Editor’s note: This is Day 4 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. On Day 4 of suppression hearings in the New York state case against Luigi Mangione, Altoona Police Officer Christy Wasser testified that she discovered a pistol, loaded magazine, and suppressor in Mangione’s backpack during The post US dispatch, day 4: third officer testifies finding gun in Luigi Mangione’s backpack, judge defends evidence sealing from press appeared first on JURIST – News.

Human rights groups in Taiwan launched a petition on December 8 opposing draft legislation that would eliminate parole eligibility for individuals convicted of murder, attempted murder, or child abuse resulting in death. The petition, which has attracted support from many lawyers and law professors, follows a joint statement filed by the Taiwan Alliance to End The post Taiwan dispatch: human rights groups oppose draft legislation eliminating parole for violent offenders appeared first on JURIST – News.

Austrian lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority to approve a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move that is now facing criticism from experts and human rights groups. The only party to oppose it was the opposition Green Party, which argued that the law is unconstitutional. The ban was The post Austria approves school headscarf ban for girls under 14 appeared first on JURIST – News.

The Ecuadorian government’s financial crimes agency froze the bank accounts of several Indigenous and environmental groups, using secret intelligence information in an apparent effort to silence protests, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human Rights Watch, commented that the measures in question constitute a misuse of anti-money laundering mechanisms, which The post Ecuador criticized for freezing Indigenous and environmental group bank accounts appeared first on JURIST – News.