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Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud
Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh City, a 67-year-old Vietnamese property developer was sentenced to death on Thursday.
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Dafeamekpor’s case was ripe - CJ explains expedited hearing
According to her, all the necessary procedures had been fulfilled because the parties had been served and the Attorney General had filed its response and affidavit in opposition as soon as the case was filed.
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Africa
CAR opposition leader sentenced for defamation
Crepin Mboli Goumba, a lawyer and coordinator for the opposition group BRDC, was arrested earlier this month after accusing magistrates of corruption.
BBC
Africa
Nigeria: Binance official escapes custody
Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan dual national, was arrested in February with his US colleague Tigran Gambaryan.
BBC
Supreme Court News
Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Citi FM's Richard Sky goes to Supreme Court, wants it declared null and void
Sky, who's also a private legal practitioner asserts that the bill passed by Parliament contravenes various articles of the constitution and thus should be declared null or void.
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Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The bill passed on Wednesday, seeks to criminalise LGBTQ practices and advocacy.
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Africa
AKA murder: Six suspects arrested for South African rapper's killing
The two were gunned down outside a restaurant in Durban a year ago, in a killing that shocked South Africans
BBC
Europe
Hungary’s president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case
Her decision came after more than a week of public outrage after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon in April 2023 to a man convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home.
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Africa
Zanzibar minister resigns citing poor working conditions
In a statement, Mr Said said he submitted his resignation letter to the islands' President Hussein Mwinyi on Thursday.
BBC
General
CDD Fellow, Prof.Takyiwaa Manuh awarded for efforts towards Human Rights and Rule of Law
The award was presented to her on January 22, 2024, at the residence of the French ambassador to Ghana.
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Others
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36
The incident, one of Japan's deadliest in recent decades, killed mostly young artists and shocked the anime world.
BBC
Courts
NAM1 pulled gun on us when we demanded our interest - Witness who invested GH¢760k in Menzgold tells court
Priscilla Adu-Boateng, a trader and a single mother with four children, alleged that on January 8, 2020, NAM 1 pulled a gun when she went to his house at Trassaco in Accra with other aggrieved customers
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Africa
Isabel dos Santos: Angolan billionaire rejects fresh criminal charges
Angola's public prosecutor has charged Ms Dos Santos with 12 crimes, including embezzlement and fraud
BBC
General
ECOWAS Court says more than 100 of its judgments have not been enforced
The Court said there were so many challenges that were preventing the enforcement of its judgments.
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Africa
South Africa: Lawyer in Israel genocide case receives hero's welcome at airport
The slightly startled Ngcukaitobi was greeted by hundreds of people who had gathered, waiting for members of South Africa's legal team.
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Africa
Kenyan lawyers protest against Ruto's threats on judges
President Ruto came under a barrage of criticism last week after he threatened to disobey court orders, alleging that some unnamed judges had teamed up with opposition politicians and "cartels" to block his administration's projects.
BBC
US
New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for 'billions'
The lawsuit, which also names Microsoft as a defendant, says the firms should be held responsible for "billions of dollars" in damages.
BBC
Others
South Korea: Students sue after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early
They are asking for 20 million won ($15,400; £12,000) each - the cost of a year's studying to retake the exam.
BBC
Crime
218 illegal miners arrested between January and December 2023 – Forestry Commission
Out of the number, 24 have been prosecuted and jailed, while the rest await various trials
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General
Parliament commences consideration of LGBTQ+ bill
Although the House did not finish all the proposed amendments to some of the controversial clauses in the bill, a few amendments were effected.
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