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Singapore police to investigate discrimination and bullying after claims by now-deceased officer – JURIST

Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugan asked the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Friday to investigate allegations of racial discrimination and workplace bullying in the force made by a Singaporean […]

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Sweden embassy officials in Iraq relocated to Stockholm after protesters storm building – JURIST

Operations and staff at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad were relocated temporarily on Friday to Stockholm after it was stormed by protesters. In a statement, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström […]

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Banks

Backbase to Be the Backbone of OCB Omnichannel Banking Modernisation

Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) has chosen Backbase, an engagement banking platform to power its omnichannel banking modernisation. OCB’s goal is to create a personalised digital banking system for each customer […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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