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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.
BBC
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Call to the Bar - Why the fuss?
The Call to the Bar in Ghana is more than a ceremonial milestone — it is the culmination of profound mental, financial, and emotional endurance. Behind every new lawyer stands a web of sacrifice, resilience, and collective triumph. This pie...
Benjamin Offei-Addo
Courts
Ghana's Judiciary Reforms: Divorce & Matrimonial Courts to Become Family Courts in May
Ghana's judicial system has announced the rebranding of its Divorce & Matrimonial Courts to Family Courts effective May 6, 2024, aiming to encompass a broader range of family law matters including adoption and child maintenance.
DL News
Tech
How Metaverse Firms Look to Manage Asset Loss, Disruption Risks in Untested Worlds
Attorneys entering the metaverse acknowledge the risk of a virtual universe shutting down and making their digital assets effectively worthless. But for some, there is value in being first and staying long-term.
Law.com
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GBA Women and Minors Rights Committee educates Volta communities on rights
The training, organized in partnership with the Department of Gender, aimed to tackle important human rights issues, particularly those affecting vulnerable groups such as women and children.
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Asia
Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas
A member of an organisation that represents journalists in Afghanistan, Hujjatullah Mujaddedi, said the announcement of new restrictions was unexpected.
DL News
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AG to train RTI Commission staff on prosecution of offenders
The Commission has secured a fiat from the Office of the Attorney General relative to the prosecution of offenders under Act 989.
DL News
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Anti-LGBTQI Bill: We’ve not been sponsored by any donor agency, says Audrey Gadzekpo
“The bill violates virtually all the key fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the constitution, namely the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble, freedom of association and the right to organise, the right to fre...
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Guided by God, Governed by Law: The Prophet's Dual Responsibility
The analysis identifies key provisions within Ghana’s legal framework, namely the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775) and the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), which criminalize the knowing or reckless publication of false com...
SAMUEL BOATENG NSOWAH
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Book on “Introduction to Intellectual Property”: Ghana's youth ought to monetize their creativity – IP Attorney
Book on “Introduction to Intellectual Property”: Ghana's youth ought to monetize their creativity – IP Attorney
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Courts
Nigerian duo convicted in Ghana for luring women into prostitution
Their sentencing has been postponed to April 30, 2025, as the court awaits the result of a pregnancy test for Jessica.
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Africa
Ugandan serial killer sentenced to 105 years in prison
Musa Musasizi was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to the murder of three women said to be his girlfriends and a three-month-old girl belonging to one of his victims.
BBC
US
Ex-United Nations employee sentenced for multiple rapes
The sentencing of a former United Nations communications specialist was punctuated by the tears and eloquence of some of his 13 sexual assault victims who said being drugged and raped by a man who had befriended them left them shattered.
ABC News
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One out of three women have suffered physical abuse- Ark Foundation
One out of three women have suffered physical abuse- Ark Foundation
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Africa
Zimbabwe ruling party denies plan to ban miniskirts
The party accused an NGO allied to opposition party MDC for spreading the rumours.
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General
Boldly resist and report domestic violence – Ablakwa admonishes women
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region has admonished women to resist domestic violence.
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FULL TEXT: Attorney-General's speech at the 40th International Symposium on Economic Crime
One piece of legislation that is directly intended to prevent economically motivated crimes and the abuse of office is the PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT of 2003 (Act 663).
Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney General
Africa
Rwandan Lawmaker wants 'Bride Price' scrapped
In the Rwandan culture, the groom pays bride price before seeking a woman's hand in marriage.
AllAfrica
US
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court says draft abortion ruling authentic
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court says draft abortion ruling authentic
aljazeera
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Alimony: Either the man or woman can be ordered to pay-Legal Practitioner
Even though typically, it is the men who are ordered to make payments, there are also cases don’t forget that women have come of age since Beijing
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