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HUMAN rights doctors have laid into government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they had noted a “sad scenario” where the fight against the dreaded pandemic was being hampered by the poor living conditions at the quarantine facilities, resulting in the recent spike in
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Court blocks release of Trump tax returns amid latest appeal
NEW YORK, United States (AP) - A federal appeals court yesterday blocked a New York prosecutor from obtaining Donald Trump's tax returns while his lawyers continue to fight a subpoena seeking the records. The three-judge panel ruled after hearing brief arguments from both sides.
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New York City To Display 'Black Lives Matter' on Street in Front of Trump Tower
The Big Apple plans to have a “Black Lives Matter” street mural painted outside of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan–Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets, to be exact–sometime before July 4, according to The New York
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Two local judges get prestigious spots with national law group  
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Two local Birmingham judges have been named to the executive board of the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association.  The Association was founded in 1925 and is the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys
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Bowser: Redskins Name Not Only Obstacle for Bringing Team Back to D.C.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday in a call with reporters that she was happy to see the Washington Redskins moving in a direction to change the football team's name.
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Tunisia: Seven People Arrested Over Attempted Illegal Emigration
Tunis/Tunisia — Security units in Moknine, governorate of Monastir, on Thursday arrested six people who were preparing to illegally cross the borders to Europe from the coast of Bekalta, said a statement from the Interior
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VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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Chief Justice denies allegation of interfering in the Palo Conteh treason trial
Sierra Leone’s social media rumour mill went into overdrive three days ago, when a post was circulated by an unknown author alleging that the country’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards “tries to interfere with Palo Treason trial
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Alpha Phi Alpha Brother Becomes First African American To Lead The Air Force
Alpha Phi Alpha’s very own General Charles Q. Brown Jr. has made history by becoming the U.S. Air Force’s chief of staff making him the first African American to lead a U.S. military
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Concourt efficiency declining as judgments miss three month target | News24
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has decreed that all judges must attempt to hand down reserved judgments within three months. But an analysis of Constitutional Court judgments show a steady decline in efficiency.
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Tucson Police Chief Offers To Resign Over Man's Death In Officers' Custody
Tucson Police Chief Offers To Resign Over Man's Death In Officers' Custody
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VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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Rwanda: Musanze Court Quashes Lawsuit Filed Against Law-Enforcement Agencies
[New Times] Musanze Intermediate Court on Tuesday threw out a case filed against law-enforcement agencies that had been filed by four grassroots leaders and security personnel attached to District Administration Security Support Organ (DASSO), all operating in Musanze District.
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LSK cancels senior counsel honour for Kalonzo, Karua
The drastic decision by the new LSK council comes almost a year after the Committee on Senior Counsel chaired by Supreme Court judge Justice Mohamed Ibrahim completed the process of identifying the
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US Legislatures Slow To Pass Laws Limiting Use Of Force
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of
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Madonsela and co: Govt should have considered social impact of Covid-19 regulations
Professor Thuli Madonsela, as part of the Social Justice and Covid-19 Policy and Relief Monitoring Alliance (SCOPRA), has highlighted shortfalls in the implementation of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) during the Covid-19
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High Court hearings remain suspended for next month
As part of its measures to safeguard its staff, attorneys and the public against COVID-19, the High Court on Wednesday released updated practice directions that advised, among other things, that all physical hearings before it and the Court of Appeal would remain suspended for the next month unless
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Two Lawyers Accused Of Throwing Molotov Cocktail At Empty Cop Car During Protest Could Face Life In Prison - Blavity
Two New York lawyers of color are facing the possibility of life in prison after being federally charged for throwing a Molotov cocktail at an empty police car, reports
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Luanda Leaks: Isabel dos Santos to challenge assets seizure
Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo have decided to challenge the freezing of their assets in the context of an investigation for embezzlement of public funds, their lawyer said
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Trolls Trump in the Blackest Way
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Incarcerating children for cannabis possession ruled unconstitutional
The Johannesburg High Court has determined on Monday 3 August that children found guilty of cannabis possession cannot be incarcerated
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Kabuga lawyers fighting extradition
The court on Thursday May 21, decided to delay until next week the hearing on whether to hand Kabuga to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals based at The
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Two Black Judges on the Ballot in November | Chicago Defender
Two Black judges are on the ballot in November's upcoming election. Voters in Illinois must gather as much information on the candidates as possible to make an informed decision. Black … Continued The post Two Black Judges on the Ballot in November appeared first on Chicago Defender.
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Ghana: GFA Congratulates Justice Amadu Tanko
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on behalf of the entire football fraternity, has congratulated the newly-appointed Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC) Issifu Omoro Amadu
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South Africa: Lifting Lockdown - a Double-Edged Sword for Public Safety?
Analysis - South Africa's first levels of lockdown substantially reduced violent crime, making it one of the few countries in the world to record fewer deaths overall as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in that period. But what are the likely long-term effects of the pandemic and our responses to
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The Judicial Friends Association, Inc. announces the release of its Report re: Systemic Racism | New York Carib News
Today, an association of Black and other minority judges officially released a comprehensive Report to the New York State Court's Commission on Equal Justice in the Courts ("Report").
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Zimbabwe: Mtetwa Banned From Representing Chin'ono Over Facebook Page
[New Zimbabwe] Beatrice Mtetwa has been permanently barred from representing Hopewell Chin'ono after a Harare court found the top rights lawyer to have abandoned professional conduct but developed personal interest in the journalist's case.
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Assa Nyakundi wins first round in murder case
The court noted that whereas it could have wished to grant the application by the DPP to discontinue the current proceedings, “the spirit of the law generally, and the Constitution in particular, must be upheld not only for the sanctity of the judicial system but also for the interest of the public
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Daniels, Preston A. (1945- )
Preston Daniels, the first African American elected Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1945.  Shortly afterwards his parents moved to Des Moines and he grew up in the Chesterfield section of southeast Des Moines, a working-class area also known as the “southeast
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Felicien Kabuga's lawyers fight extradition
The court on Thursday May 21, decided to delay until next week the hearing on whether to hand Kabuga to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals based at The
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