Crime
Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro over Covid handling
A Senate panel backed a report calling for charges against Mr Bolsonaro including crimes against humanity, after 600,000 deaths from coronavirus
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Help the Police to consolidate peace and security – Police Council told
The President made the call when he swore into office the newly constituted Governing Council at the Jubilee House in Accra on Tuesday.
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Africa
ECOWAS Court of Justice to launch electronic case management system
Currently cases are filed before the court through written applications addressed to the Registry in Abuja, Nigeria
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There is no evidential support for Anti-LGBT bill – Prof. Emerita Takyiwaa Manuh
“And what is proposed in the bill will make the situation worse. Because it will drive people underground as has been shown in various places
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We will not be intimidated to pass anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Kwame Anyimadu
“That decision that the Speaker made, I do not agree with that. If you criminalize it and a person is sentenced to prison, who’s going to feed the person, so it affects the national purse.”
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US
US lawmakers call for crackdown on financial ‘enablers’ after Pandora Papers revelations
If passed, the law would give the Treasury Department until December 2023 to create anti-money-laundering rules for the gatekeeper industries.
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Lawyer kicks against planned demolishing of Buduburam camp; calls for more dialogue
It also houses refugees from Sierra Leone who fled their country’s civil war between 1991 and 2002.
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IGP Akuffo Dampare’s fidelity to law: Samson’s Take
don’t know what your motivation is, but I know those who know better and mean well for this country are gladdened by the action that sends the right signals to all that those who break the law will not be spared regardless of who they are o...
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Public institutions cannot allocate lands without Executive approval – President
The task ahead is daunting. But with focus, good policies, and determination, you can deliver on your mandate,
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Asia
Guantanamo detainee due in military court over Indonesia bombings
Encep Nurjaman, also known as Hambali and Riduan bin Isomudin, is set to face a military commission on charges of war crimes, including murder, “terrorism” and conspiracy.
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US
Nirvana sued by the baby from Nevermind’s album cover
In 2008, Spencer’s father Rick recounted the photo shoot to US radio network NPR, saying he had been offered $200 to take part by Weddle, who was a family friend.
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Ablakwa, Armah Kofi-Buah petition CHRAJ over 2020 election-related deaths
The Minister for the Interior is the appointee of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana and has oversight responsibility for the Ghana Police service.
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Africa
Convicted ex-Chadian leader Hissène Habré dies
One of the most notorious detention centres in the capital N’Djamena was a converted swimming pool.
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General
President Akufo Addo dismisses ASEPA petition to remove Chief Justice
The civil society group petitioned the President to remove the Chief Justice after a lawyer, Kwasi Afrifa, alleged that his former client had been asked by the Chief Justice to pay a bribe of US$ 5m to influence a case in his favor.
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General
CHRAJ’s stands on probing bribery allegation against CJ disappointing – ASEPA
The president has promised to study the report and announce his decision to the public.
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Business
Why Ghanaian Activists Oppose a $1 Billion Giveaway to Norwegian Billionaires: Bright Simons
$1.1 billion will go directly to the current Norwegian controllers of the two fields
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Courts
BHP sacked 48 over sexual harassment and assaults at Australian mines
BHP said it had increased female representation to 29% of its overall workforce, and 25% of senior management.
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General
Journalist held for 20 years must be freed, UN says
Mr Dawit, who is a Swedish-Eritrean national, set up one of the country’s first independent newspapers in the 1990s.
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Courts
False allegation of impotency valid ground for divorce-Delhi SC rules
The high court noted that the woman had been reinforcing the allegation of impotency throughout the litigation and these false accusations which could not be proved.
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General
Parliament to lay Anti-LGBT bill for the first time
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin had previously announced that Parliament was preparing itself to pass a new law that would criminalize homosexual activities in the country by the end of 2021.
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