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El Salvador gangs say Supreme Court ruling threatens truce
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The leaders of El Salvador’s main street gangs have said a decision taken by the Supreme Court threatens a truce that has saved thousands of lives. The gangs were formed by Salvadorean immigrants in the United States The Constitutional Chamber of the Salvadorean Supreme Court declared illegal the appointment of Security Minister David Mungia Payes. He is one of the main architects of the truce, … Continue reading
Posted in Agreement, Diaspora, Judgement, Leadership, Protest, Reconciliation, Society, South America
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Assisted dying in Switzerland: Unclear lethal drug prescribing guidelines breached human rights
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GROSS v. SWITZERLAND – 67810/10 – Chamber Judgment [2013] ECHR 429 – Read judgment / press summary The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Swiss guidelines for doctors prescribing lethal drugs were too unclear and therefore breached article 8 ECHR, the right to private and family life. Ms Gross sought a prescription for a lethal drug to end her own life. She has … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Europe, Global issues, Health, Human rights, Humanity, Judgement, Morals, Society
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Statement on the Ríos Montt Conviction for Genocide, War Crimes
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Guatemala City/Brussels – In a historic decision, a Guatemalan court convicted former military dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt on 10 May of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre, torture, rape and forced displacement of indigenous villagers during counter-insurgency campaigns in the early 1980s. The verdict is unprecedented: never before has a national court found a former head of state guilty of genocide. It … Continue reading
UK mother forced daughter, 14, to get pregnant using sperm donor
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A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge says. In a ruling reported for the first time on Monday, High Court judge Peter Jackson said the mother had behaved in “a wicked and selfish way” that almost defied belief. My mum is a very determined person and she does her best not … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Europe, General, Global issues, Health, Humanity, Judgement, Law & Order, Morals, Society, Young generation
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Eta ‘top commander’ gets life sentence in France
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A suspected military leader of the Basque separatist group Eta has been sentenced to life in jail for the 2007 murder of two policemen in France. Mikel Sarobe was also on a Spanish police most-wanted list A court in Paris ruled that Mikel Kabikoitz Karrera Sarobe must spend at least 22 years behind the bars for the shooting of the Spanish officers. Saioa Sanchez Iturregui, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Guerilla war, Judgement
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The spanner of “human dignity” in the wheels of modern medicine
Rosalind English (source )
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International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents 17 April 2013 [2013] EWHC 807 (Ch) – read judgment The EU bans the patenting of human embryos for commercial purposes. This ban is implemented in national law via the 1977 Patents Act. But what precisely is a “human embryo” for the purposes of the Biotech Directive? Or, put another way, must the process involving embryonic stem cells … Continue reading
Hogan chases his financial adviser and stolen millions
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EXCLUSIVE – The actor says he has lost his stashed earnings, write Kate McClymont and Francois Pilet. Crocodile Dundee actors: Linda Kozlowski and Paul Hogan. Photo: Getty Images Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan may have settled his tax case with Australian authorities but he is accusing his once-trusted tax adviser of absconding with $US34 million ($32.3 million) he helped Hogan hide in offshore tax havens. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Australasia, Europe, Judgement, Law & Order, North America, Society, Theft
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Damning court appraisal of CSIRO decision process
Nicky Phillips, Linton Besser (source )
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A senior CSIRO manager who blew the whistle on the alleged illegal use of intellectual property by the country’s peak scientific body was forced out after staff convened ”sham” job selection panels and faked an official document to try to mislead him, a court has heard. Former CSIRO manager Martin Williams. Photo: Drew Ryan In a significant blow, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal made a damning … Continue reading
Germany’s Constitutional Court backs foreign media access to neo-Nazi trial
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Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled on April 11 that foreign media should have access to the trial of a suspected neo-Nazi in connection with 10 racist murders, including of eight ethnic Turks, after a Turkish newspaper filed a complaint. People hold pictures of the victims of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) group at the memorial to Halit Yozgat in Kassel April 6, 2013. Yozgat a Turkish … Continue reading
Posted in Aggression, Diaspora, Discrimination, Europe, Global issues, Historical, Judgement, Law & Order, Middle East, Migration, Society
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