Australia’s historic Old Parliament House caught fire Thursday during protests by a mix of activists. Reporters on the scene from 7NEWS Australia cited “conflicting reports” about the fire’s origin and the protestors’ identities. Protestors performed a small, traditional smoking ceremony outside of the building. According to Sky News, ACT Commander Linda Champion said police approved [...]

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Wednesday called on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong to release several arrested journalists. After Hong Kong authorities raided Stand News and arrested seven senior staff members, Blinken released a statement asking that the PRC and Hong Kong stop targeting free and independent media. The statement also [...]

The Palestinian Digital Rights Coalition (PDRC) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) released a statement Wednesday warning against the passage of Israel’s “Facebook law.” According to the groups, the proposed law “grants Israeli courts the power to demand the removal of user-generated content on social media content platforms that can be perceived as [...]

A federal jury Wednesday found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six counts, including sex trafficking, in a case related to crimes she committed with Jeffrey Epstein, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Maxwell was on trial for recruiting and grooming four teenagers between 1994 and 2004 for [...]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that the United States Patent and Trademark Office erred when it dismissed opposition by Intel Corporation to potential patents by Qualcomm Incorporated. The Federal Circuit released two rulings over the tech companies’ patent disputes, one regarding multi-processor systems and the other regarding radio [...]

German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann announced Tuesday that the German legislature must take action to protect disabled patients and patients with pre-existing conditions in the event of triage caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Buschmann’s proclamation comes after an identical ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court. The Federal Constitutional Court consists of sixteen justices divided [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student discusses the plight of Afghan citizens traveling long distances and waiting long hours in long lines at northern Afghanistan’s only functioning bank just to make use of their [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the international community’s reactions to the Taliban’s new restrictions on women’s daily lives. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding his name. The text has [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the death of a high school teacher from starvation and the worsening conditions of unemployment, poverty, and inflation. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding [...]

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered a company and ints principals to cease distribution of a product touted as a COVID-19 treatment on Tuesday, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ), because the product was misbranded and unapproved. The DOJ said that the company Natural Solutions Foundation and its [...]