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. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly edited [...]
![Canada dispatches: Alberta government declares public health emergency to protect healthcare system amid Covid surge](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/covid_hospital_1631838110.jpg)
Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Staff Correspondent for Canada. He files this dispatch from Calgary. Late Wednesday evening, the Alberta government surprised Albertans by declaring a State of Public Health Emergency in a purported effort to protect what has become a fragile healthcare system in the wake of the fourth wave of Covid-19. At approximately 10pm [...]
![California dispatches: Newsom retains office, but the time is ripe to repeal the recall](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/Gavin-Newsom.jpg)
JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. An almost teary-eyed “humbled and grateful” California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed his supporters and the media at approximately 8:50 PM on Tuesday [...]
![Afghanistan dispatches: ‘People are selling their household goods out of extreme poverty.’](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-15-at-5.32.14-AM.jpeg)
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – 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 lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on what appears to be the country’s looming economic collapse, judging by widespread secondhand sales of household goods and [...]
![Afghanistan dispatches: ‘TV shows and foreign dramas are now giving way to more Islamic programs’](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/Afghanistan_1631488193.jpg)
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – 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 lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on recent changes in media outlets and media posture in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power. For privacy and security [...]
![California dispatches: the gubernatorial recall election is here and the stakes are very high](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/California-recall-1.jpg)
With this post, JURIST launches a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST staff “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. Election day in California is here, thanks to the approximately 1.5 million signatures on a petition—a mere 12% of the [...]
![Myanmar dispatches: အာဖကန်နစ္စတန်မှ ဥပဒေညီအမများဆီသို့ အိမ်ဖွင့် ပေးစာ](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/sisters_1631531857.jpg)
In late August, women law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar wrote an open letter to women law students in Afghanistan, including those also reporting for JURIST, facing an uncertain and potentially grim future under the new Taliban regime. The letter received such a favorable international response that we are republishing it in the original [...]
![Afghanistan dispatches: ‘we are here affected by immoral, selfish and weakling decision-makers’](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/Afghanistan_1631488193.jpg)
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly [...]
![Afghanistan dispatches: ‘Terrible changes and disasters have come upon society.’](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/afghanistan_1630617094.jpg)
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – 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 female law graduate in Kabul offers her observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding her name and institutional affiliation. The text has been [...]
![Afghanistan dispatches: ‘overall morale in Kabul has dropped significantly and a state of uncertainty and despair has taken over’](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/afghanistan_1630617094.jpg)
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly [...]