The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) commenced an informal review on Friday of a proposed network and spectrum sharing arrangement between telecommunication companies Optus Mobile Pty Ltd. (Optus) and TPG Telecom Limited (TPG). The commission cited the legal test under Section 50 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), which prohibits acquisitions likely [...]
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![Wisconsin appeals court largely affirms lower court ruling to count absentee ballots with address variations](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/mail_1589820530.jpg)
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday mostly upheld a lower court’s decision that prevents the rejection of absentee ballots with address variations for upcoming elections. This decision is expected to reduce the number of ballot rejections in the state. The legal dispute deals with interpreting an absentee ballot witness’s address, which involved a January [...]
![India Supreme Court grants head of Delhi government interim bail in money laundering case](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/06/1200px-Rajinder_pal_singh_brar_and_arvind_kejriwal.jpg)
The Indian Supreme Court granted bail Friday to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case. Kejriwal, the head of Delhi’s local government, has been in detention since March 2024 in multiple money laundering cases against him in an alleged liquor policy scam. The court emphasised that Kejriwal was granted interim bail due [...]
![New Finland law allows border officers blocks asylum seekers from Russia](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/11/Finnish-Russian_border_warning_sign.jpg)
Finland’s parliament passed a law Friday allowing border guards to stop asylum seekers from Russia. Parliament declared the bill “urgent” and quickly passed by a vote of 167-31. The law is temporary and will only be effective for one year after its enactment. In that timeframe, it allows the government to review and restrict the [...]
![Western governments criticize controversial South Sudan security bill for undermining open political and civil space](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/US_Embassy_Bandar_Seri_Begawan_Brunei.jpg)
Nine Western embassies, including the US, criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that allows the government to detain people without warrants on Thursday. The joint statement issued by the Embassies of Canada, the EU, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the US expressed “grave concern” over South Sudan’s passage of [...]
![Former UK veterans minister faces jail for withholding names in Afghanistan war crimes inquiry](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/1024px-Cabinet_Office_Whitehall_London_UK_-_20130629-02.jpg)
Former veterans minister and ex-officer Johnny Mercer is facing potential imprisonment for refusing to disclose names of soldiers who allegedly told him about unlawful killings and cover-ups by UK special forces during the Afghanistan War, The Afghanistan Inquiry has said. In a ruling released on Thursday, Judge Haddon-Cave, Chair of the Inquiry notes in his [...]
![Ecuador NGO report identifies 45 human rights violations by public officials under executive decree 111](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/1024px-Policias_Ecuador.jpg)
The Regional Human Rights Advisory Foundation (Inredh) of Ecuador on Thursday presented its report on human rights violations under Executive Decree 111, in which it recorded 45 cases of violations perpetrated by public officials. The NGO’s 28-page report documents and analyses complaints made by citizens from January 8 to April 8 of this year, which [...]
![UK rights organizations urge government to ‘end complicity’ with Israel war crimes in Gaza](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/1024px-Keir_starmer_in_downing_st_on_day_of_election_with_supporters_in_background.jpg)
Leading UK rights organizations called on the new Labour government in a joint letter Thursday to take immediate action to cease the United Kingdom’s complicity in what they term as Israel’s ongoing atrocity crimes against Palestinians. Addressing newly-appointed Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the Foreign Secretary, and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the [...]
![Indonesia corruption court sentences former agriculture minister to 10 years over graft charges](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Harvick_Hasnul_Qolbi_Deputy_Minister_with_Syahrul_Yasin_Limpo_Minister_of_Agriculture.jpg)
Indonesia’s Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo to 10 years in prison over graft charges on Thursday, according to local outlet The Jakarta Post. Judge Rianto Adam Pontoh said Limpo was fined and ordered to compensate 300 million rupiah and about 14.6 billion rupiah, respectively. The court found Limpo guilty of [...]
![Utah Supreme Court recognizes constitutional right to reform government in response to gerrymandering](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/07/Utah-Supreme-Court.jpg)
The Utah Supreme Court unanimously decided Thursday that Utah citizens have a constitutional right to reform their government in response to past redistricting efforts to divide Salt Lake City into four congressional districts, resulting in Republicans winning by a large margin. The Utah League of Women Voters alleged that the Republicans in the state legislature have [...]