Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. Due to the current economic crisis facing Kenya at the moment, Raila Odinga, the leader of Azimio (Kenya’s opposition party) has declared that on Monday March 20th 2023, there will be a nationwide strike. He has even declared Monday a “national holiday”. Throughout the week there [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday called for Mozambican authorities to “promptly and impartially” investigate police use of teargas at the March 14 funeral procession of rapper and prominent government critic Edson da Luz, also known as “Azagaia,” in in Maputo. Azagaia died on March 9 from complications from a sudden illness. “Mozambique police responsible for safety [...]

The Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW) Thursday announced the detention of nine suspected Russian spies reportedly attempting to sabotage NATO operations. At a news conference Thursday morning, Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński claimed the suspects were preparing “sabotage actions aimed at paralyzing the supply of equipment, weapons and aid to Ukraine.” Kamiński went on to say [...]

A new report Thursday released by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found Russian forces in Ukraine have conducted “indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks” against civilians in violation of international humanitarian law. The commission described the people in Ukraine as living under “a climate of unbearable uncertainty and fear” and urged further investigation [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Tara O’Sullivan is a law student at Maastricht University. She files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. Last Friday, March 10th, the European Commission and the High Representative for the Union for Foreign [...]

Mexico Wednesday filed an appeal in its civil lawsuit against US-based firearms manufacturers and distributors in an attempt to crack down on the trafficking of American weapons to drug cartels within Mexico. In its statement announcing the appeal, Mexican authorities argued, “there is a correlation between the negligent practices of companies and the arms trafficking that [...]

In a Wednesday article for the National Review, US Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho and US Eleventh Circuit Judge Elizabeth Branch called for law schools to “crackdown” on punishments for law student protestors. Ho and Branch argued that universities that allow their students to “disrupt without consequences” promote intolerance. While many universities have policies in [...]

Russian lawmakers are considering revoking the citizenship of certain individuals who are critical of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to state news agency RIA Novosti, which cited federal lawmaker Konstantin Zatulin. A set of amendments currently under consideration before a State Duma legislative panel would strip Russian citizenship in cases where an individual from [...]

Large scale violent protests have erupted in Greece Thursday following a strike called by transportation workers unions. The strike was called in response to a rail disaster which occurred in February. According to Greek state news agency EPT, the previously peaceful protests descended into violence around 3 pm on Thursday afternoon when protesters allegedly began [...]

Mykyta Vorobiov is a student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He is currently in Zagreb, Croatia.  As a Ukrainian correspondent for JURIST now studying at the University of Zagreb, I have observed many differences and similarities between the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The region’s political life has fascinated me since I arrived, and [...]