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Scotland lawyers to boycott plans to conduct rape trials without juries – JURIST

Lawyers in Aberdeen, Scotland Monday stated they will join a boycott of plans to pilot rape trials without juries in Scotland. The Aberdeen Bar Association branded the proposal, contained in the Victims, Witnesses […]

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Arrest of former Pakistan PM sparks protests – JURIST

Pakistan authorities Tuesday arrested former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan outside of the Islamabad courts. Fawad Chaudhry, a senior member of Khan’s party, known as Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI), confirmed the arrest on his Twitter. […]

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Сryptocurrencies

IDnow: Whether or Not You’re in the EU, Crypto Regulation Is Coming

With the UK no longer in the EU, the country has the chance to become a crypto powerhouse as alternatives regulations will apply. Mere KYC will not be enough in the proposed […]

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Australia capital state to raise age of criminal responsibility – JURIST

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government Tuesday introduced a bill to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 years old to 14. The Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment […]

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Banks

Tide Urges Government to Introduce Anti-Fraud Tax to Combat Rising Scams

Tide, a UK financial business platform with more than 500,000 SMEs, has urged the government to establish a new anti-fraud tax to fund and train more police officers to combat the rising […]

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Bank Alfalah Partners With QistBazaar For Equity and Embedded Finance Deal

Pakistan’s fintech space has reached a new milestone as Bank Alfalah, one of the country’s largest commercial banks, takes a 7.2 per cent equity stake in QistBazaar, a fast-growing buy now, pay […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Xaindex Launches Crypto Trading Platform Powered by Synthetic Intelligence

Xaindex, a new cryptocurrency trading platform, has recently launched with a focus on developing neural networks and synthetic intelligence for cryptocurrency trading. The platform operates without any restrictions across various regions, and […]

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Russian human rights group claims 109 arrested during Navalny demonstrations – JURIST

OVD-Info, a Russian human and media rights group on Sunday claimed police arrested at least 109 people during demonstrations supporting imprisoned opposition leader, Alexey Navalny. The group stated two journalists are known […]

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Reporters Without Borders: Macau national security law threatens residents and journalists – JURIST

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced on Friday Macau’s decision to expand their national security law, which takes effect this week. The effect of these changes, according to RSF, “increases the pressure on […]

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Canada NGOs request federal court block former Israel PM’s visit – JURIST

Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) submitted  a court application, known as a mandamus, in federal court Friday urging Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett […]

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Rights group estimates Iran executed at least 140 people in May – JURIST

Iran Human Rights released data on Thursday which shows Iran executed 142 people in May, making it the highest number of Iranian executions in one month since 2015.Some of the charges used […]

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