All alcohol equal? Wine court case on ice after unbanning of liquor sales

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Chief Election Officer is subordinate to GECOM

Lowenfield will be appropriately advised in due course that a singular reference to an officer in the Constitution does not make you a “Constitutional Officer” without the attendant provisions defining the office such as its genesis, its primary function, and protections distinct from the ordinary

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(1874) John Mercer Langston, “Equality Before the Law”

John Mercer Langston, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights activist, was one of the earliest African American officeholders in the United States when in 1855 he was elected town clerk of Brownhelm, Township, Ohio. During the Civil War he recruited soldiers for the Massachusetts 54th Infantry

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New information law should set pace for repeal of other draconian laws

THE signing into law of the Freedom of Information Act as part of the processes of repealing the draconian and widely discredited Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) is a significant milestone in Zimbabwe’s law reforms agenda that should set the pace for the repeal of other

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Dr. Yumkella speaks about Sierra Leone’s judiciary as parliament approves Appeals Court Judges

Democracy was at work in Sierra Leone’s parliament yesterday, when the main opposition APC party, led by Honourable Chernoh Ramadan Maju Bah voted against two of the eight presidential nominees put forward by president Julius Maada Bio for MPs

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Taylor, Jamila

Jamila E. Taylor, a long-time community advocate and founding board member of Blackpast.org, graduated from University of Oregon School of Law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence and obtained her BA in Sociology from Virginia State University. She is an energetic motivator with “an unrelenting

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Source: Black Past

Vivo gets nod for legal fight with NLC in old land case

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Source: Business Daily

Nigeria: NDDC Crisis - Senator Threatens to Sue Buhari's Aide, NDDC Spokesperson

A Delta State senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, who was recently accused of contract fraud by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has threatened to sue an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding a retraction and apology over a social media post he considers

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Source: allAfrica.com

Local judges, lawyers create Caribbean American Lawyers Association | New York Carib News

A group of Caribbean-American lawyers and judges have created a new affinity bar association known as the Caribbean American Lawyers Association.

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Source: The New York Carib News

I maintain that there was a meeting at which removal of the Chairman of GECOM was discussed - Stabroek News

Dear Editor, I note the Ministry of the Presidency’s response to my earlier Statement. The article I maintain that there was a meeting at which removal of the Chairman of GECOM was discussed appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Fortified by CCJ decision, GECOM must make democracy prevail - Stabroek News

Dear Editor, Guyana’s highest Court has spoken on the March elections, and the air of all of CARICOM is purer for the CCJ’s Judgement. The article Fortified by CCJ decision, GECOM must make democracy prevail appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Rwanda: Journalists to Get Free Legal Services

[New Times] Rwandan journalists and media practitioners are set to have free legal representation when faced with lawsuits concerning their work, according to a deal signed on June 25 between Rwanda Media Commission (RMC) and the Legal Aid Forum (LAF).

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Source: allAfrica.com

1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born inAt

1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born in

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WATCH: What You Need To Know — July 13, 2020: Get Out And Vote! — Roger Stone Sentence Commuted — Reparations, Maybe?

1. Tuesday's Elections Affected By Supreme Court Ruling What You Need To Know: Tomorrow there will be runoff elections in the states of Alabama and Texas. The state of Maine will also hold state primary elections. 2. Quid Pro Quo As Donald Trump Commutes Longtime Friend Roger Stone's Prison

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Jefferson County DA Urges New Trial for Man on Alabama’s Death Row

Perhaps most significantly, Carr wrote that he had spoken with the lead trial prosecutor at Johnson’s trial, who “expressed concerns about this case” and supported the request for a new

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Source: The Birmingham Times

LENS & LINES: Legally speaking - racism has got to go! - TSDMemphis.com

Lawyers and supporters about 200 strong rallied and marched downtown on Wednesday morning. Organized by the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association and the Association for Women Attorneys, the march was a way of saying time is up for racism in the

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Rand Paul’s Indifference to Lynching Seen In His Continued Delay of Vital Legislation

Statement of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Angola: Constitutional Court Organic Draft-Law Ready for Parliament

Luanda — The draft law on the Organic Structure of the Constitutional Court (TC) is to be submitted to the National Assembly (parliament), after having been favourably assessed, last Wednesday, by the Angolan Government, in a Cabinet Council

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Source: allAfrica.com

Angola's Vice President to Sue for Libel

Luanda — The authors of information circulating on social media alleging the involvement of the Angola's Vice President Bornito de Sousa in the country's massacre of May 27, 1977, should be brought to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Rapist Sentenced to Death in Kano

[Premium Times] An Upper Shari'a Court in Kano, on Wednesday, sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning after his conviction for raping a 12-year-old girl.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad Conductor

Previous: 1: Harriet Tubmans Life in Slavery

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Source: ThoughtCo

Liberia: Swedish Govt Supports Cental With U.S.$1.7 Million to Promote Transparency and Accountability

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Sweden supports transparency and accountability as important measures for anti-corruption in Liberia through contribution of 15 million Swedish Krona (USD 1.7 million) to Center for Transparency & Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL).

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Source: allAfrica.com

Old Footage Of White Cops Harassing Ahmaud Arbery Surfaces

Source: Sean Rayford / Getty

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Source: Black America Web

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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Source: https://www.news24.com

Judge rules against Florida on felons paying fines to vote | The Atlanta Voice

A Florida law requiring felons to pay legal fees as part of their sentences before regaining the vote is unconstitutional for those unable to pay, or unable to find out how much they owe, a federal judge ruled

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Paul S. Williams

Paul S. Williams is a Partner with Major, Lindsey & Africa, the largest legal recruiting firm in the nation. Previously, Williams was Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Cardinal Health, Inc., a Fortune 20 healthcare services company with $80 billion in revenues and

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W.H. (Joe) Knight

WH (Joe) Knight is Professor of Law at the Seattle University School of Law. In this role, Knight has co-directed a unique, live client transactional clinic in Community Development & Entrepreneurship since 2008. From 2001 to 2007, Knight served as Dean of the University of Washington School of

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Angola: MPs Discuss Amendment of Base Law On Civil Protection

Luanda — The National Assembly will discuss and approve in general, on Wednesday (20), as a matter of urgency, the Bill to Change the Civil Protection Base

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Source: allAfrica.com

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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Source: The East African

Granger maintains claims of fraud, says matter now has to go back to GECOM - Stabroek News

Despite todays ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), caretaker President David Granger is still insisting that there was widespread fraud in the March 2nd general elections and that the matter will now have to be finally decided by

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