Worldwide Legal News June 2024
Representatives from Liberty, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Inclusion London held a press briefing in Westminster to urge politicians and the public to remain vigilant about human rights issues during the election campaign. They warned about the reduction in worker’s and migrant’s rights in recent years and called for Continue Reading
The 709 Crackdown in China
The massive arrest and detainment of several known civil rights lawyers in China, became kbown as the 709 Crackdown of China (or the 709 Case). This action was designed to display the Chinese Communist Party ultimate power through the government’s preoccupation with public order and maintaining security in Chinese contemporary Continue Reading
HATE CLERIC HAMZA APPEALS FOR UK EXTRADITION
Nearly a decade after serving time for a number of terrorist charges, the hate preacher and cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has begun a new application to return to the United Kingdom. “Come back home to his family where he belongs” is the message that the terrorist’s wife is trying to Continue Reading
Bill gates was influenced by his 8th grade maths teacher to explore more
Bill Gates thought school wasn’t ‘exciting’ when he was a kid—until he met his 8th grade instructor. While in middle school, Gates didn’t find learning “interesting,” The Microsoft founder recently admitted on his “Unconfuse Me” podcast, to the Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan. “Early on in maths, I was kind Continue Reading
Legal Weekly Human Rights Roundup
A report by Baroness Casey has revealed that 20% of Metropolitan Police officers facing allegations of sexual misconduct, misogyny, racism and homophobia had more than one complaint raised against them. Only less than 1% of officers facing multiple allegations had been dismissed from the force. Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Continue Reading
UN Passes Long Awaited Report on Uyghur “Serious Human Rights Abuse”
In a historic report on alleged mistreatment in the province of Xinjiang, the UN charged China with “serious human rights abuses.” According to the report by outgoing UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet, researchers looking into allegations of abuse against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities have found “credible evidence” Continue Reading
