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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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Ride for Racial Justice Encourages Voter Participation - Free Press of Jacksonville
The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) assembled hundreds of motorcycle riders from across the country to “Ride for Racial Justice” in Florida. After the success of their Orlando event, FRRC traveled to different cities throughout [...]
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Black Attorney Selected As 2020 “Litigator of the Year” By the American Institute of Trial Lawyers - The New York Beacon
Nationwide— Every year, the American Institute of Trial Lawyers chooses a handful of the nation’s leading attorneys to receive their “Litigator of the Year” award. Attorney Zulu Ali received this award for 2020. The American Institute of Trial Lawyers is a professional organization that accepts
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IPTV pirates selling R17-billion a year of stolen TV shows - TechCentral
It looks like a real pay-television subscription, with familiar shows, advertisements and even a customer service line. But the product, known as a pirated Internet protocol TV service, is illegal.
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Source: TechCentral
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Attorney Ben Crump to speak, receive honorary degree at Lincoln University’s 161st commencement
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Lincoln University President Brenda A. Allen announced today renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump will speak at the 161st
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Ethiopia: House Approves Federal Intervention, Form Transitional Govt in Tigray Region
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The House of Federation has anonymously approved a proposed resolution presented to it by the federal government to interfere and establish transitional administration in Tigrai Regional state.
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Learn About Wrongful Death Claims in New York.
If you’re filing the claim in New York, you’ll need to understand the laws governing wrongful death claims in the
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Lobby group decries abuse of criminal justice system
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has expressed concern over what they called an apparent trend of manipulation of the criminal justice system to punish dissent through prolonged and undue pre-trial incarceration. The rights group also bemoaned the selective
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Cape Town's legal practitioners power through Covid-19 to help the poor for free | News24
The Covid-19 pandemic did not stop the wheels of social justice from turning for the vulnerable in Cape Town.
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Dr Alexis must withdraw his remarks about this case before the CCJ - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Yesterday’s Sunday Edition of the Guyana Chronicle’s, lead headline loudly screams, `Dr. The article Dr Alexis must withdraw his remarks about this case before the CCJ appeared first on Stabroek News.
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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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Two Major Bills Passed The Georgia Legislation That Impact You: HB 838 and SB 402
Considering the hundreds of police officers that have avoided prosecution for killing people in Georgia, lawmakers should instead be working on ways to improve accountability, consistency and fairness in the investigation of wrongdoing in our state, Moreover, police officers and first responders
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Zuma should be arrested and prosecuted if he fails to appear before Zondo, says DA's Breytenbach | News24
DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach says former president Jacob Zuma has "never considered himself to be subject to the rule of law".
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South Africa: Mbalula Urges Taxi Industry to Reconsider Decision to Break Lockdown Laws
[News24Wire] Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says it is unfortunate and regrettable that taxi operators have decided to violate Covid-19 lockdown regulations, after they announced that they will fill their taxis to 100% capacity and up inter-provincial travelling as of Monday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
KRA hits snag in bid to collect Sh619m from Co-op Bank
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) suffered a blow in its pursuit of Sh619.16 million in excise tax from Cooperative Bank of Kenya after a tribunal barred the taxman from collecting the money.
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ACLU, for first time, elects Black person as its president
By David Crary Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president. The ACLU
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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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Source: allAfrica.com
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Kazembe cornered over MDC ‘abductees’ case - NewsDay Zimbabwe
HUMAN rights lawyers have put Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on the spot, demanding that he proves State claims that three MDC Alliance officials currently in remand prison raised false allegations of abduction and torture by security forces to tarnish government’s image. BY MOSES MATENGA
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Allen, Macon Bolling (1816-1894)
Macon Bolling Allen is believed to be the first black man in the United States who was licensed to practice law. Born Allen Macon Bolling in 1816 in Indiana, he grew up a free man.  Bolling learned to read and write on his on his own and eventually landed his first a job as a schoolteacher where he
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Kenya: Omtatah in Court to Compel President Kenyatta to Submit Names of 41 Judges to Parliament
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Human rights activist Okiya Omtatah now wants President Uhuru Kenyatta compelled to submit the names of 41 judges to Parliament for approval.
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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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Why The Revolution For Racial Justice Starts With The Youth Vote - Blavity
That video made me think about Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell and the countless other Black bodies that were unfortunately lost due to racist
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Chief Election Officer is subordinate to GECOM - Stabroek News
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Zimbabwe: Judiciary Not Captured By the State - Ziyambi
The minister said there were countless court cases the government had lost against private litigants hence the accusations that the judiciary was captured by the State did not hold
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MPUTHIA: Legal minefields to avoid in your Zoom meeting
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Dr. Yumkella speaks about Sierra Leone’s judiciary as parliament approves Appeals Court Judges
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2020: 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 approval. The
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Zimbabwe journalist vows 'fight' for media rights from prison | News24
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, has vowed to "fight" for freedom of expression in a fiery statement penned from his prison cell.
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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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Kenya: Agencies Shut Door On Leaders Impeached Over Integrity Issues
[Nation] The electoral commission has joined the anti-graft agency in warning impeached governors that they won't secure clearance to contest elections even as politicians fought the sanctions, rekindling how Parliament watered down integrity laws.
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