Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ukrainian parliament, approved the Law on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Activities of Religious Organizations in Ukraine (No. 8371), which bans religious organisations affiliated with Russia in Ukraine on Tuesday. Ruslan Stefanchuk, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, announced the results of the plenary session. The [...]
![HRW: Burkina Faso military targets magistrates with unlawful forced conscription](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/Burkinaautodefenseanniversary.png)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned Burkina Faso military authorities’ use of emergency law to unlawfully conscript magistrates who have opened legal proceedings against junta supporters. HRW has condemned the military’s actions as a blatant violation of the independence of the judiciary, saying “the authorities should immediately revoke these bogus conscription notices.” The organization [...]
![New Hungary law curbs subsidized housing for Ukrainian refugees, rendering some homeless](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/05/1600px-OSCE_SMM_monitoring_the_movement_of_heavy_weaponry_in_eastern_Ukraine_16731644405.jpg)
A new law came into force in Hungary on Wednesday limiting which Ukrainian refugees can access subsidized housing. Only those from areas that are deemed to be most affected by the Russian invasion will be eligible for the long term. The new law excludes individuals arriving from, among other regions, Transcarpathia. This has been a [...]
![Germany court upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/berlin-271237_1280.jpg)
A German court rejected an appeal against the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary, on Tuesday. Furchner was employed as a stenographer in the commandant’s office of the Stutthof concentration camp located near the Polish city of Gdansk (formerly Nazi-occupied Danzig), where over 60,000 people were killed. Run by the [...]
![Kenya Supreme Court stays judgement declaring 2023 Finance Act unconstitutional](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/09/Kenya_supreme-court.jpg)
The Supreme Court of Kenya delivered a judgement on Tuesday issuing an order staying a Court of Appeal which rendered the country’s controversial Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional in its entirety. The seven-judge bench posited that the order was necessary due to public interest, among other reasons. The Supreme Court while delivering this judgement, analyzed whether [...]
![Philippines president announces investigation after former mayor flees country amid Chinese crime network allegations](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/2048px-Old_1933_Supreme_Court_Building_of_the_Philippines.jpg)
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr promised on Wednesday that “heads will roll” as the government investigates how a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates fled the country, stating that “the departure of Alice Guo has laid bare the corruption that undermines our justice system and erodes public trust”. On Monday, Senator [...]
![HRW and Amnesty International push EU to urge India to end human rights abuses](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/Narendra_Modi_arrives_in_Iran_12.jpg)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International called for the European Union (EU) to urge the government of India to end human rights abuses in a joint statement released Monday ahead of the EU-India Human Rights Dialogue. HRW and Amnesty International, alongside Front Line Defenders, the World Organisation Against Torture and Christian Solidarity Worldwide, called [...]
![India Supreme Court forms National Task Force of medical professionals after doctor’s rape and murder](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/05/India-Supreme-Court-1.jpg)
The Indian Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday constituted a National Task Force (NTF) of medical professionals to give regulatory recommendations for workplace safety and protection citing the recent rape and murder of a 31-year-old female trainee doctor inside hospital premises, which fueled nationwide protest. While hearing the matter, the SC expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct [...]
Panama started on Tuesday its first deportation flight of irregular migrants who entered the country through the Darin jungle, local media reported. This constitutes the first of a series of flights financed by the US Department of State to return irregular migrants to their home countries. According to local media, the first flight repatriated 29 [...]
![Canada NGO challenges assisted dying law excluding individuals with mental disorders as discriminatory](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/10/canada_flag_1633809724.jpg)
Dying with Dignity Canada, John Scully, Claire Elyse Brosseau and law firm Paliare Roland filed an application in Ontario Superior Court on Monday challenging the Canadian government’s exclusion of individuals with mental disorders from accessing medical assistance in dying (MAiD), on the basis that it is discriminatory. The case is spearheaded by John Scully, who [...]