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Last month, the self-declared independent republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) lowered its flag, opting to dissolve all state institutions following a months-long blockade by Azerbaijani forces that brought about an acute humanitarian crisis among its predominantly ethnic Armenian population. The republic’s demise was the culmination of decades of tension and periods of conflict between Azerbaijan [...]

British Conservative MP Crispin Blunt announced Thursday that he had been arrested in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct. The MP for Reigate in Surrey, Southern England has been a Member of Parliament since 1997. He wrote on the platform X (formerly Twitter) to say, “I have now been interviewed twice in connection with this [...]

Australian workplace safety regulatory agency WorkSafe announced Thursday that Court Services Victoria (CSV), the body responsible for Victoria’s court system, was convicted and fined in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace. The CSV pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $379,157 by WorkSafe. The alleged misconduct occurred [...]

Following a major demonstration on September 4, more school teachers in South Korea rallied on Saturday in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, calling for legal protections against bullying from overbearing parents. Triggered by the suicide a 23-year-old primary school teacher, who was allegedly under pressure from abusive parents, school teachers and educators have [...]

The US Supreme Court temporarily stayed on Thursday a lower court ruling which would have restricted the Biden administration’s ability to encourage social media platforms to remove content it considers misleading. The decision temporarily halts a July preliminary injunction imposed upon the Biden administration by a federal court in Louisiana. In the Biden administration’s application [...]

On Monday, Seoul witnessed a gathering of 50,000 educators demanding the protection of their rights and advocating for lawful regulation concerning overbearing parents. Related to this protest, the country has seen a rise in educators succumbing to suicide due to excessive pressure. The issue of excessive parental intrusion and demands has gained significant prominence following [...]

Texas District Court Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel temporarily blocked SB 14, which bans gender-affirming care for minors and restricts children already taking gender-affirming prescription drugs, from going into effect on Friday. The case is in the District Court of Travis County, Texas.  The ACLU of Texas represents the plaintiffs. In response to the ruling, attorney [...]

Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugan asked the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Friday to investigate allegations of racial discrimination and workplace bullying in the force made by a Singaporean police officer who was found dead the same day. The officer, 35-year-old Uvaraja Gopal, died in the hospital after being found unconscious near [...]

JURIST Deputy Features Editor Jaimee Francis talked with Kelly Olivier and Allyson West, the co-founders of Themis: Trial by Women, the first women-founded, women-run trial attorney group in the United States that will exclusively take on cases from women from all communities, including BIPOC, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals, as well as from allies who [...]

In a letter addressed to LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell, the Metropolitan Police (Met) Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley became the first UK police chief to apologize on Wednesday for the force’s homophobic failings. Rowely accepted that the Met “had systems and processes in place which have led to bias and discrimination in the law we have [...]