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A Tunisian court has fined Head of the Heart of Tunisia party Nabil Karoui 19.3 million dinars ($6.5 million), local media reported on Wednesday. The ruling issued by the Court of First Instance in...

Euro Med Monitor Geneva – The Moroccan authorities have continued to detain journalists Omar Al-Radi and Suleiman Al-Raissouni in Oukacha prison in Casablanca, which led them to declare a hunger strike to demand their release, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement expressing great concern over their health condition. My son’s health condition is extremely poor inside the prison, as he has lost about ten kilograms since...

Friday, 16 April 2021, 6:29 am Geneva - The Moroccan authorities have continued to detain journalists Omar Al-Radi and Suleiman Al-Raissouni in Oukacha prison in Casablanca, which led them to declare a hunger strike to demand their release, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement expressing great concern over their health condition. The Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance in Casablanca detained Omar Al-Radi, president of the Le Desk magazine on July 29 last ...

Court hears from prosecution witnesses in Salt Hospital case By Rana Husseini - Apr 15,2021 - Last updated at Apr 15,2021 AMMAN — The Amman Court of First Instance on Wednesday heard the testimony of several prosecution witnesses in the case of the oxygen outage at the New Salt Public Hospital, which resulted in the death of seven patients last month. The defendants, including the hospital director and other employees, are standing trial in the case on seven counts of causing death by associa...

5 defendants in Salt Hospital case released from custody By Rana Husseini - Apr 13,2021 - Last updated at Apr 13,2021 AMMAN — The Amman Court of First Instance on Tuesday released five of the 13 defendants standing trial in the case of the oxygen outage at the New Salt Public Hospital, which resulted in the death of seven patients last month, one of the lawyers said. The defendants are standing trial in the case on seven counts of causing death by association and for violating articles 343 a...

Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison. © Private, Douala, Cameroon, March 2021 (Nairobi) – Cameroonian security forces have arbitrarily arrested, beaten, or threatened at least 24 people, including a 17-year-old boy, for alleged consensual same-sex conduct or gender nonconformity, since February 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. At...

Lower courts’ ruling dismissed by the Federal Supreme Court

By: Times News Service Muscat: A sentence of imprisonment for one month and a fine of OMR 1,100 has been imposed against three citizens for hunting wild birds, the Environment Authority said. A statement issued online by Environment Authority said: "Thumrait Court of First Instance issued a ruling convicting 3 citizens of the misdemeanour of hunting wild birds protected by the Natural Reserves and Wildlife Conservation Law No. (6/2003), and imposed a fine of OMR 1,100, confiscation of weapons a...

The National Police have arrested a 39-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman in Santander as alleged perpetrators of the crimes of document falsification and fraud for charging more than 4,000 euro in purchases to a card of a man who had lost his wallet in 2014. As reported by police sources, the victim, a citizen …

In <i>A1 v R1</i> a novel point appears to have arisen as to whether the High Court could grant <i>Norwich Pharmacal</i> relief in relation to the disclosure of documents and information concerning a bank account held not in Hong Kong but with the overseas branch of a Hong Kong bank. The Court of First Instance decided that it did have such power and, in doing so, reviewed the usual procedures for the grant of <i>Norwich Pharmacal</i> orders against a bank and...