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I was recently removed from an academic listserv for expressing my concerns about the administration of Donald Trump. This type of self-censorship permeating across sectors, including academia, is a troubling sign of our times. In some ways I feel as though we are living in 1933 Germany, when Adolf Hitler took power and rapidly dismantled [...]

The Metropolitan Police published a new charter on Thursday governing stop and search tactics. The charter guides how the police force should use the tactic. Some 8,500 Londoners were engaged in producing the report, with the Met hosting events across 32 London boroughs to seek the opinions of those affected by the policy. The Met [...]

Before US President Donald J. Trump returned to the Oval Office and began systematically attacking initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across US institutions, Alabama passed SB 129, a law aimed at stifling a broad swath of DEI-related initiatives at public universities. Now, educators and students are challenging the controversial state law in [...]

Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Denis Krivosheev said on Monday that the sentences handed down to participants in May protests against the law on “foreign influence” in Georgia, demonstrate the government’s brutality against the opposition, calling them a “parody of justice.” Krivosheev criticized the police for the mistreatment of protesters [...]

Multiple groups brought lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hours after Monday’s inauguration, urging a federal court to enforce Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requirements on the newly formed administrative panel. Filed by the American Public Health Association, American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, VoteVets Action Fund, the Center for [...]

South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) sent letters on Sunday to the Ministry of Defense and Presidential Security Service (PSS) warning that any soldier or security agent that obstructs the execution of the outstanding arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol may be subject to criminal charges and civil charges, according [...]

Prosecutors said on Sunday that they plan to issue a second summons for South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol after he failed to comply with a first one in the midst the investigation into his short-lived declaration of martial law. According to local media, prosecutors issued a summons on December 11 for the president to [...]

Hundreds of demonstrators in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi were hit with teargas by police on Tuesday as they protested a nationwide swell in gender-based violence and femicide. Marking Human Rights Day, protestors marched toward Parliament to demand justice for victims and, that authorities hold perpetrators accountable by prioritizing investigations and instituting stronger protection mechanisms. On [...]

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced Tuesday that he would lift martial law and that troops deployed following the shocking declaration would be withdrawn, succumbing to united Parliamentary and public pressure against the declaration. President Yoon declared martial law during a televised address on Tuesday, justifying the drastic measure on the grounds that it [...]

In this occasional series of dispatches and commentaries, JURIST staff and correspondents from around the world reflect on the implications of Donald Trump’s US election victory and some of its likely implications for their regions. In this dispatch, Conor Doran, a JURIST staffer at University College Cork School of Law in Ireland, offers his perspective.  [...]