A California gun safety bill introduced on Wednesday would require parents to disclose if guns are kept at their homes and would require searches of a student’s personal property on campus if there is a credible threat. The bill is aimed at prioritizing student safety and helping prevent school shootings. Senator Anthony Portantino decided to [...]

The US Army, per a department memorandum Wednesday, said it will begin to immediately discharge soldiers who refuse to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. This move follows similar discharge orders for vaccine refusers among the Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. Approximately 3,300 active-duty service members are eligible for removal if they fail to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday urged the UN and countries around the globe to provide safety and assistance for children with disabilities stuck in armed conflict and crises. HRW reported that children with disabilities are more vulnerable during armed conflicts. They are at a higher risk of abandonment because their families must choose whether to [...]

The Taliban’s main spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, Wednesday announced that the cabinet had decided that Taliban fighters were no longer allowed to carry their weapons, wear their military uniforms, or drive their military vehicles in amusement parks in Afghanistan. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital in Kabul on August 15, 2021. According to Taliban members, the majority [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that Kazakh security forces have arbitrarily detained protestors, and tortured some detainees and interfered with their access to their lawyers. The arrests were related to nationwide protests last month, which began because of a rise in energy prices but quickly focused on broader economic and political issues. The protests [...]

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. In this exclusive JURIST dispatch,  law student Theint Sandi Soe tells in her own words, in English, the story of her [...]

India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a series of tax reform measures on Tuesday as part of the nation’s 2022 annual budget. While the measures do not propose a change in the income tax slabs, they propose a new tax regime on transfers of cryptocurrencies and include various incentives such as increased deductions for government [...]

New York joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a bipartisan coalition of 26 states on Tuesday in filing a federal suit against precious metals company Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner and manager, Jeffrey Santulan, for allegedly deceiving investors across New York and the US. The Complaint was filed at the US [...]

In the aftermath of mass protests that swept major cities across Kazakhstan last month, resulting in hundreds of casualties and ultimately the deployment of Russian and allied troops to restore order, a law professor from Nazarbayev University explains what happened, and what we can expect for the Central Asian nation going forward. How did the [...]

A Japanese High court Tuesday decided to uphold their recent general elections result, despite finding it to have been in a “state of unconstitutionality.” The Takamatsu High Court presided by Judge Ryuichi Kamiyama heard a lawsuit pertaining to the most recent general election in which voter disparity was a pertinent issue. Voter disparity refers to [...]