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Besigye charged in relation to death of top cop
The criminal summons for Besigye and 14 others were issued on Monday by Chief Magistrate Eleanor Khainza. They are expected to to take plea on four counts of managing unlawful society, contrary to Section 56 and 57 of Uganda's Penal Code Act. The
Updated: 03/28/2012 04:25A
Cyber attacks on European IT systems would become a criminal offence
Civil Liberties Committee backed the draft law which proposes to punish by at least two years in prison the cyber attacks on IT systems. In addition, possession or distributing hacking software and tools would be an offences, as well as illegal access,
Updated: 03/28/2012 04:07A
Criminal record can affect citizenship
That's why all immigrants should follow Wernick's rule: Anyone arrested or charged with a crime should speak to an immigration law expert before filing any immigration application. Q. I pleaded guilty of a crime and the judge sentenced me to community
Updated: 03/28/2012 04:06A
Criminal record can affect 'good moral character' requirement for citizenship
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Updated: 03/28/2012 04:00A
NY hearing in DSK civil case amid more legal woes
The 62-year-old former chief of the International Monetary Fund was charged last year with attempted rape and other crimes after the May 14 encounter with hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, but the criminal case was dropped after prosecutors lost faith in
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:58A
Tough drug laws harm health and safety, doctors say
Criminalizing the use of marijuana and other tough on crime approaches haven't worked, say public health doctors from across Canada who propose taxation and regulation instead. The chief medical health officers in three provinces wrote a paper
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:54A
400 women held in Afghanistan for 'moral crimes' such as fleeing domestic abuse
A law, passed in August 2009, supports equality for women, including criminalizing child and forced marriage, selling and buying women for marriage or for settling disputes, as well as forced self-immolation, among other acts. But women, especially in
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:47A
400 women held in Afghanistan for 'moral crimes' such as fleeing domestic abuse
A law, passed in August 2009, supports equality for women, including criminalizing child and forced marriage, selling and buying women for marriage or for settling disputes, as well as forced self-immolation, among other acts. But women, especially in
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:47A
Organ donation: a non-profit activity
Today, advertising of human organs is allowed by law. What is illegal is the trafficking of persons for the purpose of their exploitation in the removal of any organ of the human body. This is criminalised by article 248C of the Criminal Code.
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:46A
Law Should Be Able to Deter Embezzlement By MPs
Investigators also have to be careful not to include reprehensible but non-criminal activity in the catch-all word "corruption". Corruption is carefully defined in Zimbabwean law and the odds are that even a very dishonest Member of Parliament was
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:28A
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