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"An abhorrent crime": Stalking will be a criminal offence, says PM
The Prime Minister, who will meet stalking victims at No 10 reception to mark International Women's Day, said the Government was determined to ensure "justice is done". "Stalking is an abhorrent crime. It makes life a living hell for the victims
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:45A
Stalking Will Be A Crime, David Cameron Reveals On International Women's Day
The prime minister, who will meet stalking victims at No 10 reception to mark International Women's Day, said the government was determined to ensure "justice is done". "Stalking is an abhorrent crime. It makes life a living hell for the victims
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:45A
Libs oppose 'supergrass' deals
Criminals could spend less time in jail if they dob on their colleagues. Picture: Campbell Brodie Source: The Advertiser GOVERNMENT plans to shatter the criminal code of silence by offering sentence discounts for information will be opposed in the
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:37A
China mulls human rights, torture in criminal law reform
By IANS, Beijing : China is planning to introduce major changes in its criminal procedure law that seek to insert in writing the principle of "safeguarding human rights" and exclude confessions extorted through illegal means, according to a draft law
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:27A
Stalking to be new crime as PM told to 'ban wolf whistle' too
Around 120000 victims, mostly women, are stalked each year but under current laws just 53000 are recorded as crimes. Only one in 50 of these lead to an offender being jailed. He said: "Stalking is an abhorrent crime. It makes life a living hell for the
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:16A
China to Restrict Secret Detentions?
08, 2012 (BEIJING) — China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints.
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:16A
China to legalise detention of dissidents
Photo: AP CHINA has unveiled legislation to enshrine police powers to hold dissidents in criminal detention, legitimising a long-held practice often performed at the fringes of law. Under the rules, expected to be rubber-stamped by China's parliament
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:15A
Chinese parliament unveils dissident detention powers legislation
Police powers to hold suspects facing subversion and other state security charges are set out in revisions to China's Criminal Procedure Law sent to the annual parliament, the National People's Congress, for approval. “Detainees' families should be
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:13A
Bulgarian Vice President to Present Staff of Pardons Body
The Pardons Committee is headed by Iva Pushkarova, a lecturer in criminal law at the Ministry of Interior Academy and in international criminal law at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". Pushkarova is Chair of the Justice Development
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:08A
WHOFACTCHECK: New Bill a Protest Clampdown?
Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against entering restricted federal buildings or grounds to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly enters any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.
Updated: 03/08/2012 09:03A
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