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Thai activist gets 15 years for insulting monarchy
Earlier this year, a movement led by intellectuals and academics began a public campaign for reform of the lese majeste law, officially Article 112 of the Criminal Code. This was Daranee's second trial. She received an 18-year term in her first trial,
Updated: 12/15/2011 06:30A
Constitutional Court Rules Constitutional Provisions Of Judiciary System Law
The Constitutional Court has ruled constitutional provisions from the Law on the Judiciary System and the Status of Judges of Ukraine, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Economic Procedure Code, the Civil Procedure Code, and the Administrative Procedure
Updated: 12/15/2011 06:16A
Thai activist jailed for 15 years for royal insult
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court jailed a political activist for 15 years on Thursday for insulting the country's monarchy, the latest in a series of tough sentences under the world's strictest lese-majeste laws. The Criminal Court found Darunee
Updated: 12/15/2011 06:12A
The use of the lse-majest law in Thailand
The legal proceedings against Mr. Amphon Tangnoppakul and Mr. Lerpong Wichaikhammat (Joe Gordon) were carried out in accordance with Thai law. Both men have been accorded due process as provided by the Thai Criminal Procedures Code including the right
Updated: 12/15/2011 06:12A
Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Threats, Violence
While thousands of crimes are committed in the context of the current violence, the justice system fails to prosecute even a tiny fraction of them. Rampant corruption, accepted as a way of life in normal times, now erodes any attempt to bring the
Updated: 12/15/2011 06:04A
Canada's most dangerous cities: Vancouver's crackdown on crime is paying off
“We would get them for any crime we could,” says Chu. New provincial anti-gang laws are another tool. One prohibits retro?tting vehicles with hidden compartments, armour and bullet-proof glass. Another law requires health care facilities to report gun
Updated: 12/15/2011 06:00A
Pakistan Passes Bill to Check Acid Attack Crimes, Victims Get Respite
Such women struggle to survive in a society as normal beings, according to the Law Commission of India, which says the country's criminal laws relating to acid-related crimes are “insufficient to deal with the phenomenon of acid attacks.
Updated: 12/15/2011 05:59A
Impaired laws set for convenience, not fairness
The scheme was branded and sold as "tough" in large part because it sought to punish people who were below the Criminal Code threshold - those at the "warn" level. For motorists who registered a "fail" on the screening device the scheme was, in fact,
Updated: 12/15/2011 05:28A
Activist gets 15 years for insulting Thai monarchy
The Criminal Court on Thursday found Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul guilty of violating Thailand's lese majeste law, which mandates a jail term of three to 15 years for anyone who “defames, insults, or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent,
Updated: 12/15/2011 05:28A
Relentless anti-abortion crusader takes her fight to Supreme Court
Gibbons' lawyers argued that under Section 127 of the Criminal Code of Canada the courts had other means to punish her, specifically going to civil court rather than making her peaceful protest a criminal matter worthy of jail time.
Updated: 12/15/2011 05:22A
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