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Kazakhstan MPs suggest removing death penalty from Criminal Code In December 2003 Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced an unlimited moratorium on capital punishment.

23 января 2014

Australia asylum policy 'draconian': rights group Australia has damaged its human rights record by persistently undercutting refugee protections, including a "draconian" policy to send asylum-seekers to Pacific island camps.

23 января 2014

Same-sex couples sue Florida for right to wed Six same-sex couples filed suit against the US state of Florida Tuesday for refusing to let them marry.

22 января 2014

Smoking pot no more dangerous than drinking: Obama President Barack Obama says smoking pot is no more dangerous than drinking but calls it a "bad idea," amid a push for legalization in several states.

21 января 2014

Uganda president blocks anti-gay bill: report Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life, saying there were better ways to cure the "abnormality", a report said Friday.

18 января 2014

Same-sex ban 'legalises' homophobic violence: gay Nigerians Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised homophobic violence and increased fears of persecution.

15 января 2014

Kazakhstan prohibits Ponzi schemes The new legislation introduces 7-12-year-long prison terms for those arranging Ponzi schemes and bans advertising of such schemes.

15 января 2014

New Criminal Code: Kazakhstan to reserve to confiscation of property without court verdict in exceptional cases only Confiscation of property without a court verdict will only be used in cases against fugitive criminals and to fight illegal acquisition of property in Kazakhstan.

14 января 2014

Defamation to remain criminal charge in Kazakhstan and 27 European countries: no freedom of speech for Kazakhstan only? Defamation is expected to remain a criminal charge in the revised Criminal Code of Kazakhstan.

14 января 2014

Kazakhstan vests EBRD with immunity and tax privileges Kazakhstan Majilis has ratified the agreement between Kazakhstan and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.

09 января 2014

Hollande backs ban on 'anti-Semitic' comedian President Francois Hollande has backed attempts to ban controversial French comedian Dieudonne as a furore intensified over his sketches that have been widely condemned as anti-Semitic.

08 января 2014

Interior Ministry suggests DNA fingerprinting The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan has developed a draft law to introduce fingerprinting and DNA profiling in Kazakhstan.

08 января 2014

Kazakhstan MP offers to raise benefit at child birth Member of the Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) Tursynbek Omurzakov has offered to increase one-time benefit at child birth.

07 января 2014

Commercial catching of sturgeons at Caspian banned A moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons at the Caspian Sea came into force on January 1, 2014.

06 января 2014

Nepal's court rules out amnesty for serious war crimes Nepal's top court has rejected a demand by ultra-leftists that an amnesty be granted to people who committed serious rights abuses during the country's civil war, an official said Saturday.

05 января 2014

Ban on export of oil products from Kazakhstan prolonged until July 2014 Ban on export of petroleum products from Kazakhstan has been prolonged until the second half of 2014.

02 января 2014

Putin to keep within the law in terror hunt: UN Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to stay within international law in the hunt for the perpetrators of two bomb attacks in the city of Volgograd, the United Nations said.

31 декабря 2013

Huge crowds hold Madrid mass after new abortion law Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics joined in an open-air mass in central Madrid on Sunday to celebrate the Holy Family, just days after the Spanish government agreed to tighten the abortion law.

30 декабря 2013

Argentina court grants abortion for teen rape victim A court in Argentina ruled Friday that a 14-year old rape victim could have an abortion, overturning a judge's earlier decision barring the girl from seeking the procedure.

30 декабря 2013

UN rights body urges Uganda leader to shun anti-gay bill The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called on Uganda's president not to sign a harsh anti-gay draft law that sailed through parliament last week.

28 декабря 2013

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