Новости по теме Law

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 January 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 January 2014

Australia to go ahead with shark 'kill' zones A controversial policy to catch and kill sharks off popular west coast beaches got the green light in Australia, in a move the Humane Society Tuesday termed a "complete disgrace".

22 January 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 January 2014

Foreign charter flights ban causes annual loss of $4.5 million to Almaty airport The Airport of Almaty is loosing $4.5 million annually because of the ban on foreign charter flights from Kazakhstan.

20 January 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 January 2014

Japan PM to attend Sochi Olympics: reports Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, reports said Friday, despite calls for a boycott over Russia's anti-gay laws.

17 January 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 January 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 January 2014

MPs waive off legalization of polygamy in Kazakhstan Members of Kazakhstan's Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) have commented on the idea of making polygamy legal in Kazakhstan.

14 January 2014

Ex-Vice-Minister of Agriculture promotes polygamy in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s former Vice-Minister of Agriculture of Marat Tolibayev has proposed to legalize polygamy in Kazakhstan.

13 January 2014

Hollande says may sue magazine over affair claim French President Francois Hollande told AFP Friday he was considering legal action against Closer after the magazine said he was having an affair with an actress.

10 January 2014

UAE made me 'a scapegoat': US man jailed for YouTube gag An American jailed for nine months in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof YouTube video mocking Dubai teenagers returned home Thursday, comparing the experience to being in a "cage."

10 January 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 January 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 January 2014

Obama proposes new gun rules for mentally ill The Obama administration proposed two new federal gun control rules Friday to ensure more information about the mentally ill reaches background check databases, after a series of high-profile US shootings.

06 January 2014

Nazi hunters call for protests against French comic A Nazi-hunting family has called for protests against controversial French comedian Dieudonne over his vitriolic brand of humour targeting Jews, as a government minister said he must pay fines accrued for racist abuse.

05 January 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 January 2014

China holds ex-security chief's colleague over graft A former close colleague of China's ex-chief of internal security Zhou Yongkang is under investigation for "law and discipline violations", authorities have announced, stepping up anti-corruption inquiries another notch.

31 December 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 December 2013

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