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Ken brings us up to date with what is happening to help combat this practice which although being a criminal offence in the US and the UK does not appear in the Australian criminal law. Ken gives some practical advice on what vulnerable parents should
Updated: 06/28/2011 02:04P
End right to silence, child expert tells Kahui inquest
"I know it is the Holy Grail in criminal law and I mention it with temerity." Since the trial, the Government has drafted its new Crime Amendment Bill Number Two which could see extended family and close friends of child abusers face up to 10 years in
Updated: 06/28/2011 01:36P
End right to silence, Kahui inquest told
"I know it is the Holy Grail in criminal law and I mention it with temerity." Since the trial, the Government has drafted its new Crime Amendment Bill Number Two which could see extended family and close friends of child abusers face up to 10 years in
Updated: 06/28/2011 01:36P
Uzbek Christians Suffer as Regime Tightens Noose
In his analysis, Perez writes that, “Indoctrinated with the anti-religious Soviet propaganda, President Karimov enacted the 1998 law to preserve the socio-political status quo of the country where freedom of religion was subject to tight regulation and
Updated: 06/28/2011 01:35P
Navy, Coast Guard may try pirates in Indian courts
The bill proposes changes in the Indian Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code to define piracy as a separate crime with defined quantum of punishment, while the issue of repatriating the pirates after they serve the sentence is being worked out,
Updated: 06/28/2011 01:32P
7th law firm set to move into CityScape
"It puts us at a geographic center from where we can better serve our criminal law, family law and injury clients in Phoenix and the state of Arizona," said attorney David Michael Cantor. The firm is renting 15500 square feet in the CityScape office
Updated: 06/28/2011 01:15P
N. Korean police manual documents deepening, extreme social unrest
The police manual contained classified information covering three laws such as criminal law, civil law, and the criminal procedure law. Its preface reads: "This manual is published for the first time and the listed examples are based on actual cases or
Updated: 06/28/2011 01:05P
TAJIKISTAN: "This is not the first time.."
The raids and fines came as Parliament's Lower Chamber adopted a controversial Parental Responsibility Law banning almost all children under eighteen from participating in any religious activity except for funerals. Amendments to the Criminal Code were
Updated: 06/28/2011 12:46P
Navy to Get Powers to Tackle Pirates in Indian Courts
The bill proposes changes in the Indian Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code to define piracy as a separate crime with defined quantum of punishment, while the issue of repatriating the pirates after they serve the sentence is being worked out,
Updated: 06/28/2011 12:28P
Two weeks ahead of release, jailed editor suddenly facing possible death
Al-Amin is reportedly facing charges of criminal conspiracy (article 21 and 24 of the criminal code), criminal offences (article 26), attacks on the state aimed at undermining the constitutional system (article 50) and publishing false information
Updated: 06/28/2011 11:49A
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