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International
9/12/2024 8:43:48 PM
Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law.
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World
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International
9/11/2024 10:49:00 PM
Lawmakers in Mexico approved controversial reforms on Wednesday that will make it the first country to allow voters to elect all judges, hours after protesters invaded the Senate to disrupt debate.
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World
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Region
8/6/2024 2:16:21 PM
Iran has yet to make any arrests linked to the suspected Israeli killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the Iranian judiciary said Tuesday.
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World
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Region
8/5/2024 4:47:24 PM
A court in Algiers said Monday that three rejected presidential candidates were placed under "judicial supervision" while another 68 people, including elected officials, were temporarily detained as part of an investigation into electoral fraud.
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World
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Region
3/6/2024 5:16:20 PM
Iranian authorities have confiscated the American cargo of an oil tanker seized last year after US-led sanctions prevented the entry of medication into the Islamic republic, the judiciary said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/28/2024 5:55:30 PM
The House of Representatives on Sunday gave its final approval to the government's proposed amendments to some provisions of Military Judiciary Law 25/1966, regulating the structure and work of military courts.
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World
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Region
1/7/2024 4:15:26 PM
Iranian authorities have whipped a woman 74 times for "violating public morals" and fined her for not covering her head, the judiciary said.
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World
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Region
8/31/2023 10:11:22 PM
An Iranian man originally sentenced to death in connection with last year's protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini died in hospital on Thursday, the judiciary said.
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World
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International
8/29/2023 2:19:34 PM
Nearly 2,000 people have been convicted in France over nationwide riots sparked in late June by the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris, Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
8/4/2023 6:46:37 PM
Lebanon marked three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut with hundreds of protesters marching alongside victims' families Friday to demand long-awaited justice.
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World
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Region
8/4/2023 2:46:35 PM
Lebanon on Friday marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut. Yet nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/9/2023 1:48:04 PM
The State Council’s Supreme Administrative Court rejected on Sunday the appeal submitted by the government against an earlier ruling by the Administrative Judiciary Court dismissing Mortada Mansour from the presidency of the Zamalek SC.
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World
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Region
6/10/2023 10:50:04 PM
Israelis continued protests Saturday for the 23rd week against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to overhaul the judiciary in the country.
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World
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International
6/7/2023 2:43:19 PM
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday criticised US Vice President Kamala Harris after she implied that a controversial plan by the government for legal reform could impair the judiciary's independence.
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World
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Region
6/7/2023 12:02:09 PM
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday renewed calls for Israel to ensure independence of its judiciary, after major protests against changes pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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World
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Region
6/6/2023 10:58:47 AM
Voters in Kuwait were casting ballots on Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the government and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year.
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World
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Region
6/3/2023 10:29:23 PM
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday to protest judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, the most hard-line in Israel’s history.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/25/2023 8:57:00 PM
Tunisian President Kais Saied has reaffirmed his determination to reform the country’s judiciary in line with the higher interests of the state in the face of foreign criticism.
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Business
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Economy
5/4/2023 12:54:39 PM
Egypt hosted on Wednesday the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) summit on Law and Gender Conference, with a focus on the interplay between the private sector and the judiciary in advancing women’s economic participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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World
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Region
5/4/2023 11:10:29 AM
Israelis blocked roads and demonstrated on Thursday against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, hoping to ramp up pressure on lawmakers after parliament reconvened this week following a month-long recess.
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