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Uganda anti-gay law: More LGBTQ+ people seek to flee

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NAIROBI, Kenya – Pretty Peter flicked through frantic messages from friends at home in Uganda. The transgender woman is relatively safe in neighboring Kenya. Her friends feel threatened by the latest anti-gay legislation in Uganda prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” Frightened Ugandans are searching for a way to get out like Pretty Peter did. Some have stayed indoors since the law was signed on Monday, fearing that they’ll be targeted, she said. “Right now, homophobes have received a validation from the government to attack people,” the 26-year-old said, standing in a room decorated with sombre portraits from a…
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Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says

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Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN World PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: The Associated Press Emily Waster Pettus Published June 02, 2023 • 3 minute read FILE – Absentee ballots waiting to be processed at the Lee County Circuit Clerk’s Office in Tupelo, Miss., on Nov. 3, 2020. A lawsuit filed Wednesday, May 31, 2023, seeks to block a Mississippi law that will put new restrictions on who can gather other people’s absentee ballots. The law is set to take effect July 1, and the lawsuit argues that it could disfranchise voters with disabilities by preventing them from receiving…
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‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticizes Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Washington, D.C. – It is not often that Republicans and Democrats in the United States find common ground, but this week, officials from both major parties pursued a shared cause – bashing a New York law school graduate for a speech criticizing Israel. Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres called The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law graduates “crazed”; former Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin described the speech as “raging anti-Semitism”; Major Eric Adams characterized it as “words of negativity and division”. Even Republican Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, joined the pile-on of condemnations against the Yemeni-American graduate…
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Ian Mulgrew: Top lawyer accused of mishandling millions

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Breadcrumb Trail Links opinion News Crime columnists Column: The Law Society of BC has accused one of the province’s most senior and respected lawyers, Michael Bolton, of mishandling $20 million in trust accounts. Published April 14, 2023 • Last updated 5 days ago • 5 minute read Lawyer Michael Bolton speaks with reporters outside the BC Supreme Court house in 2010. Photo by Ward Perrin /PROVINCE Article content The Law Society of BC has accused one of the province’s most senior and respected lawyers, Michael Bolton, of permitting his trust account to be used in a manner that he ought…
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Israeli PM, Biden exchange frosty words over legal overhaul

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JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday brushed aside criticism of his judicial overhaul plan from President Joe Biden, saying the matter was an internal Israeli issue and would not be influenced by outside pressure. While both sides tried to play down their differences, it was a rare bout of public agreement between the two close allies, and reflected what had been a lukewarm relationship between the Biden administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government. It also marked the latest sign of cooling ties between Israel and the Democratic Party. The agreement came after months of unrest in Israel…
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Higgs’s changes to NB language law would eliminate automatic 10-year review

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The Higgs government has introduced amendments to the Official Languages ​​Act that would eliminate the legal requirement for a review of the legislation every decade. It’s the only major change to the law, which has been a source of controversy for Premier Blaine Higgs since a mandatory review began in 2021. The bill, introduced by Higgs in the legislature Wednesday, also authorizes the creation of an official language secretariat within the executive branch of government to co-ordinate compliance with the law in the civil service. Higgs told reporters the secretariat would be able to recommend updates to the act at…
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OJK plans to issue 224 derivative regulations of P2SK Law

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) plans to issue 224 OJK regulations as derivative regulations of the Financial Sector Development and Strengthening (P2SK) Law, Deputy Chairperson of OJK’s Board of Commissioners Mirza Adityaswara stated. “In short, based on identification results, 224 OJK regulations have to be created and 43 government regulations as derivative regulations from the P2SK Law,” he remarked during an online press conference, Monday. Currently, the OJK is discussing the possibility of these 224 OJK regulations being consolidated into several regulations in the form of “mini omnibus.” “This is because if we create one by one…
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Legal sizes for lobsters trapped off New England could change to protect the population

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Local The commission said it’s considering the changes because of a worrisome lack of baby lobsters growing off New England. Max Oliver moves a lobster to the banding table aboard his boat while fishing off Spruce Head, Maine, on Aug. 31, 2021. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press February 6, 2023 | 3:01PM PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become stricter, potentially bringing big changes to one of the most valuable seafood industries in the country. Fishers are required…