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Toronto police announced Sunday that they are investigating two “suspected hate motivated mischief” incidents, after rocks were thrown through the windows of two synagogues in Canada’s largest city early Sunday morning. Criminal mischief is the willful destruction or damage of property. Under Canada’s Criminal Code, mischief relating to religious property that is “motivated by bias, [...]

In a split decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that former US presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for actions taken within their constitutional purview, thus clearing a path for Donald Trump to challenge a federal indictment accusing him of conspiring to sabotage the 2020 elections. The case, US v. Trump, centers on the former [...]

The Texas Supreme Court upheld a statutory ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Friday. The plaintiffs are parents whose children are taking or intend to take gender-affirming care, licensed Texas physicians, and LGBTQ+ rights advocate groups. The defendants were various Texas officials and governmental bodies. The trial court granted the plaintiffs a temporary injunction [...]

The Second Liquidator Court for Criminal Cases of Panama’s First Judicial Circuit acquitted Friday all defendants in the “Panama Papers” and “Operation Car Wash” cases. This landmark legal process involved 28 individuals in the “Panama Papers” case, stemming from the leaked documents of the now-defunct Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co., and 31 people [...]

The UK Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate the importation of Uyghur forced labour cotton from China was unlawful. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have secured a historic victory, which marks the first successful case globally to disrupt supply [...]

On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights declared an application concerning the planning decision to construct Berlin Brandenburg Airport inadmissible. Thus, the petitioners who owned property near the airport have not successfully challenged the airport expansion. According to the judgment of John Buttner and Jutta Krebs v. Germany, a decision was made to consolidate [...]

Aynsley Genga is JURIST’s senior Kenya correspondent. She filed this report from Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon local time (EAT). On Tuesday, Kenya entered its second week of protests against the controversial Finance Bill 2024. People from various counties such as Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Tana River and even Turkana decided to come together and protest [...]

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the creation of a publicly-funded religious charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School violates the First Amendment and Oklahoma State Constitution. The court said the St. Isidore contract violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which says the government “shall make no [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal of a controversy between Hungary and Holocaust survivors over Hungary’s confiscation of their property during World War II. This will be the second time the US Supreme Court is hearing this case. Republic of Hungary v. Simon was initiated by fourteen Holocaust survivors in [...]

Christian Tein, leader of the New Caledonian independence group “CCAT cell,” will be detained in mainland France after being charged on Saturday in connection with violent protests on the island territory, according to local media and statements from his lawyer to the press. Tein will be transferred almost 17,000 kilometers (10,500 miles) to France from [...]