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

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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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Source: NewsOne

DR Congo court hands top presidential aide 20-year sentence in graft case

A top DR Congo court on Saturday sentenced Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to President Felix Tshisekedi and a key powerbroker, to 20 years hard labour for corruption in an unprecedented case testing the government's anti-graft

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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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Source: Savoy Network

Robert L. Brokenburr: Civil Rights Activist & First Black Elected to Indiana Senate

Robert L. Brokenburr made history in 1940 by becoming the first African-American elected to the Indiana

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Source: Black Then

Third Man Charged in Ahmaud Arbery Murder

Bryan, who was booked into the Glynn County Jail on Wednesday, was the man who recorded the video of Ahmaud

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

UN rights office expresses alarm at Hong Kong arrests under new security law | New York Carib News

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at the arrest of demonstrators in Hong Kong, following China’s adoption of a national security law for the Special Administrative Region (SAR).

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Source: The New York Carib News

Malawi: HRDC, Church and Society Heightens Pressure On Mutharika to Stop Attacking Judges

Church and Society Program of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia and firebrand Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have, separately, faulted President Peter Mutharika for his continued attacks on the judiciary, particularly targeting the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal for upholding the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Georgia's Kemp signs hate crimes law after outcry over death | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed legislation allowing additional penalties to be imposed for crimes motivated by a victim’s race, religion, sexual orientation or other factors, removing Georgia from the dwindling list of U.S. states without a hate crimes

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

We must hold the office of the Attorney General accountable for wrongful prosecutions

Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: “Not Guilty.” Two powerful words spoken by the foreman of the jury that brought a sense of relief and feelings of vindication to three accused persons in the recently concluded treason trial. In the case of the first accused, Alfred Palo

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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

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

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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Source: Blackfacts.com

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1907

Kenya: Kariobangi Demolition Victims Sue State, Want CSs Fired

[Nation] A section of Kariobangi residents left homeless after demolition of their houses by the government have petitioned a Nairobi court to declare that three Cabinet Secretaries are unfit to serve as public officers for disobeying an order halting the evictions.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Keep calm: Econet hits back at government ban

Econet has urged users of its mobile money platform, EcoCash to keep calm and ignore a statement from the government on Friday that said the money transfer service was

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

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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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

High Court to hear FF Plus’ bid to end the lockdown

The application had originally been on the urgent court roll for Wednesday, June 17, however, the acting Deputy Judge President Sulet Potterril decided that the matter rather be brought before a full bench of judges

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

Nairobi church faces eviction from public land after losing suit

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Source: Business Daily

Judge James Long Remembered As A Mentor To Many

He knew that African Americans were often judged by a different standard and dedicated his life to being a positive example and providing career opportunities for members of the community. Ret. Judge James “Jimmie” Long died Tuesday after a battle with chronic lung disease. He was 82. Judge Long

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Court allows Dlamini-Zuma leave to appeal blanket invalidity of lockdown regulations | News24

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be allowed to appeal the "blanket" declaration of invalidity of the regulations governing the lockdown, but has 10 days in which to amend those which the court found to be irrational.

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Zimbabwe: Police Formally Charge Abducted MDC Activists From Their Hospital Beds

Police have formally charged three female MDC Alliance activists who were abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents some two weeks ago for conducting a street demonstration during the country's lockdown

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Source: allAfrica.com

Dlamini-Zuma in bid to overturn unconstitutionality ruling of the lockdown regulations

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is expected to hear an appeal over the constitutionality and validity of the lockdown regulations

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Oretha Castle: Civil Rights Activists & Organizer of the New Orleans Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation

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Source: Black Then

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which

Congress passed the first Enforcement Act which provided stiff penalties for public officials and private citizens who deprived citizens of the suffrage and civil rights. The measure authorized the use of the U.S. Army to protect the rights of Blacks.

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Dlamini-Zuma: Minister faces another court battle for violating Constitution

A row over hairdressing has caused more litigation for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, after legal papers were filed against the minister on Monday.

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

Ghana: Parliament Approves All 4 Supreme Court Nominees

The four, Clemence Jackson Honyenuga and Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, Court of Appeal Judges, Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, private legal practitioner and Professor Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu, last week endured an average of three hours of vetting at the Joseph Osei-Owusu chaired Appointments Committee where

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Source: allAfrica.com

Why lawyers face legal landmines in acting as proxies for

The matter of lawyers acting as local representatives of foreign companies in Kenya has become a hot topic since the enactment of the Companies

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Source: Business Daily

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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Source: allAfrica.com

Judge Damon J Keith Continuing the Crusade for Justice and Empowering Communities

In a career that spans nearly fifty years, the Honorable Damon J. Keith, who is a Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, is continuing to build on his legacy with the release of his first ever biography, Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon

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Rwanda: Mukasine Named New Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission

A cabinet meeting held Tuesday, June 16, chaired by President Paul Kagame named Marie-Claire Mukasine as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights

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