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Uniform Civil Code A "Constitutional Ambition": Top Court On Shariat Plea
The court asked lawyer Prashant Bhushan to ensure that some aggrieved Muslim women are part of the proceedings.
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Iran Arrests Prize-Winning Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iranian authorities have arrested the prize-winning rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her daughter said on Thursday, as activists accuse the Islamic republic of cracking down on civil society during the war...
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Nepal War Crime Laws May Grant Amnesty To Civil War Offenders: Lawyers
Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to those culpable, rights lawyers warned Thursday.
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Elon Musk Seeks to End Pre-Approval of His Tweets, Calls SEC Mandate "Government-Imposed Muzzle"
Elon Musk has moved a US federal appeals court asking it to remove a provision that was part of a consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the requirement inhibited and chilled his right to free speech on a broad range of topics. The Tesla CEO agreed in 2018 to let a Tesla lawyer screen tweets that might con...
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US Senators Push for Limits on Law Enforcement's Purchase of Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Tools
US Senators and civil rights lawyers are pushing for a law that would limit the ability of law enforcement in the US to purchase and use tools to track users using their cellphones, sometimes without a search warrant. Earlier this month, it was reported that US police departments were using a tool called "Fog Reveal" search hundreds of billions of ...
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Indian-American Seema Nanda Is New Solicitor For US Labour Department
The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labour.
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Verdict Is "Turning Point In History": George Floyd's Family Lawyer
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Seema Nanda For Solicitor In Labour Department
US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Indian-American civil rights lawyer and labour advocate Seema Nanda for the post of Solicitor of the Department of Labour.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Lawyer To Head Office Of Personnel Management
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than two million civil servants.
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Donald Trump's Lawyer Michael Cohen To Invoke 5th Amendment Rights In Stormy Daniels Case
US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, said Wednesday he would assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges having had a sexual encounter with Trump.
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Uniform Civil Code A "Constitutional Ambition": Top Court On Shariat Plea
The court asked lawyer Prashant Bhushan to ensure that some aggrieved Muslim women are part of the proceedings.
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Iran Arrests Prize-Winning Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iranian authorities have arrested the prize-winning rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her daughter said on Thursday, as activists accuse the Islamic republic of cracking down on civil society during the war...
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Nepal War Crime Laws May Grant Amnesty To Civil War Offenders: Lawyers
Newly amended laws in Nepal to tackle crimes committed during its decade-long bitter civil war could instead deprive victims of justice and grant amnesty to those culpable, rights lawyers warned Thursday.
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Elon Musk Seeks to End Pre-Approval of His Tweets, Calls SEC Mandate "Government-Imposed Muzzle"
Elon Musk has moved a US federal appeals court asking it to remove a provision that was part of a consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the requirement inhibited and chilled his right to free speech on a broad range of topics. The Tesla CEO agreed in 2018 to let a Tesla lawyer screen tweets that might con...
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US Senators Push for Limits on Law Enforcement's Purchase of Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Tools
US Senators and civil rights lawyers are pushing for a law that would limit the ability of law enforcement in the US to purchase and use tools to track users using their cellphones, sometimes without a search warrant. Earlier this month, it was reported that US police departments were using a tool called "Fog Reveal" search hundreds of billions of ...
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Indian-American Seema Nanda Is New Solicitor For US Labour Department
The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labour.
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Verdict Is "Turning Point In History": George Floyd's Family Lawyer
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Seema Nanda For Solicitor In Labour Department
US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Indian-American civil rights lawyer and labour advocate Seema Nanda for the post of Solicitor of the Department of Labour.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Lawyer To Head Office Of Personnel Management
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than two million civil servants.
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Donald Trump's Lawyer Michael Cohen To Invoke 5th Amendment Rights In Stormy Daniels Case
US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, said Wednesday he would assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges having had a sexual encounter with Trump.
