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Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill

Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill Rights commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages The Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog has condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme, saying it raises “major issues about the human rights of asylum seekers and the rule of law.” The body’s […]

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Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK

Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice bill Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Under the legislation, anyone who creates such an image without consent will face a criminal record and

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Donald Trump’s criminal trial over hush money to begin in New York

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Ex-president becomes first US leader to face a criminal trial, in this case, for paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal for a cover up Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial involving adult movie actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal is scheduled to start on this morning, with jury selection in Manhattan supreme court. The

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Bobrisky sentenced to 6 months in jail for Naira abuse

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Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky has been sentenced to six months in prison for abusing and tampering with the Naira by a Federal High Court in Lagos. In the West African country’s laws, a person who tampers with the Naira note or coin is guilty of an offence, punishable by law. Vanguard Nigeria reported that the

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Berkeley Law Student Holds Protest Inside Dean’s Home… Which Is Not How The First Amendment Works

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Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his law professor wife Catherine Fisk hosted a dinner for graduating law students at their home this week and the rest of us were all unintentionally invited when a video went viral of Fisk trying to eject a protesting student, Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine leader Malak Afaneh,

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Lawyer Faces Invasion of Privacy Suit for Hidden Bathroom Cam – 2 Years After Child Porn Charges

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Robert McKinley, a former partner at now-defunct Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis and the former intellectual property practice leader at Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, was hit with an invasion-of-privacy suit in New Jersey state court on Tuesday over allegedly hiding cameras in bathrooms at his residences and secretly recording guests. McKinley was arrested in April

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Davido to sue over Kenyan April Fool’s joke

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Nigerian music star Davido has instructed his lawyers to sue over an April Fool’s joke that has spectacularly backfired. The prank story alleged that Afrobeats singer had been arrested in Kenya after cocaine was found on his private jet. The 31-year-old, who has just finished an East African tour, said the fake report was “extremely

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Google to delete records from Incognito tracking

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Google has agreed to delete billions of records and submit to some restrictions on its power to track users, under the terms of a proposed legal settlement. The deal aims to resolve a class action lawsuit brought in the US in 2020, which had accused the tech giant of invading people’s privacy by collecting user

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Ghanaian couple found guilty of fatally beating 5-year-old son in New York

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After nearly three years since the tragic incident, a US-based Ghanaian couple has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of their five-year-old son on Long Island. Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae were found guilty of brutally beating the child with “at least four different instruments” over three days in 2021, according to the

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Lawyer who stole more than $1M from his law firm gets disbarred

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A lawyer accused of using his law firm as “a personal gold mine” has been disbarred after he admitted stealing more than $1 million from the entity. The Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court disbarred lawyer Arthur G. Cohen in a March 26 opinion noted by the Legal Profession Blog.

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