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This is a quirk of Spanish law: private citizens can seek to bring criminal charges against someone even if prosecutors disagree. In Spain, Garzon is highly divisive: while rights groups love him, many conservatives brand Garzon an unabashed publicity
Updated: 01/31/2012 12:21P
Spanish judge defends probe into Franco-era
If convicted, Garzon would not go to prison but could be suspended from the legal profession for up to 20 years, putting an end to his career. The case has opened heated debated in Spain over a dark period of its history, and invited criticism from
Updated: 01/31/2012 12:20P
Prosecutor's office: Former Kharkiv regional governor Avakov put on
As reported, on January 26, the prosecutor's office of Kharkiv region opened a criminal case against Avakov on charges of abuse of office under Part 3, Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. On the morning of Tuesday, January 31, searches were
Updated: 01/31/2012 12:05P
Acadiana's News Leader Spanish judge defends probe of possible war crimes
This is a quirk of Spanish law: private citizens can seek to bring criminal charges against someone even if prosecutors disagree. In Spain, Garzon is highly divisive: while rights groups love him, many conservatives brand Garzon an unabashed publicity
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:57A
Fake tobacco factory gang jailed
UK (MMD Newswire) January 31, 2012 -- A criminal gang who set up a factory potentially capable of making up to 625 million counterfeit cigarettes and five million pouches of fake hand rolling tobacco a year were jailed today. The plot, worth over £131
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:45A
Fake tobacco factory gang jailed
UK (MMD Newswire) January 31, 2012 -- A criminal gang who set up a factory potentially capable of making up to 625 million counterfeit cigarettes and five million pouches of fake hand rolling tobacco a year were jailed today. The plot, worth over £131
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:45A
Sassounian: France Shouldn't Allow Turkey to Meddle in its Domestic Affairs
Has he read Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code—on “insulting Turkishness”—which bans all public references to the Armenian Genocide? Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu may have gotten it right when he complained that the French law is an attempt to
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:39A
Sassounian: France Shouldn't Allow Turkey to Meddle in its Domestic Affairs
Has he read Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code—on “insulting Turkishness”—which bans all public references to the Armenian Genocide? Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu may have gotten it right when he complained that the French law is an attempt to
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:39A
Garzn defends probe of Franco-era cases
Hugo Relva of Amnesty International described the charge against the judge for defying the amnesty law “scandalous and unacceptable”. Because of a peculiarity of the Spanish justice system, the case was brought to trial at the instigation of two small
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:28A
UNIBAM vs GOB/Church hearing begin
UNIBAM, an NGO registered in May 2006 consisting of some 60 members made up of homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender men and women, is challenging section 53 of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes carnal intercourse against the order of
Updated: 01/31/2012 11:27A
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