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• US Justice Department reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys amid shakeup, say sources - Reuters

  23-04-2025 22:58 via news.google.com
  US Justice Department reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys amid shakeup, say sources  Reuters
  
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• Harvey Weinstein retrial opens with new allegations of sexual assault

  23-04-2025 22:40
  
  For the first time, prosecutors identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded with movie producerHarvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial opened on Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at familiar rape and sexual assault allegations – plus a newly added claim.For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola, a former model, and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the Oscar-winning movie producer in the early 2000s. He is criminally ch
  
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• Ella Baron on repercussions of the UK supreme court’s gender ruling – cartoon

  23-04-2025 20:21
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• The Guardian view on the UK supreme court’s equality ruling: a clear legal line, a blurred social one | Editorial

  23-04-2025 19:42
  A legal milestone that’s raising questions about how transgender Britons will be able to navigate public spacesIn a landmark ruling, the UK supreme court has found that, under the Equality Act 2010, “sex” means biological sex – an unambiguous legal position with profoundly ambiguous social consequences. In doing so, the bench overruled the Scottish courts and curbed devolved lawmaking. Crucially, the court said that a gender recognition certificate (GRC) doesn’t cha
  
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• As Trump's EPA ends 'environmental justice,' minority communities may pay a price - Reuters

  23-04-2025 17:39 via news.google.com
  As Trump's EPA ends 'environmental justice,' minority communities may pay a price  Reuters
  
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• Justice League Unlimited #6 review - Batman News

  23-04-2025 17:33 via news.google.com
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• Gertrude Torkornoo: Suspension of Ghana's chief justice is 'abuse of power', says opposition - BBC

  23-04-2025 16:13 via news.google.com
  Gertrude Torkornoo: Suspension of Ghana's chief justice is 'abuse of power', says opposition  BBC
  
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• Finalists announced for 2024-25 NBA Social Justice Champion award - NBA

  23-04-2025 16:13 via news.google.com
  Finalists announced for 2024-25 NBA Social Justice Champion award  NBA
  
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• Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House - The Conversation

  23-04-2025 14:47 via news.google.com
  Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House  The Conversation
  
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• An Army of Women review – shocking story of sex-assault survivors’ fight for justice

  23-04-2025 08:00
  Julie Lunde Lillesæter’s timely documentary tells the story of the courageous women whose cases of sexual assault and rape have gone unheard by the US judicial systemIn 2018, a historic lawsuit was brought against the US city of Austin, Travis County, the Austin Police Department, and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. The plaintiffs were survivors of sexual assault, whose cases had gone unheard by the judicial system. Gripping and timely, Julie Lunde Lillesæte
  
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• Justice in Shackles: The Global Persecution of Judges and Lawyers - Freedom House

  23-04-2025 06:17 via news.google.com
  Justice in Shackles: The Global Persecution of Judges and Lawyers  Freedom House
  
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• The UK supreme court and the definition of a woman – podcast

  23-04-2025 04:00
  A ruling on equality law has caused relief, fear – and confusion. Libby Brooks reportsOn paper it does not sound like something that would spark nationwide interest. Last week the UK supreme court gave its judgment on a case brought by a women’s group against the Scottish government over the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.But its judgment – that the word “woman” in equality law refers only to biological sex – has upended years of le
  
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• EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees - Inside Climate News

  23-04-2025 01:13 via news.google.com
  EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees  Inside Climate News
  
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• Ministry of Justice says probation officers must consider the 'trauma' of ethnic minority criminals before the - Daily Mail

  23-04-2025 00:45 via news.google.com
  Ministry of Justice says probation officers must consider the 'trauma' of ethnic minority criminals before the  Daily Mail
  
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