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Ontario passes law shielding provincial ministers’ records from information requests
Jurist 25 Apr 2026
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario voted on Thursday to exempt records held by ministers from freedom of information (FOI) requests. The amendment is said to have violated the right of Ontario citizens to transparency and privacy ... ....
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US reschedules medical cannabis to Schedule III, easing federal restrictions
Jurist 23 Apr 2026
The order, issued by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, carries out President Trump’s December 18, 2025 executive order directing expanded research into medical marijuana and cannabidiol ... ....
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Japan lowers restrictions on weapon and technology exports
Jurist 22 Apr 2026
The Japanese government on Tuesday approved revisions to its defense equipment and technology framework, lifting restrictions on overseas weapons exports ... The policy was amended in 2014, 2022, 2023, and 2024 in response to regional security changes.
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Human rights group decries Maldives proposed death penalty bill
Jurist 18 Apr 2026
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 10 human rights organizations, on Thursday, urged the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw its plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes ... ....
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Five police officers arrested in connection with fatal Haiti heritage site stampede
Jurist 15 Apr 2026
Haitian National Police on Monday announced the arrest of five people and two employees of the Institute for the Safeguarding of National Heritage (ISPAN) involved in a stampede at the Citadelle Laferri�re ... ....
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International rights group calls for impartial application of new Venezuela amnesty law
Jurist 15 Apr 2026
Amnesty International on Monday urged Venezuelan authorities to ensure that a newly enacted amnesty law is employed justly and impartially, following reports of its arbitrary application ... The �came into effect on February 13 ... It is mandatory ... ....
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JURIST continues 30th anniversary webinar series with journalism professor Ken Harper
Jurist 14 Apr 2026
JURIST, the law student-powered international legal news organization, continues its 30th Anniversary celebration throughout 2026 with a special webinar series focused on the rule of law, human rights, and international justice.
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Federal judge dismisses Trump defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal, grants leave to amend
Jurist 13 Apr 2026
US District Judge Darrin P. Gayles dismissed the complaint without prejudice, giving Trump until April 27 to file an amended version ... The letter included a drawing of a nude woman and text styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein ... .
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‘A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight’: Trump, Iran, and the Inversion of International Criminal Law
Jurist 07 Apr 2026
A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will ... And the language of civilizational destruction has a particular resonance in international law ... The charge was reinstated ... They do.
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Ghana dispatch: UN General Assembly declares transatlantic slave trade a crime against humanity, calls for reparations
Jurist 06 Apr 2026
This dispatch was co-authored by Halima Abena Kyerewah Adam (Ghana Correspondent, University of Cape Coast Faculty of Law) and Cecile Akoeley Attiogbe Atayi (JURIST Staff, University of Cape Coast Faculty of Law) ... ....
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Palestine rights group decries proposed Israel death penalty bill – JURIST – News
Virtual Jerusalem 01 Apr 2026
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) on Monday denounced a proposed Israeli death penalty bill, which recently underwent a�� | Read More�Google Alert – Israel ....
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Supreme Court strikes down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy for minors
Jurist 01 Apr 2026
Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, said the law “censors speech based on viewpoint” and cannot survive under the First Amendment simply because the state labels talk therapy as professional conduct ... � ....
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