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• Allison Morris: Stakeknife victims deserve justice beyond reports and official apologies - Belfast Telegraph

  17-04-2025 19:10
  Allison Morris: Stakeknife victims deserve justice beyond reports and official apologies  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• British Transport Police amends strip-searching policy after supreme court gender ruling

  17-04-2025 19:06
  
  Male officers would carry out searches on trans women, BTP says, as it ‘reviews implications of ruling’Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways will in future be strip-searched by male officers in an updated policy after a landmark ruling by the supreme court.The British Transport Police said same-sex searches in custody would be conducted “in accordance with the biological birth sex of the detainee” under updated guidance for public bodies. Continue reading...
  
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• Trans activists accuse UK equalities chief of ‘overreach’ for suggesting bans

  17-04-2025 18:46
  
  EHRC’s Kishwer Falkner says trans women may be barred from some women’s spaces after supreme court rulingTrans rights campaigners have accused the head of the UK’s equalities regulator of “overreach” after she said trans women could be banned from women’s toilets, sports and hospital wards.Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said the ruling on Wednesday by the UK supreme court that under the Equality Act “woman&
  
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• Henry Brown obituary

  17-04-2025 18:45
  My friend Henry Brown, who has died aged 85, was a South African and later British solicitor whose human rights work across nearly four decades reads like a South African anti-apartheid struggle “Who’s Who”. In the UK he also became a leader in the field of mediation.As a young attorney with Cape Town’s leading civil rights firm, Frank, Bernadt and Joffe, he was involved in the trial of leaders of a dramatic march of 30,000 protesters from Langa township into the centre o
  
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• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: The Crusader Of Equality And Justice – OpEd - Eurasia Review

  17-04-2025 18:32
  Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: The Crusader Of Equality And Justice – OpEd  Eurasia Review
  
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• Diana Ellis obituary

  17-04-2025 18:25
  
  My wife, Diana Ellis, who has died aged 80, was a barrister specialising in criminal and international law. She also served as a recorder (a part-time judge), and was appointed QC in 2001. But this conventional career followed a period of radicalism which, during the era of apartheid, included a risky clandestine mission to South Africa.In the late 1960s, intent on becoming a social worker, she had enrolled at the London School of Economics to study for a diploma in social administration. While
  
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• How will UK judgment on legal definition of womanhood affect policy?

  17-04-2025 18:01
  
  From the NHS, to sporting bodies and prisons, organisations will have to respond to supreme court rulingUK politics live – latest updatesThis week’s supreme court judgment will have significant implications across policy areas from sport, to prisons and the NHS. It will also impact how smaller organisations manage single-sex spaces and services.The Equality and Human Rights Commission has said it will publish a new statutory code of practice by the summer, so that it can offer advice
  
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• Maxine Peake to host brand-new criminal justice podcast - PodcastingToday

  17-04-2025 17:56
  Maxine Peake to host brand-new criminal justice podcast  PodcastingToday
  
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• 'Singing for Justice' documentary honors musician Faith Petric, who defied the FBI and inspired generations - WABE

  17-04-2025 17:53
  'Singing for Justice' documentary honors musician Faith Petric, who defied the FBI and inspired generations  WABE
  
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• ‘Justice for Bibi’: Reward offered after dog found severely abused in Lauderdale Lakes - WPLG Local 10

  17-04-2025 17:38
  ‘Justice for Bibi’: Reward offered after dog found severely abused in Lauderdale Lakes  WPLG Local 10
  
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• Family: Justice for teen fell through the cracks long before murder - FOX 10 Phoenix

  17-04-2025 17:32
  Family: Justice for teen fell through the cracks long before murder  FOX 10 Phoenix
  
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• Majority of Ghanaians support removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo – Global InfoAnalytics - Modern Ghana

  17-04-2025 17:30
  Majority of Ghanaians support removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo – Global InfoAnalytics  Modern Ghana
  
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• Fans of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Just Got A Major Acknowledgement - ComicBook.com

  17-04-2025 17:29
  Fans of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Just Got A Major Acknowledgement  ComicBook.com
  
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• Majority support Chief Justice Sackey Torkornoo’s removal – Poll - GBC Ghana Online

  17-04-2025 17:11
  Majority support Chief Justice Sackey Torkornoo’s removal – Poll  GBC Ghana Online
  
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• US should heed international community's call for justice: spokesman - bastillepost.com

  17-04-2025 16:37
  US should heed international community's call for justice: spokesman  bastillepost.com
  
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• US should heed international community's call for justice: spokesman - 巴士的報

