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WEB3 days ago · September 29, 2024 12:18:16 pm. A Hong Kong court sentenced Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, to 21 months in prison on Thursday. Patrick Lam, the former acting editor-in-chief, was released with a reduced sentence due to health issues. Chung and Lam were found …
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WEBJoel Zivot. September 12, 2024 09:16:58 pm. In the Israel-Hamas war, accusations of an Israeli “genocide” against the people of Gaza have created fierce debate and, consequently, warrant a reappraisal of the meaning of the term. Far from the historical and legal definition of the word, accusations of genocide against Israel have transformed ...
California bans donor preference university admissions
WEB1 day ago · October 1, 2024 09:03:12 pm. California became the fifth state in the US to ban universities from admitting students based on family connections or donations after Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had signed AB 1780 into law. The law, proposed by Democratic state assemblyman Phil Ting, would prevent independent …
Facing Iran and Its Proxies in the 11th Hour: Law-Based ...
WEB3 days ago · The author, a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Law, argues that Israel must shift from its traditional nuclear ambiguity to a more explicit deterrence strategy against Iran in order to effectively manage the complex nuclear landscape in the Middle East...
Iran cites international law as justification for Israel ...
WEB2 days ago · Iran launched scores of ballistic missiles into Israeli territory on Tuesday in what it described as an expression of its “legitimate right to self-defense under the UN Charter.” The attack came hours after Israel announced a ground incursion into Lebanon, and as UN experts warned of the dire ...
Georgia Superior Court Judge ruled ban on abortion as ...
WEB1 day ago · Fulton Superior Judge Robert McBurney of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit ruled that the ban on abortions six weeks into pregnancy is unconstitutional on Monday. Judge McBurney overturned Georgia’s 2019 Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, which was passed in April of 2019 and barred …
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WEB5 days ago · September 19, 2024 03:30:26 pm. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Tuesday that Switzerland’s expulsion of a Bosnia and Herzegovina national violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The individual in question had been expelled and barred from Switzerland for five years after he was convicted of a drug …