Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. In this exclusive JURIST dispatch, law student Theint Sandi Soe tells in her own words, in English, the story of her [...]
India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a series of tax reform measures on Tuesday as part of the nation’s 2022 annual budget. While the measures do not propose a change in the income tax slabs, they propose a new tax regime on transfers of cryptocurrencies and include various incentives such as increased deductions for government [...]
New York joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a bipartisan coalition of 26 states on Tuesday in filing a federal suit against precious metals company Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner and manager, Jeffrey Santulan, for allegedly deceiving investors across New York and the US. The Complaint was filed at the US [...]
A Japanese High court Tuesday decided to uphold their recent general elections result, despite finding it to have been in a “state of unconstitutionality.” The Takamatsu High Court presided by Judge Ryuichi Kamiyama heard a lawsuit pertaining to the most recent general election in which voter disparity was a pertinent issue. Voter disparity refers to [...]
President Biden signed S. 1404, the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act, into law Tuesday. In a statement, the White House explained that the bill “provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the ‘Ghost Army,’ in recognition of their unique and highly distinguished service in conducting deception operations in Europe during World [...]
The United Nations Tuesday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to retain the moratorium on the death penalty following the verdict of the Military Court Ex-Kasai Occcidental in relation to the killings of Ms. Zaida Catalán and Mr. Michael Sharp, former members of the Group of Experts on the DRC. The DRC has observed [...]
Human rights activists and organizations urged Thailand Tuesday against the deportation of activist Khoukham Keomanivong, founding member of pro-democracy group, Free Lao, back to his native Laos. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Keomanivong was brought to Don Mueang Kwaeng District Court in Bangkok on Monday and convicted of overstaying his visa. He was then [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ruled in favour of Russia in two human rights cases, finding the country’s handling of the employment and criminal cases did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In Kramareva v. Russia, a Russian employee claimed a wrongful termination after another person was employed to perform [...]
North Korea has conducted ballistic missile testing in clear violation of international law, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a scathing statement released Tuesday. Pyongyang provoked an international uproar this weekend after conducting long-range ballistic missile testing. The latest round was the most significant of its kind since 2017, and the seventh iteration of missile [...]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday a new “Brexit Freedoms Bill,” that will allow the country to remove or amend EU regulations with ease. The bill will allow legislators to remove “retained EU law” which was implemented under the European Union Withdrawal Agreement Act during the Brexit transition period. The UK officially left the [...]
