Others
Myanmar junta sentences Australian Economist to 3 years prison
Sean Turnell was sentenced alongside Aung San Suu Kyi, whom he served as an economic adviser prior to her overthrow last year.
The Diplomat
Results for "Muslim Association of the Judicial Service of Ghana"
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Africa
Children are mothers' babies, but fathers maybes - Court ruling divides Kenyans
The appellant, Sylvanus Manuel Walutsachi, sued St. Mary's Mission Hospital in Kakamega accusing it of failure to detain the woman in question for choosing to leave with a different male companion.
kenyans.co.ke
US
HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom, judge rules
Employers are required to cover certain preventive services and medications in their insurance plans under US law.
BBC
Europe
UK: Barristers vote to escalate strike action over pay
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted in favour of an escalation of strike action.
Sky News
Europe
Grandfather killer jailed in first TV sentencing in England and Wales
The arrival of TV cameras at the Old Bailey and other crown courts comes nine years after the move was first promised.
BBC
US
Armed 'hero' stopped mass shooter at Indiana Mall
The attacker was identified as a 20-year-old local resident who had recently been evicted and lost his job at a warehouse
BBC
US
World Athletics Championships: Coach Rana Reider removed over unauthorised access
The US Centre for SafeSport is investigating multiple complaints of sexual misconduct against him
BBC
Africa
Moroccans accuse French tycoon Jacques Bouthier of sexual harassment
The women said they had been sacked after refusing to give in to harassment and intimidation.
BBC
General
EOCO Director elected Executive Member of Anti-Corruption Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
EOCO Director elected Executive Member of Anti-Corruption Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
DL News
Africa
Unmarried police can’t fall pregnant – Nigeria court
Justice Inyang Ekwo said he found no compelling reason “to disrupt the discipline of the force”.
BBC
US
Ghislaine Maxwell ends fight to keep eight ‘John Does’ secret, court to decide whether names should be unsealed
Ghislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight ‘John Does’ secret and will leave it to the court to decide whether the names should be unsealed, according to a January 12 letter to federal Judge Loretta Preska of the Sout...
CNN
Crime
13 arrested for Bawku violence to be arraigned today
They were arrested on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, after a renewed chieftaincy clash led to the loss of lives and property.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
Ms Suu Kyi faces 11 charges in total, which have been widely condemned as unjust. She has denied all charges.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
17 American, Canadian missionaries kidnapped by gang members in Haiti
CNN has reached out to the Haitian Justice Ministry and the National Police but they have not yet commented.
DL News
US
Ohio police probed after man screaming ‘I’m paraplegic’ dragged from car
Jerome Dix, president of Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 44, said they had “followed the law, their training and departmental policies”.
DL News
US
U.S. charges 18 former NBA players with defrauding league’s health plan
n a statement, the NBA said it will cooperate with prosecutors, calling the accusations “particularly disheartening” given the importance of its benefit plans to support players’ health, including after they retire.
DL News
Courts
French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, report finds
In this hell there have been abominable mass crimes … but there has been even worse, betrayal of trust, betrayal of morale, betrayal of children
DL News
Courts
S/A President invites public nominations for next Chief Justice
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng started his professional career as a temporary interpreter and was later appointed as High Court prosecutor from March 1986 to February 1990 in Mafikeng.
DL News
Europe
Drug users group files decriminalization lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court
The lawsuit argues criminalization has also created a high degree of stigma, leading many people to use drugs alone and in secret, heightening the risk of overdose.
DL News
Courts
Would you let a robot lawyer defend you?
Prof Susskind says in the 1980s he was genuinely horrified by the idea of a computer judge, but that he isn’t now.
DL News