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The Myanmar military junta arrested 39 individuals on Wednesday. All 39 are suspected allies of an ethnic minority rebel group in Kayah State, from whom they are suspected of seeking military training. The individuals are also suspected to be responsible for several explosions and arson attacks in the Yankin village. The junta first raided the [...]

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday in the wake of a ransomware attack on a major US pipeline “to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and protect federal government networks.” The executive order seeks to improve the security of software by “establishing baseline security standards for development of software sold to the government,” including [...]

An EU court ruled Wednesday in favor of Tom Morenhourt and six other citizens seeking to withhold the importation of goods from and regulate commercial transactions with Israeli settlements on occupied land that Palestinians seek for an independent state.  This ruling rescinds a 2019 decision by the European Commission not to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) [...]

The Minnesota judge who oversaw Derek Chauvin’s murder trial issued a ruling on Wednesday that could significantly increase the amount of time Chauvin spends in prison. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in May 2020. In [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – One of JURIST’s Myanmar law student correspondents reflects on Eid, the Muslim “Feast of Breaking the Fast” that comes at the end of Ramadan: Today, our Muslim friends celebrate Eid Mubarak. Normally, they would wear new clothes, share food and celebrate with their family, relatives and friends. My Muslim friends say they [...]

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill into law on Tuesday that would remove individuals from a list of voters who automatically receive mail-in ballots if they fail to vote in the primary and general elections for two consecutive election cycles. Arizona voters can opt-in to automatically receive mail-in ballots for every election. The list [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found Tuesday that a racist slur used by a former military officer was protected speech under the First Amendment. In November 2018, former military officer Jules Bartow was shopping at the Quantico Marine Corps Exchange when he used a racist slur that generally seemed aimed at [...]

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed legislation Monday that limits the governor’s power and prohibits government entities from enforcing President Joe Biden’s executive orders combatting gun violence. Biden has pushed for more gun control in the US. In early April, the Biden administration unveiled six measures that it would take to address gun violence, including asking [...]

The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions Tuesday against seven Lebanese nationals associated with Hezbollah and its financial arm, Al-Qard al-Hassan (AQAH). Hezbollah and AQAH were designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists in 2001 and 2007, respectively. Andrea Gacki, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, said, “from the [...]