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Amal Clooney and other heavyweights to represent jailed ex President Nasheed
Former Maldives President Pulls Together a High-Power Legal Team In April 2015, former Maldive President Mohamed Nasheed revealed an international legal team which includs prominent attorneys such as Amal Clooney, the wife of Hollywood actor, George Clooney. Clooney is working with Jared Genser, founder of Freedom Now and Ben Emmerson,...
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Vatican’s Head Rep in Dominican Republic at center of pedophile scandal
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Monsignor Agripino Nuñez on Tuesday confirmed that Pope Francis recalled papal nuncio Jozef Wesolowski (the nations' head representative in the country) from Dominican Republic, after a report linking him to child abuse. This of course does not come as a surprise since a) the Vatican...
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Congress Grants Unlimited Access To Private Communication Without Any Legal Process
Congress has just passed a bill that grants the government and law enforcement agencies in the US unlimited access to the communications of every American. The legislation was passed yesterday with a 325-100 vote giving the green light for the authorization of provision that authorizes “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination”...
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US and Canada issue recall and advisory concerning baby hammock
The US has issued a product recall and Canada an advisory regarding the Amby Baby Motion Bed after the deaths of two infants in the US.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on Tuesday of almost 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds, made by Amby Baby U.S.A. of...
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Thai Police Office Shoots Canadian Tourist
In the small Thai town of Pai, a Canadian tourist has been shot dead by a Thai policeman. John Leo Del Pinto died instantly and his girlfriend, who was also shot, was reported to be in stable condition in a hospital in Chiang Mai. The victim was only 25 years...
Read MoreRevised treaty between Australia and Switzerland
On 30 July 2013, the former government announced that Australia and Switzerland had signed a revised tax treaty. It replaced the previous treaty signed in 1980. The revised treaty will: enhance the already strong economic relationship between Australia and Switzerland by aligning the bilateral tax arrangements more closely with current...
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Comparative Environmental Law On The Internet
Nicholas A. Robinson The Internet provides direct access to many primary sources of Environmental Law. Nations increasingly provide their environmental statutes and regulations on the Internet. As specialist environmental law centers, universities, government agencies or other entities assemble and provide a jurisdiction's environmental laws on the Internet, a world-wide service...
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Egyptian lawyers accuse Obama of crimes against humanity
On Thursday, CBN said that lawyers in Egypt filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court charging President Obama with crimes against humanity, citing the Egyptian news outlet El Watan. The charges also allege Obama is an accessory to the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that has spread violence in Egypt...
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Analysis: Wikileaks verdict could discourage future whistleblowers
SAN FRANCISCO -- The first reaction among his supporters was elation -- Bradley Manning had been acquitted on the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. But within minutes, the mood deflated as the man behind the largest array ofleaks in US history was convicted on 20 of 22 espionage...
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Medical Justice – Expecting Change: the case for ending the immigration detention of pregnant women – 11/06/13
Activists Fight Detention of Pregnant Immigrants Lilian Cardona-Perez came to America when she was 15. The nation's immigration and naturalization service provided her with a valid work permit which she has renewed it each year since, as required. In 2010, Cardona-Perez was detained on a criminal charge that was ultimately...
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