Stories about Law from April, 2006
Russia: Sexist Beer Ad and Subway Laws
Megan Case takes a picture of a sexist beer ad in a St. Petersburg subway train – and gets fined for doing it. Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog comments on this ad.
Ukraine: Traffic Police
Petro Rondiak of Petro's Jotter writes about how he almost ended up bribing a traffic policeman during a family trip from Kyiv to Odesa.
Hungary: Ramil Safarov Sentenced To Life
Pestiside.hu reviews the coverage of sentencing to life of an Azeri army officer who killed his Armenian colleague while on the NATO's Partnership for Peace training program in Budapest.
China: Blogger imprisoned illegally
“Documentary maker and journalist Hao Wu has been jailed in China without charge and is – according to Chinese law – held illegally in detention. A petition for his release has been set up here,” writes heavyweight China Herald blogger Fons Tuinstra.
French Antilles: Questions about Identity and Unemployment
Questioning Identity in the Diaspora Tino Land, written by a Martiniquan blogger living in Paris, highlights the tensions that sometimes exist between Africans and French Caribbeans, criticizing French Antillians who reject their African roots and Africans who say that Antillians are “sell-outs” to Western culture: J'emmerde tout les ANTILLAIS qui...
Chad: French Military Presence Worries Blogger
French troops killed 60 unarmed civilians in Ivory Coast 4 years ago alleging self-defense, writes (FR) Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique in a skeptical tone. In light of these events the blogger wonders what will come of the recent influx of french troops in Chad, 3 weeks to elections. “What...
Cameroon: Deputy Convicted of Murder
Doh Gawanyim III, deputy to the National Assembly, was convicted of murdering John Kohtem, a district-chairman of opposition party SDF, following a dispute between the two over whether Doh Gawanyim was blocking voter registration in their district, says (FR) Fojrega.
UK: Zimbabweans may be deported
The Bearded Man writes on the ruling of the British governments “The Asylum & Immigration Tribunal” ruling which had barred the deportation of Zimbabwean failed asylum seekers has been set aside leaving the door open for them to be deported back to Zimbabwe.
Barbados, Trinidad: Maritime dispute settled
Linda Thompkins reports that the maritime boundary dispute between Barbados and Trinidad has been settled by a tribunal convened under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
China: Renewable energy increase
The chinablawger looks at a law recently passed in China which will see the country's use of renewable energy rise from the current one percent of total energy usage to ten percent by 2010, a move which brought praise from Greenpeace.
DRC: Legal Void after June 30
Transitional institutions stop being constitutional after June 30, 2006, writes (FR) blogger Mafelly-Makombo at Prince du Fleuve du Congo. He suggests that if elections should take place past that date, all of Congolese civil society including political parties and religious groups aided by the international community should be called on...
Russia: British Explorer Detained
Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert writes about an obstacle on the route of Karl Bushby, a British explorer in his eighth year of walking around the world: he has been detained in Russia for entering the country without an entry visa.
Benin: New President's Cabinet
The blog of recently elected President Boni Yayi publishes (FR) a decree listing the members of his newly formed cabinet.
China: Documented human rights abuses
Ten years in the making, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights’ ‘Report on China Mission of Special Rapporteur on Torture‘ came out last month. Donald C. Clarke of the Chinese Law Prof blog gives a review and two links. “It is a sober and comprehensive treatment of many aspects...
Crime in Johor
The blogger at Frus and Fuss asks if something can be done to reduce the rising crime rate in the Malaysian state of Johor.
Call centre outsoursing woes
Filipino blogger J. Angelo Racoma questions the logic behind a bill that the US Senate Commerce Committee is considering. The bill requires that call centre employees disclose what country they are in.
DRC: Kabila Resigns from Army
Renouveau Congolais deplores (FR) the fact that interim president Joseph Kabila signed the decree that accepts his resignation from the DRC's army … himself: “How can the one resigning sign his won resignation? Only a PPRD member can accept such a thing.”
Nigeria: Damilola Taylor
REALITY comments on Damiloa Taylor, the Nigerian schoolboy who was murdered outside his home in South London six years ago.…..”For six year now, the killers of this young lad have not be found. Four youths were tried and acquitted of Damilola's murder in 2002. Three other young men were cleared...
Korea: Free trade agreement
Talks over a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Korea are seen by many as an opportunity to further an anti-American agenda, writes Joshua from The Korea Liberator, possibly resulting in no FTA and an accelerated deterioration in the U.S.-Korean relations. He continues: “With key elections...
DRC: UDPS to Take Part in Election After All?
UDPS spokesperson Jn-Baptiste Bomanza made several revelations on a Congolese talk show, reports (FR) Le Blog du Congolais. Bomanza's most surprising comment waa that “[t]here will be no election without UDPS” but he also accused the president of the Electoral Commission Rev. Malu-Malu of belonging to the same party as...
DRC: Western Media, Foreign Meddlers and Elections
Heavy-Handed Transition Partners Several bloggers resent the involvement of foreign transition partners and other neighboring countries whom they find heavy-handed in the electoral process. Le Blog du Congolais posted a UDPS declaration to that effect: Le processus électoral, financé et piloté par la communauté internationale a cessé d’être une affaire...