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A man who sent his former partner a Taliban execution video has received a jail term after a court heard his son had sent him a video of his mother in bed. The man appeared before a recent sitting of the district court in West Cork, having been found guilty last year of sending the…
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The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal allowed the Appeal brought forward by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu challenging the jurisdiction of the trial Court. The appellate court in a unanimous decision, faulted the process through which Kanu was brought before the Federal High Court to answer to a 15-count terrorism charges. Recall that Justice Binta…
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A Spanish court ordered Colombian music superstar Shakira to stand trial on charges of tax fraud to the tune of 14 million euros (S$19.35 million), with prosecutors seeking an eight-year sentence against her. Prosecutors in Barcelona said in July they would seek to have the singer jailed for more than eight years alongside a fine…
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Chapter 1: Definition of Whistleblowing 1.1.0 Introduction In the last two decades, jurisdictions around the world have either enacted or exhibited commitment towards implementing legislations that protect whistleblowers. Studies in the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA) and EU Member States has shown that whistleblower legislation exists in the areas of consumer…
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President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was not given advance notice by the Department of Justice or Attorney General Merrick Garland about the FBI raid at the Florida home of former President Donald Trump Aug. 8. “I didn’t have any advance notice,” Biden said when asked by a reporter after announcing his student debt relief…
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to plead not guilty and stand trial under the city’s severe national security law, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported. Six other defendants, who were former staff members of Apple Daily, are set to plead guilty and face sentencing, the report said. Lai, 74 faces four charges,…
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It’s the competition that has rocked the golfing world. Now players who have signed with the Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament are suing their former paymasters, the PGA Tour for suspending them for joining the breakaway competition. The six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and 10 other golfers are the plaintiffs who filed their antitrust lawsuit last…
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The state of Florida this week told schools that federal policies protecting transgender students “should not be treated as governing law,” according to Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. The U.S. Department of Education proposed a Title IX rule to protect transgender students that would prohibit “all forms of sex discrimination, including discrimination based on sex…
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The families of soldiers killed in the Hyde Park and Regent’s Park IRA bombings have told how their suffering remains undiminished 40 years on. In total 11 military personnel died in the two attacks which occurred within hours of each other in London on July 20 1982. Relatives of victims will gather at Hyde Park…
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Hello and welcome to the Get a Grip prize, which I just invented. The GAG award is given on an ad hoc basis to a country doing a standout job of humiliating itself on the global stage by fixating on something ridiculous while the world burns. The award honours those who seem to have lost…
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Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime, legal experts say, but the chances of prosecution are slim and even if convicted he’d likely face little more than a slap of his own — on the wrist. Smith left millions of witnesses stunned Sunday when he marched onto the…
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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (also known as “the Act’ or “Dodd-Frank”) was enacted on 21 July, 2010 under President Barack Obama’s regime for the purpose of revitalising US financial regulatory system. Dodd-Frank aimed at restoring public confidence during the global financial crisis. But despite the existence of competent investigators and an…
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CHAPTERS’ OUTLINE Introduction. It is pertinent that whistleblowers in this era of coronavirus pandemic are accorded further protection from reprisals for exposing wrongdoing and offenders to be prosecuted. Unequivocally, whistleblowers should be motivated and rewarded rather than persecuted. Accordingly, as evidence has shown from recurring incidents that legislative reforms are necessary since current ones…
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Facebook Inc. won the dismissal of two antitrust cases filed by the federal government and a coalition of states when a judge threw out the lawsuits. The social media platform shares rose. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington on Monday granted Facebook’s request to dismiss the complaints, filed last year by the U.S. Federal…
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A passenger was taken to the hospital Friday night after jumping out of a moving plane at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. United Express flight 5365, operated by SkyWest, was pulling away from a gate shortly after 7 p.m. when the man unsuccessfully tried to breach the cockpit, then managed to open the service…
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For the second time a Russian court has fined Facebook and Telegram for not taking down content banned by Russia. Facebook will be forced to pay $235,000 while Telegram must pay $138,000, the Moscow court ruled. At the sentencing, it was not revealed what type of content had remained posted. Observers note that the crackdown…
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