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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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Kristen Clarke Becomes First Black Women Confirmed by Senate to Head DOJ’s Civil Rights Division – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Republicans opposed the nomination, but Clarke won confirmation because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) used the chamber’s “Discharge Petition” to move her candidacy
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Chief Justice Mogoeng files appeal against 'flawed' Israel comments ruling | News24
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng filed an appeal against a ruling that he apologise for and retract comments he made about Israel during a webinar.
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New twist as IEBC appeals BBI judgement
IEBC appeals High Court’s judgment last week that nullified Building Bridges Initiative process, throwing proposed referendum into uncertainty.
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Legal challenge to amendment Acts - NewsDay Zimbabwe
By Arthur G O Mutambara As we have explained before, both Constitutional Amendments (No 1 and 2) Acts are unconstitutional and illegal. The post Legal challenge to amendment Acts appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Beyoncé Donates Additional $1M To Impact Fund For Small Black Businesses
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Georgetown Chamber calls on Lowenfield to withdraw report that dumps 115,000 votes
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield calling on him to withdraw his report to GECOM which discards over 115,000 votes and purports to award victory to
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Breonna Taylor’s mother says police, law ‘not made to protect’ Black women - The New York Beacon
Breonna Taylor’s family is requesting the grand jury release the transcripts from the court proceedings Breonna Taylor’s family is fighting back against the decision to not charge Louisville police officers with her death. The family attorney is requesting that Kentucky Attorney GeneralDaniel
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Lawyers in Guyana condemn attacks on CCJ ahead of today's ruling
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) The Bar Council of the Association of Guyana (BAR) has called on all political parties and other stakeholders to respect the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which is due to deliver its ruling that could have an effect on the official results of the
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Attorney Ben Crump to speak, receive honorary degree at Lincoln University’s 161st commencement | New Pittsburgh Courier
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 Commencement. The date for the ceremony—postponed from May 3 because of the pandemic— has yet to be announced. “Now more
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Chilonga villagers challenge eviction
By Tatenda Chitagu THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has filed an urgent chamber application at the Masvingo High Court seeking to interdict government from going ahead with its plan to displace more than 12 000 villagers from Chilonga in Chiredzi to pave way for a lucerne farming
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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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Namibia: NSC Workers 'Illegally' Scrutinised Npl Application... As League Launches New Appeal
[New Era] The Namibia Premier League (NPL), in its latest appeal notice to the national appeals committee, claims their application to be recognised as a sports body for professional football was illegally and unconstitutionally reviewed and scrutinised by ordinary Namibia Sports Commission
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Tanzania: AG Faults Queries On Mwambe's MP Status
State lawyers, comprising Principal State Attorneys Vicent Tango, George Mandepo and Alecia Mbuya as well as State Attorney Erign Rumisha, told the High Court panel comprising Judges Issa Maige, Stephen Magoiga and Seif Kulita that the petition is unmaintainable in
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Tunisia: HPR - Ghazi Chaouachi Deplores Weakness of Means of National Committee for Management of Assets and Funds, Objects of Confiscation
Tunis/Tunisia — Minister of State Properties and Land Affairs, Ghazi Chaouachi, heard Monday by the parliamentary committee on administrative reform, good governance, the fight against corruption and the control of the management of public funds, deplored the weakness of the resources of the
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Appeal Court upholds Bar Association POCA challenge
The Appeal Court yesterday upheld the Jamaican Bar Association's challenge of amendments to the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) that would essentially force lawyers to report instances of financial crimes uncovered when dealing with their clients.The Bar Association had claimed that the legislation
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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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D.C. AG Sues Online Lender for Predatory Loans to City Residents - The Washington Informer
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‘We All Have the Power to Make Change’: Dismantling the Law Enforcement Status Quo | The Madison Times
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz People in positions of power are often meant to protect people. Politicians are elected to act in the best interest of their constituents, law enforcement exist to protect people, judges ensure that the law is upheld and so on. But what happens when that honor turns into abuse
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Nandlall criticizes Alexis over report saying PPP appeal likely to fail - Stabroek News
Attorney Anil Nandlall today rapped Grenadian Queen’s Counsel, Dr Francis Alexis for remarks attributed to him in today’s Guyana Chronicle that a PPP appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice over a Guyana Court of Appeal ruling has no “real prospect of
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Moyo –first African to lead IBA in 74 years
By Staff Reporter Prominent Zimbabwean lawyer and Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) board member, Sternford Moyo, is the new International Bar Association (IBA) president. The Zimbabwean veteran lawyer becomes the first African lawyer to lead the IBA in its 74-year-old history after taking over
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Baltimore Police Department Illegally Seized and Searched Shooting Victims’ Property at Their Most Vulnerable | Atlanta Daily World
Baltimore Police Department Illegally Seized and Searched Shooting Victims’ Property at Their Most Vulnerable, Violating Their Civil Rights BPD Practice and Policies Disproportionately Harm African American Residents The Baltimore Police Department’s practice of unlawfully searching and seizing the
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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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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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Robert L. Brokenburr made history in 1940 by becoming the first African-American elected to the Indiana Senate. Except for a one two-year hiatus, he served continuously until 1964. He was an active legislator, especially in the area of civil rights, and the laws.  Brokenburr was born in Virginia in
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CJ to appoint state-of-emergency tribunal - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
REGULATIONS have been issued for setting up a tribunal to receive complaints from anyone detained under the covid19 state of emergency (SoE). President Paula-Mae Weekes issued the regulations for the tribunal on Wednesday. It will now be for the Chief Justice to appoint a chairman and two me
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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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