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• Town Granted an Injunction by Ontario Superior Court of Justice to ... - Wasaga Beach

  30-08-2023 23:37 via news.google.com
  
  Town Granted an Injunction by Ontario Superior Court of Justice to ...  Wasaga Beach
  
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• Driver with parrot perched on shoulder stopped by police on M62

  30-08-2023 23:11
  
  ‘Driver or pirate’ issued with traffic offence because feathered first mate not in suitable carrierA driver was stopped by police after they were found at the wheel with an African grey parrot on their shoulder.North West motorway police said its officers spotted the driver, who has not been named, with the bird on the M62. Continue reading...
  
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• Justice Department Secures Settlement with Missouri Apartment ... - Department of Justice

  30-08-2023 23:07 via news.google.com
  
  Justice Department Secures Settlement with Missouri Apartment ...  Department of Justice
  
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• Gov. Justice appoints Mike Honaker as new Department of ... - Governor Jim Justice

  30-08-2023 23:04 via news.google.com
  
  Gov. Justice appoints Mike Honaker as new Department of ...  Governor Jim Justice
  
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• Roads to Justice for Rural Ohio - Court News Ohio

  30-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Roads to Justice for Rural Ohio  Court News Ohio
  
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• Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Houston Area Tax Return ... - Department of Justice

  30-08-2023 21:58 via news.google.com
  
  Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Houston Area Tax Return ...  Department of Justice
  
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• Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after employee trapped in freezer

  30-08-2023 20:57
  
  Employee, who was stuck in walk-in freezer for more than two hours, was treated in hospital for hypothermiaPret a Manger has been fined £800,000 after an employee was trapped in one of its freezers for more than two hours, where she tried to use croissant boxes to stave off hypothermia.The employee was wearing jeans and T-shirt when she was stuck in a walk-in freezer, which typicallyhad its temperature set at -18C, in July 2021, Westminster magistrates court was told. Continue reading...
  
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• Lucy Letby inquiry: how do statutory and non-statutory inquiries differ?

  30-08-2023 20:55
  
  As health secretary announces public inquiry will be statutory, we look at what this means in practiceMinisters have announced the inquiry into the serial killer Lucy Letby’s crimes will become statutory after pressure from bereaved families and their lawyers.A non-statutory inquiry had previously been declared to be the “most appropriate option” to look into the circumstances at Countess of Chester hospital. However, the health secretary, Steve Barclay, announced on Wednesday
  
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• Tornado Hit by the Department of Justice - Lawfare

  30-08-2023 20:05 via news.google.com
  
  Tornado Hit by the Department of Justice  Lawfare
  
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• UN torture expert urges UK government to review indefinite sentences

  30-08-2023 19:48
  
  ‘Deeply flawed’ imprisonment for public protection scheme still causing severe distress, says rapporteurA UN torture expert has called on the UK government to urgently review all sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the “widely discredited” imprisonment for public protection (IPP) scheme.Alice Jill Edwards, the special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, said the sentences, scrapped in 2012 but without ret
  
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• UN torture expert urges UK government to review all indefinite sentences

  30-08-2023 19:48
  
  ‘Deeply flawed’ imprisonment for public protection rules causing severe distress among prisoners and families, says rapporteurA UN torture expert has called on the UK government to urgently review all sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the “widely discredited” imprisonment for public protection (IPP) scheme.Alice Jill Edwards, the special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, said the sentences, scrapped i
  
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• In unprecedented challenge, junior justice asks to jump line for ... - The Times of Israel

  30-08-2023 18:24 via news.google.com
  
  In unprecedented challenge, junior justice asks to jump line for ...  The Times of Israel
  
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• Birmingham Pay Justice - GMB Union

  30-08-2023 18:06 via news.google.com
  
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• Women still have right to equal pay, says UK government, despite scrapping of EU law

  30-08-2023 17:28
  
  Ministers say right to same pay as male counterparts will be part of new secondary legislationWomen will still have the right to receive equal pay for doing a similar job as their male counterparts, the government has insisted, despite the fact that an EU law guaranteeing the protection has been scrapped.The legislation was intended to protect workers, including those whose jobs have been outsourced or who work in different locations. Continue reading...
  
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• Justice Department Files Complaint to Enjoin Arizona Company and ... - Department of Justice

  30-08-2023 15:52 via news.google.com
  
  Justice Department Files Complaint to Enjoin Arizona Company and ...  Department of Justice
  
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• Criminals to be forced to attend sentencing in England and Wales

  30-08-2023 15:18
  
  Move comes after a number of high-profile offenders failed to appear for their sentencing hearingsJudges will be given the power to order an offender to attend a sentencing hearing, including by force if necessary, under new laws proposed by the Ministry of Justice.The move in England and Wales comes after a number of high-profile offenders failed to appear for their sentencing hearings including the baby-killing nurse Lucy Letby and the murderer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Continue re
  
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• Judges in England and Wales to get power to order offenders to attend sentencing

  30-08-2023 14:07
  
  Move in England and Wales comes after a number of high-profile offenders failed to appear for their sentencing hearings Judges will be given the power to order an offender to attend a sentencing hearing, including by force if necessary, under new laws proposed by the Ministry of Justice.The move in England and Wales comes after a number of high-profile offenders failed to appear for their sentencing hearings including the baby-killing nurse Lucy Letby and the murderer of nine-year-old Olivia Pra
  
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• Women's Participation in Policing Promotes Access to Justice for All ... - United Nations

  30-08-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Women's Participation in Policing Promotes Access to Justice for All ...  United Nations
  
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• Case Before International Court of Justice Will Expose Israel's ... - United Nations

  30-08-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Case Before International Court of Justice Will Expose Israel's ...  United Nations
  
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• Travel firms urged to halt trips to Uyghur region over China rights abuses

  30-08-2023 13:00
  
  Exclusive: Report says optics of western firms organising Xinjiang tours amid ‘crimes against humanity are disastrous’Uyghur advocates have called on western tourism companies to stop selling package holidays that take visitors through Xinjiang, where human rights abuses by authorities have been called a genocide by some governments.The request comes as China reopens to foreign visitors after the pandemic, and as its leader, Xi Jinping, calls for more tourism to the region. Continue
  
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• Gangs forcing hundreds of thousands of people into cybercrime in south-east Asia, says UN

  30-08-2023 12:44
  
  Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by criminal gangs, according to a UN report.Billions of dollars are being generated each year by gangs who coerce victims into cybercrime, where they are subject to threats, torture and sometimes sexual violence, said the report, published by the UN
  
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• Climate Justice Project Officer - Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

  30-08-2023 09:37 via news.google.com
  
  Climate Justice Project Officer  Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
  
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• Gov. Justice pushes back on schedule/calendar lawsuit - Parkersburg News

  30-08-2023 06:24 via news.google.com
  
  Gov. Justice pushes back on schedule/calendar lawsuit  Parkersburg News
  
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• Lebanon LGBTQ+ activists say attacks are distraction from country’s problems

  30-08-2023 06:00
  
  Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisisWhen the Christian extremists of Soldiers of God menaced a bar in Beirut’s nightlife district during a drag show, their members had a chilling message for patrons: “We have warned you a hundred times … this is just the beginning.”The group, whose members sometimes carry weapons, have repeatedly threatened places associated with Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ community, accusing them of &ld
  
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