Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 30 people convicted of “crimes of the protest variety” Friday. Of those released, 14 were women and 16 were men, all retirement-aged or people who suffer from serious illnesses. According to the statement, the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry, “upon instructions of the head of state,” will supervise the individuals upon [...]
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The UK Government released further documents on Friday about the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, which was designed to “bring redress” to the more than 30,000 people who were infected by HIV and Hepatitis C after receiving contaminated blood. The new information includes a government update, a series of recommendations to the government by the interim [...]
![US Supreme Court denies Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students from taking effect](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/1024px-Supreme_Court_Of_The_United_States_193413861.jpeg)
The US Supreme Court on Friday denied the US government’s application to enforce a new Title IX rule that expands protections to LGBTQ+ students under the definition of “sex discrimination.” The court unanimously agreed that federal court injunctions blocking three provisions in the Title IX rule related to gender identity should remain in effect while [...]
![Ukraine President Zelenskyy submits bill to ratify ICC Rome Statute](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/Boris_Johnsons_visit_to_Ukraine_in_occasion_of_the_possible_Russian_invasion_68.jpg)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a bill on Thursday that would ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The bill would establish Ukraine as a member state over which the ICC can exercise jurisdiction. Zelenskyy also introduced Bill 11484, which would amend certain provisions of the Ukrainian Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure [...]
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urgently called for a humanitarian pause in the Gaza conflict to facilitate a crucial polio vaccination campaign. Guterres said that while the “ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” a pause to safely vaccinate children was a “must” for the people of Gaza. He added, [...]
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The UN will send a team of experts to Bangladesh next week to investigate the killings of protesters that occurred before and after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as Prime Minister last week, officials announced on Thursday. This mission marks the first time since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971 that the UN has initiated a fact-finding mission to [...]
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The UN Human Rights Office (UNHRC) said that there is a credible probability of “unnecessary” use of force by the Bangladeshi security forces against the student-led protesters that ousted the last government from power, in a report released on Friday. In its report, the UNHRC raises various human rights concerns regarding the conduct of the [...]
UN Special Rapporteur Ashwini K.P. on Friday called for action against systemic racism in Brazil after a 12-day fact-finding mission in the country. Ashwini emphasized that Brazil’s marginalized racial and ethnic groups, particularly those of African origin and Indigenous tribes, are grappling with systemic racism rooted in colonialism and enslavement despite their persistent and “courageous” [...]
![US appeals court partially blocks California child online safety law citing First Amendment concerns](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/internet_1585168265.jpg)
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday partially upheld a lower court’s decision to block key provisions of California’s landmark child online safety law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA). The appellate court on Friday held that California’s law, which mandates tech companies assess potential harm to children before releasing [...]
![Iran human rights activist Narges Mohammadi suffers violence from prison authorities, lawyer says](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/01/Narges_Mohammadi.jpg)
Iran prison guards at Tehran’s Evin Prison caused a chest injury to Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent Iranian human rights activist, after she led a protest against the upcoming death penalties of 30 political prisoners, according to her lawyer Mostafa Nili and Women Press Freedom on Thursday. According to her [...]