Thirty-one UK and European-based civil society organizations have issued a letter to the UK Parliament calling for a ban on the use of live facial recognition technology (LFRT) by police and private companies. The UK government recently issued a new code of practice to provide guidance on the use of surveillance camera systems and facial [...]

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 female law graduate in Kabul offers her observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding her name and institutional affiliation. The text has been [...]

The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down the parameters to be considered by High Courts while considering the bail plea of an accused. These parameters were laid down in a case where the High Court wrongly granted bail to the accused. In the present case, the accused was charged with the offences under Sections [...]

The cyber security firm UpGuard released a report on Monday disclosing leaks of 38 million records from Microsoft’s PowerApps platform. The type of data exposed is highly personal in nature, including vaccination records, social security numbers for job applicants, COVID-19 contact tracing, and millions of email addresses and phone numbers. UpGuard attributed the leak to [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that she has received credible reports of human rights violations in several areas of Afghanistan under effective Taliban control, including summary executions, recruitment of child soldiers, and repression of women’s rights. Bachelet raised concerns for journalists, minorities, and civil society leaders now living under Taliban [...]

Apple, Intel and Pfizer joined 3,700 other US businesses Tuesday in their suit against the US regarding Trump-era tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese products. This lawsuit concerns the List 3 and List 4 tariffs imposed on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is enforced by the US [...]

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

Calgary Sports and Entertainment (CSEC) announced Monday that, effective September 15, all future Calgary Flames, Stampeders, and Hitmen games will require every fan and employee that is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to have done so before entering their arenas. The announcement comes after the Edmonton Elks, one of the teams playing within the [...]

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Monday that it was imposing new sanctions over Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. There has been ongoing concern for human rights abuses throughout the Tigray conflict. In April, the G7 countries called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in the region. The [...]

Ukrainian officials imposed sanctions against Andriy Derkach, a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament who was accused by the US of being a Russian agent and interfering in the 2020 US presidential election, on Friday. During a briefing, secretary of the security and defense council, Oleksy Danilov, stated that Ukraine was sanctioning Derkach along with [...]