German police search properties of suspects linked to far-right movement
German police announced Thursday that they searched 20 apartments of suspects linked to the far-right Reichsbürger movement. The movement has been accused of attempting to destabilize the Federal Republic of Germany and its state institutions. This latest series of raids took place in eight of Germany’s 16 states and was initiated in 2021 after police [...]
Thailand cabinet approves bill to recognize same-sex marriages
The Prime Minister of Thailand announced Tuesday that his cabinet approved a bill to provide legal recognition to same-sex marriages. According to Thai media, government spokesperson Karom Polpornklang provided details about the bill in a press briefing on Tuesday. The bill would adjust language in Thailand’s Civil and Commercial Code to be LGBTQ-inclusive. Words like [...]
Possible vehicle attack after Liberia presidential election leaves 2 dead, 18 injured
Two people were killed and at least eighteen others injured in Liberia after a Nissan taxi charged at them in the streets outside the country’s Unity Party headquarters late Monday evening, according to local media. While it is unclear whether or not the attack was intentional or an accident, it has been reported that the [...]
Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Abu Bakar Khan is a law student at the University Law College, University of the Punjab. He files this dispatch from Lahore. Last week on November 12, the Islamabad High Court issued a stay order [...]
Spanish police sources told Reuters on Sunday that a military officer was arrested for possession of a pistol at a protest against an amnesty law that would drop all charges against the Catalan separatists involved in the failed 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Spanish media reported that the man arrested is a second lieutenant stationed at [...]
Hong Kong court rules that homeless man in custody died from suicide
Hong Kong Coroner’s Court ruled the death of a homeless man while in the custody of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) to be a case of suicide on Friday. Five jurors unanimously found the deceased committed suicide. According to the forensic report, the deceased “intermittently strangled himself with his trousers.” The causes of death are [...]
An Ontario, Canada jury found Nathaniel Veltman guilty of the first-degree murders of Yumnah Afzaal, her parents Madiha and Salman Afzaal, and grandmother Talat Afzaal in a hate-motivated attack. A nine-year-old boy was also injured in the truck attack but survived. The deceased victims were 15-74 years old. Nathaniel Veltman targeted the Afzaal family of [...]
The European Union reached an agreement on landmark rules to curb methane emissions across major industries on Wednesday, delivering a major boost to the EU’s pioneering Green Deal climate strategy. The proposal was initially tabled by the European Commission last December as a central part of the EU’s methane strategy and 2030 climate plan. The [...]
Protesters demand justice after Mexico's first non-binary magistrate found dead
Thousands marched in Mexico City on Monday to protest the death of Jesús Ociel Baena, a prominent LGBTQ+ activist and also Mexico’s first non-binary magistrate. Baena was found dead, along with their partner, on Monday morning. According to state prosecutor Jesús Figueroa Ortega, there was no evidence of a third party entering their house, and [...]
A British man suspected of being a member of an ISIS death squad known as “the Beatles” was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for possession of a firearm and two charges of funding terrorism. The man, Aine Davis, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for the three offences, which date back to 2013 [...]
