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Putin claim that Russia funds Wagner group may make it easier to try him for war crimes

01-07-2023 17:14

Admission that Russia paid 86bn roubles to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries this year is potentially significant, say legal expertsVladimir Putin’s efforts to end a coup by the Wagner group may have made it easier for an international court to prosecute him, and the Russian state, for war crimes committed by the mercenary fighters, according to experts in international law.After the mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin said the mercenaries had been “fully funded” by Russ

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Woman who lost job after tweeting view on biological sex awarded £100,000

01-07-2023 12:57

Award follows tribunal ruling that Maya Forstater was unfairly discriminated against because of her gender-critical beliefsA researcher who lost her job at a thinktank after tweeting that transgender women could not change their biological sex has been awarded more than £100,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal.It comes after an earlier tribunal ruled that Maya Forstater, 49, was unfairly discriminated against because of her gender-critical beliefs when she did not have her contra

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For most Asian Americans, diversity is a core value – even if a loud minority contests it

01-07-2023 12:00

Edward Blum’s group used Asian Americans for display to serve a longstanding anti-affirmative action agendaDuring last October’s oral arguments in the supreme court’s affirmative action cases, Justice John Roberts interrupted Harvard’s lawyer, Seth Waxman, to ask: “Isn’t that what the case is about, the discrimination against Asian Americans?”In a word, no. Continue reading...

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‘Unbelievable’: E.ON’s rogue legal action ruins family’s finances

01-07-2023 11:00

An error by the energy supplier resulted in a reader being unable to switch mortgage or use an overdraftIf you think you’ve had a bad experience with your energy supplier, spare a thought for Helen Kane*. Because of E.ON, the 43-year-old has a county court judgment (CCJ) on her credit file, which means he is unable to switch lenders, adding an extra £2,400 a year to her mortgage payments.Last week her bank cancelled her overdraft without warning, and she is facing a £2,000-plus

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