ARCHIVE July2023
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 […]
Report finds only 2 percent of human rights defenders in Bangladesh feel safe – JURIST
A report released Saturday on the treatment of human rights activists in Bangladesh found that at least 65 percent of surveyed human rights defenders said that the ruling Awami League party, law […]
UN special rapporteur urges end to indefinite detention of children at Syria refugee camps – JURIST
UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain released a statement on Friday urging the cessation of “indefinite mass detention without legal process,” particularly for children, in northeastern Syria detention centers. After arriving in […]
UK Government Rejects Treating Unbacked Crypto Trading as Gambling
The UK government has taken a strong stance against categorising consumer trading in unbacked cryptoassets as gambling. This comes in response to a recent report by the Treasury Committee, which suggested regulating […]
Bitwave Completes Data Integration With Request Finance to ‘Ensure Data Accuracy’ for Web3 Teams
Bitwave, the enterprise accounting solutions provider for digital assets, has successfully completed a data integration with crypto payroll, expense management, and invoicing app Request Finance. This new integration aims to enable Web3 […]
Egypt authorities free human rights researcher and lawyer after presidential pardons – JURIST
Egyptian authorities released human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki and human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqeron Thursday, one day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted pardons to both men.These pardons came after Zaki’s […]
Philippines government will not assist ICC investigation into ex-president’s ‘war on drugs’ – JURIST
Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday that the Philippine government will have to learn more about the intentions of several investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before granting them […]
Supreme Court of India takes suo moto cognizance after video of sexual assault goes viral – JURIST
After a disturbing video from Manipur, a small state in north-east India, depicting the sexual assault of two Kuki-Zo tribal women went viral, the Supreme Court of India took suo moto cognizance […]
Belgian police raid fourth MEP’s house in connection to Qatargate – JURIST
Authorities raided the home of Belgian Socialist Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Maria Arena on Wednesday as part of the ongoing “Qatargate” investigations that have rocked the European Parliament since they […]
Instant payments finally reach America with FedNow
America’s financial plumbing is overdue a spot of maintenance. The current payment “rails” on which it is based—built by a group of the country’s biggest banks to replace paper cheques—are more than […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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