  17-04-2025 16:37
  US should heed international community's call for justice: spokesman  巴士的報
  
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• Trans and Disability Justice: How Are Our Struggles Linked? - Disability Rights UK

  17-04-2025 16:31
  Trans and Disability Justice: How Are Our Struggles Linked?  Disability Rights UK
  
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• CDP: Blue-Eyes Kaibaman with White Forest, ft. Legend of Justice Kaibaman - YGOrganization

  17-04-2025 16:28
  CDP: Blue-Eyes Kaibaman with White Forest, ft. Legend of Justice Kaibaman  YGOrganization
  
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• Slaveowners obtained redress centuries ago, justice eludes former colonies and descendants of slaves - France 24

  17-04-2025 16:27
  Slaveowners obtained redress centuries ago, justice eludes former colonies and descendants of slaves  France 24
  
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• Pam Bondi Stars in Trump’s Made-for-TV Justice Department - Rolling Stone

  17-04-2025 16:00
  Pam Bondi Stars in Trump’s Made-for-TV Justice Department  Rolling Stone
  
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• This is a very tough day for trans people – with a long legal road ahead to right this wrong | Robin Moira White

  17-04-2025 15:49
  
  The supreme court judgment is contradictory and confused. And there seems no prospect of the Labour government sorting this outRobin Moira White is joint author of A Practical Guide to Transgender LawA person has to be tough to be transgender. Given the problems that can be associated with coming out to family, friends and work colleagues, the constant vilification of trans people by certain parts of the media and on social media and the internal emotional turmoil transition entails, it requires
  
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• Stakeholders identify ways to address problems with criminal justice system - The Nation Newspaper

  17-04-2025 15:49
  Stakeholders identify ways to address problems with criminal justice system  The Nation Newspaper
  
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• At last, a moment of clarity – the UK supreme court has upheld the rights of women | Susanna Rustin

  17-04-2025 15:49
  
  It is vital that we give credit to the tireless campaigners who brought us to this pointSusanna Rustin is the author of Sexed: A History of British FeminismSo, after all that, it turns out that under the Equality Act, a woman is an adult human female. A man is an adult human male.The unanimous UK supreme court ruling delivered on Wednesday is a big step towards clearing up the almighty mess created by politicians in Scotland, who got so carried away with promoting transgender rights that they de
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II’s solicitor managed offshore wealth for Assad’s uncle

  17-04-2025 15:31
  Exclusive: Mark Bridges of Farrer & Co was trustee for Rifaat al-Assad, who was charged with war crimes in 2024Queen Elizabeth II’s private solicitor spent eight years helping to manage the offshore wealth of the uncle of the recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, an investigation has established.Rifaat al-Assad became known as the “butcher of Hama” after allegations he played a key role in a massacre of thousands of Syrians at the city of Hama in 1982. In 2024,
  
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• Trump’s “Opening Salvo” in His War Against Criminal Justice Reform Starts With This Nonprofit - Nonprofit Quarterly

  17-04-2025 15:18
  Trump’s “Opening Salvo” in His War Against Criminal Justice Reform Starts With This Nonprofit  Nonprofit Quarterly
  
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• Letter to the Editor: Learn from the Passion story: Garcia deserves justice - Hillsdale Collegian

  17-04-2025 15:08
  Letter to the Editor: Learn from the Passion story: Garcia deserves justice  Hillsdale Collegian
  
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• New date expected for Imrali delegation meeting with Turkish Ministry of Justice - وكالة هاوار للأنباء

  17-04-2025 15:07
  New date expected for Imrali delegation meeting with Turkish Ministry of Justice  وكالة هاوار للأنباء
  
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• Date of the DEM Party meeting with the Ministry of Justice to be determined next week - ANF English

  17-04-2025 15:07
  Date of the DEM Party meeting with the Ministry of Justice to be determined next week  ANF English
  
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• The murders at White House Farm: should Jeremy Bamber still be in prison?

