Romanian Human Rights group Friday criticized Romania’s so-called LGBT+ “propaganda” bill and called on lawmakers to stop it in its tracks. The bill, which has been approved by the Senate and is to now be decided by Romania’s lower house, prohibits the use of materials in schools that “promote” being LGBT+. The bill has been [...]

The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager Monday accused Apple of restricting competition in the iOS mobile wallets market due to its exclusivity toward Apple Pay. Vestager announced: Mobile payments play a rapidly growing role in our digital economy. It is important for the integration of European Payments markets that consumers benefit from [...]

The Supreme Court of India Monday held that the right to bodily integrity of a person includes the right to refuse vaccination under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The present writ petition was filed by Dr. Jacob Puliyel, a former member of the National Technical Advisory Group of Immunization. The petition challenged the constitutional [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. City of Boston that Boston officials violated the First Amendment by refusing to fly a Christian flag at city hall. Boston city officials approved requests to fly “dozens of different flags” until 2017, when they denied a request from Camp Constitution director Harold Shurtleff. Under [...]

Miami federal prosecutors Friday charged British Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier Andrew Alturo Fahie and two others with drug trafficking and money laundering, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Fahie, BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard and his son Kadeem Maynard were charged with cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies for agreeing to facilitate [...]

Mélanie Cantin is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Ottawa, and a 1L at the University of Ottawa.  On Friday, protesters descended on the Canadian capital once more to make known their displeasure about COVID-19 mandates, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, vaccines, and much more. I made my way to Parliament Hill Friday evening to witness the [...]

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Friday declared a state of emergency in three of the country’s 24 provinces in response to increasing violence and crime perpetrated by drug-trafficking gangs. During the 60-day state of emergency, 4,000 police personnel and 5,000 members of Ecuador’s armed forces will be deployed in the provinces of Guayas, Manabi and Esmeraldas. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Friday ruled that required bar dues for lawyers in Wisconsin are constitutional. Attorney Schuyler File sued the State Bar of Wisconsin over compulsory association membership and fees, arguing that the payments violate his First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of association. File based his [...]

More than 3,000 refugees, migrants and asylum seekers died or went missing last year while trying to reach Europe via Mediterranean and Atlantic sea routes, a UN refugee agency report showed Friday, reporting the highest toll in recent years. The report estimated more than 3,535 refugees trying to reach Europe via the sea or ocean [...]

Brian Ulrich, a member of the far-right Oath Keepers, Friday pled guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstructing Congress in connection with the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. Ulrich, 44, of Guyton, Georgia, is the second Oath Keepers member after Jon Ryan Schaffer to plead guilty to sedition charges in the federal investigation into the [...]