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BY SILAS NKALA Bulawayo-based journalist Zenzele Ndebele has taken Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa and the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to court for failing to abide by the Constitution and release to the public information on public enterprises. Zenzele, who is director of Centre for
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South Africa: You Have the Right to Sue Govt, I Won't Stop You - Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says every South African has the right to approach the courts and even he, as president, could never stand in the way of anybody exercising that
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'This has been a long time coming' - organisations react to Ace Magashule arrest warrant | News24
Helen Suzman Foundation director Francis Antonie says the whole country is watching the case of ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and that the nation will not be pleased if the matter is "fizzled" away due to political connections.
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Namibia: NSC Workers 'Illegally' Scrutinised Npl Application... As League Launches New Appeal
[New Era] The Namibia Premier League (NPL), in its latest appeal notice to the national appeals committee, claims their application to be recognised as a sports body for professional football was illegally and unconstitutionally reviewed and scrutinised by ordinary Namibia Sports Commission
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Angola: Isabel dos Santos Claims 'Justice Denied' After Rejection of Assets Appeal
[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] The Angolan billionaire has accused the country's legal system of being "rigged" after a Luanda court threw out an appeal to unfreeze her assets.
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Angola: Parliament Passes Judicial Package
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's National Assembly approved Thursday the Draft Organic Law with a view to improving the organisation, functioning and performance of Constitutional Court.
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Breonna Taylor’s mother says police, law ‘not made to protect’ Black women - The New York Beacon
Breonna Taylor’s family is requesting the grand jury release the transcripts from the court proceedings Breonna Taylor’s family is fighting back against the decision to not charge Louisville police officers with her death. The family attorney is requesting that Kentucky Attorney GeneralDaniel
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What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say About the World Today | The Madison Times

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In times of great turmoil and great triumph, we often find ourselves looking back on our past for guidance. As the cliché saying goes, history has a way of repeating itself and can act as a guide when it comes to making a decision about the next step. Given today’s current

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Female Drug Lord Abandons Former Life to Advocate | National News | The Michigan Chronicle
Stock photo by cottonbro from Pexels Perrion Roberts lived multiple lives. She was once a drug queen pin, but she has since left that life to become an advocate for people with felony convictions and those victimized by the criminal justice system, ESSENCE reported. On Jan. 24, 2014, at 49 years
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Oral arguments to begin Friday on latest challenge to election results, decision could be made by Sunday - Stabroek News
Chief Justice Roxane George today said that oral arguments will begin on Friday afternoon, July 17 at 2 pm on the latest challenge to the declaration of results from the controversial March 2nd general elections and arguments should conclude around 5 pm and a decision could be handed down by
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Senegal court refuses release of former Chad president Habré | Africanews
Hissène Habré was sentenced to life imprisonment by an African court in Dakar in 2016 for crimes against humanity.
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Advocates seek law change to end citizen arrests in Georgia - 680 NEWS
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Nandlall criticizes Alexis over report saying PPP appeal likely to fail
Attorney Anil Nandlall today rapped Grenadian Queen’s Counsel, Dr Francis Alexis for remarks attributed to him in today’s Guyana Chronicle that a PPP appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice over a Guyana Court of Appeal ruling has no “real prospect of
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Convicted Registrar of Deeds expected to resume duties - Stabroek News
Plans are afoot for Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh who was earlier this year found guilty of paying herself just over $4.5M, to resume her duties. The article Convicted Registrar of Deeds expected to resume duties appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Meet The First Black Dean of the Oldest Law School In The U.S.
The Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William Mary based in Williamsburg, Virginia, is home to the oldest law school in the country and a part of the second oldest college and the first university to open in the United
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Colin Kaepernick Expands Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative
Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative expands to help provide legal support for protesters nationwide.
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Cameroon: No Renege On the Law!
Last weekend's demonstrations are, to say the least, baffling on two counts - the manner of approach and what passes for the reasons behind the public disorder that characterised
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Georgia Man Ahmaud Arbery, Shot and Killed — Jogging While Black
“The decision to rely on the citizen’s arrest statute is really a recent invention, prior to that they just simply said it was self-defense,” Merritt told CNN, adding that the men are trying to use the law to say they were trying to stop
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Tanzania passes Bill to give leaders immunity
The new clauses are included in the Written Laws Miscellaneous Amendments No 3 of 2020, which were approved under a certificate of urgency before Parliament was dissolved this week to pave the way for the October General
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Mayor Bottoms among honorees for racial justice, civil rights
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Hosts 20th Annual Gala to Spotlight Movement for Racial Justice and the New Civil Rights Movement Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Philanthropist … Continued
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'I’ve touched the untouchables'- Mkhwebane hits back amid process into her fitness for office | News24
Embattled Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has denied that she tried to delay a parliamentary process that is looking into her fitness to hold office.
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Kristen Clarke Confirmed by Senate as First Black Women to Head DOJ's Civil Rights Division - The Washington Informer
The Senate voted 51-48 on Tuesday to confirm civil rights attorney Kristen Clarke to lead the Justice Department's civil rights division. The post Kristen Clarke Confirmed by Senate as First Black Women to Head DOJ's Civil Rights Division appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Chuck urges JPs to read NIDS bill
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck wants justices of the peace (JPs) to carefully examine the National Identification and Registration Bill and make their contributions towards ensuring that the rights of citizens are fully protected as...
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Africa: Transgender People Still Criminalised in 13 UN Member States, Report Finds
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nigeria, Oman and Lebanon are among the nations with explicit anti-trans laws
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JUST IN | VBS scandal: Danny Msiza successfully challenges Motau report | News24
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reviewed and set aside findings made by advocate Terry Motau against ANC Limpopo treasurer Danny Msiza.
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George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the
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Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions | The Atlanta Voice
Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua have pulled production of their runaway slave drama “Emancipation” from Georgia over the state’s recently enacted law restricting voting access. The film is the largest and most high profile Hollywood production to depart the state since
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Tennessee Challenged To Address Issues In Voting Rights Restoration Process
The Tennessee Conference of the NAACP and five residents are fighting to restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated folks across the state. A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Tennessee’s process has
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Uganda: Uhuru Files Notice of Appeal Against High Court Judgment On BBI
[Monitor] Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has launched his personal fight in court for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
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Governor Approves Johnson Bill To Require Youth Attorney Access - The Seattle Medium
In Washington state, youth of color are about 28 percent of the general population but are nearly 50 percent of youth in county detention facilities. Without an adult attorney to represent their best interests and provide good counsel, youth and especially youth of color are making decisions that
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