  17-04-2025 15:01
  
  Convicted in 1986 of killing five members of his family, he has always maintained his innocence. This week, new evidence could get him another day in courtFor Jeremy Bamber, 17 April is D-day. Today, he hopes his case will be sent back to the court of appeal for the second time, and his many supporters believe this will lead to his conviction for murdering five members of his family being quashed after 40 years in prison. They say this is an unsafe conviction at the very least, but maintain Bamb
  
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• ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’

  17-04-2025 15:00
  
  United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil warThe international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the commission of genocide” by arming the Rapid Support Forces militia in Sudan’s civil war.The case was brought by Sudan, whose acting justice minister, Muawia Osman, told the world court in The Hague last week that
  
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• Hell’s Kitchen Filmmaker Confronts Disaster Preparedness — and Disability Justice — in Gripping New Short - W42ST

  17-04-2025 14:00
  Hell’s Kitchen Filmmaker Confronts Disaster Preparedness — and Disability Justice — in Gripping New Short  W42ST
  
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• The 'sins' of Chief Justice Torkornoo - GhanaWeb

  17-04-2025 13:35
  The 'sins' of Chief Justice Torkornoo  GhanaWeb
  
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• Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

  17-04-2025 13:30
  
  Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industryConservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies.Filed by the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, the litigation focuses on Trump’s day-one “unleashing American energy” executive order. In an effort to boost already booming US energy production, the emergen
  
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• Rewriting the cycle: Edinburgh’s rising movement for menstrual justice - The Tab

  17-04-2025 12:29
  Rewriting the cycle: Edinburgh’s rising movement for menstrual justice  The Tab
  
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• Episode 966: Justice For My Father - the IRA murder of prison officer Brian Stack - Sunday World

  17-04-2025 12:10
  Episode 966: Justice For My Father - the IRA murder of prison officer Brian Stack  Sunday World
  
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• New rules for public bodies expected ‘by summer’ after UK gender ruling

  17-04-2025 11:44
  
  Equalities watchdog chair says code of practice will give clarity and adds trans people’s rights ‘must be respected’UK politics live – latest updatesUpdated guidance for public bodies after the UK supreme court’s ruling that a woman is defined in law by biological sex is expected to be issued by the summer, the head of the equalities regulator said on Thursday.Lady Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, described the ruling as &ldquo
  
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• Calls for Minister for Justice to attend Mayo County Council meeting - westernpeople.ie

  17-04-2025 11:39
  Calls for Minister for Justice to attend Mayo County Council meeting  westernpeople.ie
  
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• Commentary: We still owe Freddie Gray justice - The Baltimore Banner

  17-04-2025 11:30
  Commentary: We still owe Freddie Gray justice  The Baltimore Banner
  
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• DEM Party’s meeting with justice minister postponed - Hürriyet Daily News

  17-04-2025 11:26
  DEM Party’s meeting with justice minister postponed  Hürriyet Daily News
  
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• Headlines: 'No justice' after second stabbing sentence - BBC

  17-04-2025 11:21
  Headlines: 'No justice' after second stabbing sentence  BBC
  
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• Alabamians for Fair Justice Coalition holds hearing for Parole reform - Montgomery Advertiser

  17-04-2025 11:01
  Alabamians for Fair Justice Coalition holds hearing for Parole reform  Montgomery Advertiser
  
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• Reappointment of the Ministry of Justice Lead Non-Executive Director - GOV.UK

  17-04-2025 11:00
  Reappointment of the Ministry of Justice Lead Non-Executive Director  GOV.UK
  
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• Advocates push for change to Alabama paroles process - Montgomery Advertiser

  17-04-2025 11:00
  Advocates push for change to Alabama paroles process  Montgomery Advertiser
  
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• Minority slams petition to remove Chief Justice as ‘spurious, naked attempt to subjugate Judiciary’ - GBC Ghana Online

  17-04-2025 10:36
  Minority slams petition to remove Chief Justice as ‘spurious, naked attempt to subjugate Judiciary’  GBC Ghana Online
  
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• SNHR’s Vision for Transitional Justice in Syria - Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR)

  17-04-2025 10:14
  SNHR’s Vision for Transitional Justice in Syria  Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR)
  
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• 'Where's the justice here?': Trump attacks Boston judge Indira Talwani after she blocks mass deportation - Firstpost

  17-04-2025 07:16
  'Where's the justice here?': Trump attacks Boston judge Indira Talwani after she blocks mass deportation  Firstpost
  
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• Attaining climate justice with climate finance goals - Vietnam Investment Review - VIR

  17-04-2025 06:59
  
  Attaining climate justice with climate finance goals  Vietnam Investment Review - VIR
  
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• The Take: Held without justice – A look inside Israeli prisons - Al Jazeera

  17-04-2025 06:18
  The Take: Held without justice – A look inside Israeli prisons  Al Jazeera
  
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• AFIELD Forum: Transitional Justice by Artists - e-flux.com

  17-04-2025 06:11
  
  AFIELD Forum: Transitional Justice by Artists  e-flux.com
  
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• Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna names Justice BR Gavai as his successor - The Indian Express

  17-04-2025 04:44
  Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna names Justice BR Gavai as his successor  The Indian Express
  
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