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Perkins Coie asks court to permanently block Trump executive order sanctioning firm
US law firm Perkins Coie asked a federal court on Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump's administration from ...
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Lithuania court accepts class action lawsuit of unlawfully detained asylum seekers
Amnesty International welcomed on Wednesday the decision of Lithuania's Supreme Administrative Court to accept a class action ...
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UN experts identify 54 officials responsible for Nicaragua grave human rights violations
The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua released a landmark report on Wednesday naming 54 Nicaraguan officials allegedly responsible for grave human rights violations. The violations ...
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US appeals court stays injunction barring consumer watchdog agency firings
A three-judge panel for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals temporarily stayed Thursday a lower court order blocking firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), part of ...
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US defense secretary under investigation by Pentagon for Signal app leaks
The Department of Defense Inspector General notified Secretary Peter Hegseth Thursday of an investigation concerning the use of the 'unclassified' encrypted messaging app Signal in official ...
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South Korea constitutional court confirms impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol
The Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously ruled to confirm the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol via oral decision Thursday. Under Article 68 of the Korean Constitution, a new election for ...
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Union sues Trump administration over executive order revoking federal departments collective bargaining rights
A union representing employees of 37 federal agencies and offices filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, ...
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Federal court permanently dismisses corruption charges against NYC mayor
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a corruption indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday. This ruling comes in response to a motion filed in ...
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Federal judge blocks attempt to end temporary protected status for Venezuelans
The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday granted plaintiffs' motion to postpone Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem's attempted removal of ...
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Amnesty: land restitution to Brazil indigenous communities a positive yet inadequate measure
Amnesty International (AI) welcomed on Tuesday Itaipu Binacional’s decision to finance the restitution of indigenous land in Brazil to the Avá Guaraní Paranaense people ('the Avá Guaraní'). These ...
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‘The Basic Issue Is a Lack of Political Will’: Land Rights and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka – Interview with Academic Mahendran Thiruvarangan
JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...
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ECHR Grand Chamber upholds transfer of intercepted data between Netherlands authorities as lawful
Grand Chamber ruled on Monday that the Consumer and Market Authority (CMA) in the Netherlands did not act unlawfully in receiving phone-tap data obtained by ...