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Europe’s top court ruled that Google Inc. can be forced to delete links to content about individuals on the Web reports the Wall Street Journal. Individuals can request that search engines remove links to news articles, […]
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Red-shirt legal adviser Robert Amsterdam almost certainly breached national security laws by calling for the abolition of the lese majeste law, the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT) says reports The Bangkok Post. LCT explained that Section […]
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Immigration police have announced they are going to reduce the amount of times tourists can re-enter Thailand using the 30 day visa exemption reports The Bangkok Post. The clampdown does not affect holders of non-immigrant […]
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Convicted Canadian sex offender Christopher Paul “Swirlface” Neil has been sentenced to three months in prison and three years probation for possessing devices capable of accessing the internet reports CBC News. He gained the Swirl Face nickname […]
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The sultanate of Brunei this week becomes the first East Asian country to introduce Islamic criminal law reports Reuters. Thai and American lawyers at Bangkok based Chaninat & Leeds are experienced in Thai and international criminal law […]
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An Egyptian judge has sentenced 683 men to death in the country’s latest mass trial. They were sentenced to death on charges of killing a policeman in August 2013 reports The Guardian. In a similar but separate […]
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Four Japanese whaling ships departed from the fishing town of Ayukawa in Ishinomaki for its first hunt since the U.N. top court last month ordered Japan to stop killing whales in the Antarctic reports the Japan Times. […]
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The Department of Human Services can order children in its custody to be immunized, even if the child is in temporary custody and even if the parents object to the immunizations on principle, […]
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RT.com reported U.S, law enforcement officials may now stop drivers based only on the information provided in an anonymous tip phoned in by a caller who dialed 911 pursuant to a recent US Supreme Court decision. The […]
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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has just released his latest book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution. He suggests amendments to the constitution would reduce gun violence, abolish the death […]
