EAC) bloc by signing the EAC Accession Treaty. This came after meeting the requisite conditions [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer and University of Pittsburgh LLM graduate Yaroslav Pavliuk reports.   As Ukraine enters the eighth week of Russian military aggression, the cost of the war rises dramatically. In [...]

Anjana Meza is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Lima, and a law student in the Facultad de Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In recent weeks, there have been major demonstrations in Peru by farmers and transporters protesting a lack of state support for agriculture and a rise in the price of gasoline. The demonstrations [...]

Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada. He files this dispatch from Calgary.  Bill C-18, “An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada” (Online News Act), passed introductory first reading in the Canadian House of Commons last Tuesday amid early controversy. The stated purpose of the Act [...]