Category: Crime and Judiciary

 An appeals court in Thailand on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence for a lawmaker from the progressive People’s Party for defaming the monarchy in a speech she made four years ago. The court in Bangkok granted Chonthicha Jangrew’s request for bail, which was set at 150,000 baht ($4,600). Chonthicha said she would appeal the ruling to...

Youth-led demonstrators clashed with police and blocked the highway over the weekend in some of Morocco’s largest anti-government protests in years, denouncing what they called the government’s misplaced priorities. Hundreds of young Moroccans took to the streets of at least 11 cities across the North African nation, denouncing corruption and blasting the government for pouring money into...

A Chinese court has sentenced former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tang Renjian, to a suspended death sentence for a massive bribery case. The verdict, announced by the Changchun Intermediate People’s Court in Jilin province on Sunday, found Tang guilty of accepting over 268 million yuan (approximately $38 million) in bribes. The court ruled...

A court in China’s southwestern Yunnan province has sentenced 16 members of a cross-border family criminal gang to death for their involvement in a massive telecom and cyber scam operation. The Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court said on Monday that the individuals, who were linked to criminal syndicates in neighboring Myanmar, guilty of a range of...

The Nigerian Navy attached to the Forward Operating Base Escravos have destroyed six illegal refining sites in a series of coordinated operations at Obodo Omadino community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. During the operations, about 11,550 litres of stolen crude oil was recovered.According to the commanding of FOB Escravos, Navy Capt....

The 22-year-old man charged with killing Charlie Kirk will have a court hearing Monday where he and his newly appointed legal counsel will decide whether they want a preliminary hearing where the judge will determine if there is enough evidence against him to go forward with a trial. Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and plan to seek...

The Taliban on Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to normalize relations. The deputy spokesperson for the Taliban Foreign Ministry, Zia Ahmad Takal, identified the man as Amir Amiri. He did not say when...

 Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Friday mandating a minimum size, an exclusive bathroom and other standards in subdivided apartments — a common living arrangement in one of the world’s least affordable cities. About 220,000 people live in dwellings created by dividing regular apartments, including migrants, workers, students and young professionals. Some of the spaces have a toilet...

A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman who said she was tricked into smuggling drugs by a man she hoped to marry, allowing a six-year prison sentence issued by a lower court to stand. The Tokyo High Court said Donna Nelson, 59, from Perth, Australia, was guilty of violating the...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will soon be imprisoned after he was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday by a court that found him guilty of criminal conspiracy over dealings with Libya, an unprecedented punishment for a leading French political figure. The sentence was harsher than many expected, and a first in modern...