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Conflict zones: Two Lahore schools runners-up in humanitarian law moot
The final of the moot court was presided over by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court while the other three judges in the panel were Justice Khalida Rachid Khan, the president of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,
Updated: 01/15/2012 03:33P
Ban order in tangled web
Its advocating of secession is a criminal offence under Indian laws, but is protected speech in the US. After the Mumbai train bombings of July 2006, India's Computer Emergency Response Team issued a direction to all Indian Internet service providers
Updated: 01/15/2012 03:07P
Ban order in tangled web
Its advocating of secession is a criminal offence under Indian laws, but is protected speech in the US. After the Mumbai train bombings of July 2006, India's Computer Emergency Response Team issued a direction to all Indian Internet service providers
Updated: 01/15/2012 02:28P
Chalerm eyes Ukrit charter plan
A woman holds a flag calling for an amendment to Section 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the lese majeste law. She was attending a forum organised by law academics from the Nitirat group at Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus, yesterday.
Updated: 01/15/2012 02:05P
Heavyweights battle over lese majeste law
The battle of wits over whether the lese majeste law or Section 112 of the Criminal Code should be amended or left untouched has intensified in academic circles now that all political parties, including the Democrats and Pheu Thai, have reached a
Updated: 01/15/2012 01:59P
High-profile Spanish judge to stand trial in wiretaps case
On Tuesday, Garzon goes on trial for allegedly ordering illegal jailhouse wiretaps in a domestic corruption probe. A week later he appears in court to face charges he overstepped his authority in the Civil War case. Supporters say he's the victim of a
Updated: 01/15/2012 01:30P
Rick Perry defends Marines who urinated on dead bodies in Afghanistan
Pentagon officials said the criminal investigation would likely look into whether the Marines violated laws of war. Comments: Florida Rep. Allen West, an ex-Army lieutenant colonel, insisted the Marines were wrong These include prohibitions against
Updated: 01/15/2012 12:47P
'Kids make stupid mistakes': Rick Perry jumps to the defence of Marines who
Pentagon officials said the criminal investigation would likely look into whether the Marines violated laws of war. Comments: Florida Rep. Allen West, an ex-Army lieutenant colonel, insisted the Marines were wrong These include prohibitions against
Updated: 01/15/2012 12:36P
Nitirat scholars propose several changes
The Nitirat group of law scholars called yesterday for the amendment of Section 112 of the Criminal Code relating to lese majeste, saying the law is outdated and in need of an overhaul. _ that the penalty for offences such as defamation or insulting or
Updated: 01/15/2012 12:28P
New plan criminalizes Palestinian citizens of Israel
According to Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel , the criminal justice system is regularly used as a means of delegitimizing Palestinian political acts. Police routinely use force against Arab demonstrators in order to silence
Updated: 01/15/2012 11:31A
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