The Office of the President of the Philippines released a statement criticizing Chinese maritime forces for repetitive and illegal actions in the South China Sea on Monday. The presidential office’s security forum, the National Security Council of the Philippines, also shared a press statement, describing that a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel, [...]
Head of Libya’s unrecognized government Osama Hammad announced on Tuesday the suspension of the country’s oil exports in response to attacks and kidnappings of employees of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) amidst a broader struggle for control between rival factions. The country has been divided by power struggles and currently has two rival governments—a [...]
The Israeli High Court of Justice dismissed on Sunday a petition filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) against the police’s confiscation of anti-war signs held by demonstrators at anti-war protests. The petition was filed on April 11 following a series of protests calling for a ceasefire held across Israel, where Israeli police [...]
Mykyta Vorobiov, Senior Editor for Long Form Content at JURIST, is a Ukrainian-born political analyst, journalist, and political science student at Bard College, Berlin. On a sunny Wednesday evening earlier this month, one of the most famous Russian opposition leaders, Ilya Yashin, who was locked in a Russian jail after April 2022 for his anti-war position, [...]
Press freedom organizations and human rights groups collectively called on the EU in a letter on Monday to take action against Israeli authorities’ media freedom violations. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), alongside 59 other signatories, including Human Rights Watch, petitioned European leaders to “take action against the Israeli authorities’ unprecedented killing of journalists and [...]
New Zealand’s government announced Monday its intention to reverse its ban on offshore oil and gas exploration by passing legislation this year. The proposal aims to enhance investor confidence and strengthen New Zealand’s oil and gas sector. Accordingly, one key effect of the 2024 proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals Act (CMA) 1991 will be reversing [...]
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Monday requiring state executive agencies to provide a disclaimer on voter registration forms stating that noncitizens are barred from registering to vote and voting. Voting in federal elections is limited to US citizens by federal law. Voting in any elections in Louisiana is also limited by [...]
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) First Nation announced on Monday that they reached a settlement with Canada’s federal government, securing $601.5 million to address long-standing unfulfilled promises under the cows-and-plows clause of Treaty 6. The LLRIB First Nation is a prominent First Nation with a membership of over 12,000 members and is the [...]
Iranian authorities executed a man who was convicted of murdering lawyer Mahmoudreza Jafar Aghaei in Shahrood, Iran by public hanging on Monday. This was the first time the country publicly hanged an individual this year. The Center for Human Rights in Iran identified the executed man as Amirreza Ajam Akrami and stated that he was [...]
The New Zealand Court of Appeal (NZCA) dismissed an appeal from Uber on Monday by reaffirming the Employment Court’s (EC) finding that four drivers were considered employees of Uber. The drivers were thereafter allowed access to employment entitlements, including minimum wage and parental leave, under the New Zealand statute. The EC previously held in a [...]
