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In Kato's Africa, USAID Money Spurred Spread of HIV Criminalization Laws
When police found Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato bludgeoned to death last month in his Kampala home, the news brought renewed public attention to the well-documented US roots of Uganda's now infamous anti-homosexuality bill.
Updated: 02/24/2011 04:49P
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Prosecutors sneaked in the charge of treason as defined in Section 20 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] or alternatively contravening Section 22 (2) (a) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act,
Updated: 02/24/2011 04:28P
Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Appoints New Executive Director
Thomas brings a wide range of criminal law experience to his new position. He has represented clients for almost 40 years in both state and federal courts in the United States, and has also appeared before the United Nations' International Criminal
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:59P
Pakistan urged to tackle endemic torture and impunity
The judge did not even ask him why he was tortured and kept incommunicado.6 The torture in custody by no means is treated as the criminal offence on the part of the law enforcement agencies. The impunity provided to law enforcement agencies by virtue
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:48P
Texas proposed law could jail women for taking drugs during pregnancy
Currently, no such state or national law exists; however, for years, various lawmakers have attempted to change law in their state so that in the future, it will be possible for women to serve jail time for prenatal drug abuse. Texas Rep.
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:41P
Forty-six activists arrested for viewing video on events in Egypt and Tunisia
The police confiscated computers and other equipment and arrested everyone there, including Munyaradzi Gwisai, a labor activist, and Hopewell Gumbo, a social justice activist. A relative of one of the arrested activists who was able to speak to him
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:34P
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Effectiveness Of Counsel
Where a defendant argued that his counsel unreasonably advised that the state's video surveillance tape evidence was stronger when viewed on a large screen and that he would not have pleaded guilty without that advice,
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:22P
Criminal Law: Uncharged Crime – Statutory Sodomy – Prosecutorial Vindictiveness
(1) Where a witness in a statutory sodomy case testified that she delayed reporting the defendant's sexual abuse of her siblings because he had raped her, even if the trial court erred in allowing the evidence,
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:22P
Afghan Christian Released from Prison
going to be the death penalty for me, because the prosecutor has accused me under the Clause 139 of the criminal code which says, 'If the crime is not cited in the criminal code, then the case has to be referred to Islamic Sharia law,'” he wrote.
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:22P
Wimmer gets defensive over Utah's no permit gun bill
The bill would allow citizens over the age of 21 without a serious criminal history or mental illness to openly carry or conceal and carry loaded weapons just about anywhere in the state without a permit and without training.
Updated: 02/24/2011 03:21P
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