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Reject Enforsement Of Amnesty For Serious Crimes, Gross Human Rights
We must also support innovative initiatives like the deployment of civilian justice and corrections experts on missions. And we should use the United Nations Rule of Law Indicators, designed to monitor criminal justice institutions, during and after
Updated: 01/19/2012 08:27P
'Anonymous' hackers claim to take down Justice Department, Universal Music
Hackers aligned with the global cyber-collective known as Anonymous have claimed responsibility for taking down at least six prominent websites, including those of the US Department of Justice and Universal Music Group, in retaliation for charges
Updated: 01/19/2012 08:25P
Megaupload shut down, Anonymous retaliates
You CAN expect us #OpMegaupload" The moves by the Department of Justice and Anonymous come just a day after protests by large companies like Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia over the government's plans to introduce a new bill in the US designed to stop
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:50P
Call for overhaul of drugs sentencing
THE IRISH Penal Reform Trust has backed a call from the Law Reform Commission for the current minimum mandatory sentence for the possession of large quantities of drugs to be reviewed. The trust's executive director Liam Herrick said the current system
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:49P
RIAA Is "Deeply Grateful" to Justice Department for Thwarting Megaupload's
WASHINGTON: The Department of Justice today announced that "individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:46P
Biz Woman's Death Sentence Rouses Debate
Wu Ying, 31, the former owner of Zhejiang-based Bense Holding Group, lost her appeal to the Zhejiang Provincial High People's Court on Wednesday, which upheld the verdict and death penalty of a local court in 2009. The high court rejected Wu's appeal
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:25P
'Revenge' scoop: 'FlashForward' alum cast as Emily's newest pawn -- EXCLUSIVE
by Tanner Stransky Just as the body count is about to rise on ABC's buzzy soap Revenge, a source tells EW exclusively that the show will make up for that by introducing yet another new character, played by FlashForward and Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:12P
Megaupload.com Charged in $175 Million US Criminal Copyright Conspiracy
The Motion Picture Association of America is “working with law enforcement authorities to identify those responsible,” according to a statement from the group. Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America,
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:04P
Megaupload.com Shutdown Followed by Disruptions of Trade Group Websites
Three suspects remain at large, according to the Justice Department. “This action is among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States and directly targets the misuse of a public content storage and distribution site to
Updated: 01/19/2012 07:04P
Hackers target Justice Dept and Universal Music sites
illegal distribution hubs that think they can violate the law with impunity. This also demonstrates the malicious intent of the criminal operators behind these illegal sites, which poses a very real and serious problem for the creative community.
Updated: 01/19/2012 06:59P
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