Law & Order
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Banker fined $84 million for smuggling Picasso painting out of Spain
Jaime Botin, the ex-chairman of Bankinter, was also given an 18-month prison term on Thursday but he is unlikely to…
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Australian father Scott McIntyre freed in Japan after arrest for seeking kids
The case of Scott McIntyre, a freelance sports journalist based in Tokyo, has drawn wide attention to the difficulties in…
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Peru’s top court says dissolution of parliament was legal
The constitutional court said President Martín Vizcarra had not exceeded his powers when he took the step amid a stand-off…
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Human Rights Watch launches damning report on China, urging action against oppression and abuses
HRW executive director Kenneth Roth was due to launch the World Report 2020 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong…
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She’s Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer, and She Thinks #MeToo Is ‘Dangerous’
It was about an hour into Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial when his lead defense lawyer came under attack. Jan Ransom…
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Dutton Slammed for Locking Up a Blind, Mentally Ill Refugee for a Decade
For many years, there have been concerns about the arbitrary power the Home Affairs Minister has to either grant or…
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India demolishes Kerala skyscrapers over environmental violations
Residents of the high-rises in the state of Kerala watched as their homes and investments imploded in seconds. BBC The…
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Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed ‘for 38 years’ in Iran
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, has been handed a new sentence that her husband…
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Indigenous woman dies in custody in Victoria two days after being refused bail
An Aboriginal woman has died in prison in Victoria less than two days after she was remanded in custody. Hayley…
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Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn slams prosecutors, likens arrest to Pearl Harbour attack
Fugitive auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday accused Nissan and Japanese prosecutors of plotting against him as he staged an…
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Japan issues arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn’s wife
Tokyo prosecutors’ special investigation squad said Carole Ghosn – a vocal supporter of her husband during his long detention in…
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NST Leader: Troubled waters
To ensure that there is law and order among a comity of nations. New Straits Times What’s more if the…
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Iran vows revenge for Soleimani’s killing, but here’s why it won’t seek direct confrontation with the US
In addition to extreme sanctions, Trump’s latest threat includes hitting 52 military and cultural targets in Iran. Shahram Akbarzadeh The…
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Seizure of Parliament Plunges Venezuela into Deeper Turmoil
An already long, damaging conflict could drag on if outside powers cannot persuade the government to reverse course. ICG On…
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Omnicide: Who is responsible for the gravest of all crimes?
His life work became finding a word to name the crime and then convincing the world to use it and…
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Julian Burnside – The secret trial of Witness J
But a veil of secrecy shrouds the case of Witness J that should be of concern to all of us.…
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