It is a story of a blind lawyer with a steel resolve to fight out blindness and prove that he can do all that a normal man can. Chittaranjan Dey at 64 is a government lawyer (Public Prosecutor) and holding the post since 1983 and in the profession for 33 years now! Dey reminisces, “ Trying […]
Leading Anti-Government Lawyer Rearrested In Pakistan
According to his family, Aitzaz Ashan was picked up and arrested at a motorway restaurant on his way from Lahore to Islamabad. “Six armed men, including four uniformed police, appeared and dragged him to a waiting police van,” according to his son, Ali Ashan, in an interview with Reuters. The prior arrest took place six […]
Government equipped people with laws to identify corrupt: Omar
Vijaypur (Samba),January 11, (Scoop News)-Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday said that his government has equipped people with effective legislations to identify corrupt elements and seek their punishment through independent institutions established in the State by his government during the last five years. “To curb the corruption has remained our first target and we brought historic […]
Kenya: Government Obligated to Arrest Suspect Wanted for Bribing Witnesses, Lawyers Say
By Felix Olick, Simon Jennings – International Justice – ICC ACR Issue 364, 6 Oct 13 Experts in international law insist Kenya has no choice but to surrender a journalist wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite hints from officials that the national judiciary will make the final decision on whether he should be […]
Armenia’s Government Delays in Passing Conscientious Objection Law
Despite international court ruling, Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to perform alternative service under military command risk prosecution. By Gayane Mkrtchyan Armenia’s government appears to be dragging its feet over changing the rules for military conscription, a year after a pan-European court ruled that Jehovah’s Witnesses had been mistreated as conscientious objectors. In November 2011, the […]
Obert Madondo’s Indefinite Hunger Strike Against Canadian Government’s Cruel Bill C-10 Law: Day 17
My name is Obert Madondo. I’m an Ottawa-based activist, progressive political blogger and permanent resident of Canada. On March 14, 2012, I started an indefinite hunger strike to protest the Conservative government’s ideology-driven and cruel cruel Safe Streets and Communities Act, formerly crime Bill C-10. The key demand of my peaceful act of civil disobedience […]
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