The Japanese government on Tuesday approved revisions to its defense equipment and technology framework, lifting restrictions on overseas weapons exports. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that “in today’s increasingly severe security environment, no country can safeguard its own peace and security alone” and expressed support for providing partnered and allied countries with defensive technology and The post Japan lowers restrictions on weapon and technology exports appeared first on JURIST – News.

El Salvador’s Fiscalia General de la Republica opened an unprecedented mass trial Monday against 486 alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, including founders and top-level commanders, charging them collectively with 47,000 crimes committed from 2012-2022, including 29,000 homicides. The Tribunal Sexto contra el Crimen Organizado de San Salvador initiated what the Fiscalia described The post El Salvador opens mass trial of 486 alleged gang leaders for 47,000 crimes appeared first on JURIST – News.

Burkina Faso’s military government has escalated a sweeping crackdown on civil society through restrictive legislation, administrative pressure, and punitive measures targeting both domestic and international organizations, according to a joint statement released by multiple rights groups Monday. Groups reported that authorities have increasingly relied on legal and administrative tools to restrict operations of civil society The post Rights groups alert to crackdown on civil society organizations in Burkina Faso appeared first on JURIST – News.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court found Monday that the state’s ban on the use of Medicaid funds for abortions is unconstitutional, in part because there is a fundamental right to get an abortion under Pennsylvania law. The Commonwealth Court, one of Pennsylvania’s intermediate appellate courts for state agency disputes, granted summary judgment to a group of The post Pennsylvania court finds state constitutional right to abortion appeared first on JURIST – News.