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JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar said Tuesday that 15 law students from four different universities are still being held by Myanmar authorities in the wake of protests that have swept the country since the military displaced the civilian government effectively led by Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Six [...]

The Biden administration announced Monday that the Department of Homeland Security would grant temporary protection status (TPS) to Venezuelans currently living in the US. This designation is expected to apply to roughly two-thirds of Venezuelans currently in the US as of March 8. The TPS program provides for 18 months of legal protections for Venezuelans [...]

The South Dakota state Senate on Monday approved a bill that prevents transgender women from competing in women’s sports at the high school and college level. Titled “an act to promote continued fairness in women’s sports,” the legislation applies to public schools and any “institution of higher education under the control of the Board of [...]

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Olu Stevens granted a motion to dismiss all charges against Kenneth Walker on Monday. Walker, who was Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, was originally charged with assault and attempted murder after shooting Louisville Metropolitan Police Officer Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly in the leg on the night that Taylor was killed in her apartment. The [...]

The Indian police on Saturday apprehended at least 168 Rohingya refugees living in the northern territory of Jammu valley under the directions of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration. The detained Rohingya, including the elderly and children, have been taken to a makeshift holding centre near the Hira Nagar jail in Kathua district of Jammu [...]

The US Supreme Court granted review Monday in one case involving the “favorable termination” rule associated with Section 1983 actions. The court also rejected a final challenge to the 2020 election. The court granted review in Thompson v. Clark, a Section 1983 case on appeal from the Second Circuit. In the 1994 case Heck v. [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski in favor of a former Georgia college student in a campus free speech case. In 2016, Chike Uzuegbunam, an Evangelical Christian, attempted to express and share his faith on the Georgia Gwinnett College Campus by standing near the campus library and passing out literature. [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar security forces surrounded and cut off hundreds of student protesters in the Sanchaung Township district of Yangon Monday, provoking solidarity demonstrations across the country and prompting Western embassies and the UN Mission in Myanmar to issue urgent and rare calls for de-escalation of the situation and appeals for restraint. The student [...]

All Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders are required to take special permission from the central government if they want to be involved in any missionary, ‘Tabligh’ or journalistic activities, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday. OCI is a form of permanent residency available to people of Indian [...]

Supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Friday clashed with Senegalese police when they attempted to gather to protest his arrest for “disturbing public order and participating in an unauthorized demonstration.” Sonko was charged for disturbing the public order on March 3 following his refusal to take another route to the courthouse in Dakar to [...]