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Abu Dhabi: A woman, who had been convicted for failing to close down her Twitter account as ordered by a lower court after she violated online rules, has been acquitted on appeal. According to court records, the woman had racked up certain online violations that amounted to an official account closure order. The defendant had, however, continued to use and post through the account. Eventually, the Court of First Instance found her guilty of failing to comply with the closure order, and fined he...

22 April 2021, 13:02 UTC Today’s sentencing of Said Djabelkheir, a well-known Islamic expert, to three years in prison for “offending” Islam in comments he posted on Facebook, is a chilling setback for freedom of expression in Algeria, said Amnesty International. In three online posts on Facebook in January 2020, Said Djabelkheir drew comparisons between Eid al-Adha and the Berber New Year celebrations; referred to some stories in the Qur’an as ‘myths; and said he consi...

Dubai: An Emirati man who was in shock after his father’s death, slapped an Indian paramedic over alleged dereliction of duty. The Dubai Court of First Instance heard on Sunday that the 32-year-old Emirati defendant had assaulted the Indian paramedic at Rashid Hospital last September. The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services was summoned to transfer the defendants father to Rashid Hospital, following a neck injury at his Nad Al Sheba residence. Later, the defendant’s father passed away...

Defendants, still at large, stole the material from construction site they were guarding

After 63 days of indefinite strikes launched on February 15, 2021, the paralysis of the justice system in Haiti could end...

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news Hong Kong’s same-sex couples deserve a happier future By Jerome Yau In 2001, the Netherlands blazed a trail when it legalised same-sex marriage. Over the past two decades, nearly 30 countries have said yes to equal marriage rights including, in 2020, Switzerland, notwithstanding an ongoing bid by opponents of gay marriage to put the issue to a national referendum. In Hong Kong, we have come a long way from the ”dark ages” when being gay was a criminal offence. Since the Law Reform Co...

KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Court of Cassation has established a new principle through its ruling over the appeal filed by a Kuwaiti citizen against the decision to withdraw his citizenship when the government’s decisions on the revocation of his nationality by birth was subjected to judicial oversig

Dubai: Fraudsters impersonating officials in the UAE shall face five years in prison, the UAE Public Prosecution said. An educational video by UAE Public Prosecution pointed that criminals tend to impersonate policemen or other government officials to cheat their victims to illegally obtain their money or scam them in other ways. “According to Article 250 of the Federal Penal Code, five years in prison is the punishment for whoever unduly assumes one of the public functions. The same penalty ...

SFC issued a bulletin regarding issues relating to the Codes on Takeovers, Mergers and Share Buybacks (the Takeovers Code), which includes the following highlights: Identifying All Relevant Regulatory Approvals for Completion of Offers SFC reminded offerors, offeree companies and their respective advisers that sufficient and thorough due diligence should be conducted at the outset of a transaction so that all regulatory approvals required for the completion of offers are identified early and d...