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The Ostankino District Court of Moscow announced that it detained US citizen Robert Woodland Romanov for two months on Tuesday. He has been accused of violating provisions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for the large-scale production, sale or possession of illegal drugs. Robert Woodland-Romanov faces up to 20 years in prison or [...]

The police in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh reported Monday the arrest of a schoolteacher on charges of supporting Maoists. The arrest led to protests by the local people, including students. 25-year-old school teacher Ramlal Nureti was arrested in Chhattisgarh after being apprehended from Karekatta village. The arrest was made based on his alleged involvement in [...]

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Izhar Ahmed Khan is a JURIST Staff Correspondent based in Lahore and a 2022 LL.B. graduate of the Pakistan College of Law (University of London International Program). In this dispatch he reflects on a personal [...]

The Indian Supreme Court issued on Tuesday an order informing authorities of a petition by a transgender woman who alleged that she was dismissed from her post as a teacher because of her gender identity. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Chandrachud, Justice Pardiwala and Justice Misra of the Supreme Court in the case of Jane [...]

Hasan Yaci is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST and a senior law student at Türkiye’s Galatasaray University in Istanbul. This is his first dispatch.  Athens hosted Turkish President Erdogan for the occasion of the 5th Greece-Türkiye High Level Cooperation Council on 7 December. The meeting, which marked the Turkish President’s first visit to Greece since [...]

The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick granted the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) a public interest standing to challenge the policy change carried out by the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. This case concerns Policy 713, which involves the requirement of parental consent to the formal use of a preferred first [...]

In the nearly three years that have passed since Myanmar’s coup d’état, the global media has shifted its attention to other crises, from the sudden withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. But despite a lull in headlines, the turmoil that resulted from the coup remains life-altering for the generation [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho, a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information [...]

It is Thanksgiving Day. The aroma of turkey; of dressing; candied sweet potatoes; green bean casserole; cranberry sauce; freshly baked yeast rolls; giblet gravy, and of pies emanating from the kitchen fills our nostrils. Home is the place to be today. But have you ever given thought to the law of the gobbler? This Day in [...]

Correction: This article has been amended to reflect the fact that Pakistan is not a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention.  Pakistan cannot forcibly remove Afghan refugees residing in the country, as doing so would violate their right to non-refoulement and potentially expose them to harm. Asefa, an Afghan refugee living in Torkham port, fled [...]