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Togolese journalist Carlos Ketohou detained, newspaper barred from publishing Togolese journalist Carlos Ketohou detained, newspaper barred from publishing Togolese journalist Carlos Ketohou detained, newspaper barred from publishing L’Indépendant Express director Komlanvi Ketohou was recently detained and his paper has been barred from publishing. (Photo: Komlanvi Ketohou) New York, January 7, 2020 –Togolese authorities should permit the L’Indépendant Express newspaper to publish ...

UAE: Man fined Dh10,000 for insulting colleague Photo: Alamy Official court documents stated that the incident occurred last year while the men were at their workplace An Abu Dhabi resident, who insulted his workmate and threatened to harm him in front of his colleagues at work, has been told to pay his colleague Dh10,000 in compensation for the damages. The Abu Dhabi Civil Court of First Instance ordered the Arab man to pay the compensation amount to the victim after he was found guilty of the...

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ADVERTISEMENT Togolese authorities should permit the L’Indépendant Express newspaper to publish freely, and should ensure that its director, Komlanvi Ketohou, can work without fear of arrest or harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On the night of December 29, armed security forces arrested Ketohou at his home in the capital, Lomé, took him into custody, and accused him of defaming the government, according to  media reports as well as the journalist and his lawyer...

The case involved how the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (the “ Court”) approached an attempt to resist enforcement of an arbitral award obtained in Mainland China on the basis of the award debtor’s claim of forgery of the underlying agreement. Laws on enforcement of Mainland awards in Hong Kong Given that Hong Kong is part of the PRC, strictly speaking the New York Convention does not apply to assist in cross-border enforcement of arbitration awards. To solve this, Hong Kong and Mainl...

Abu Dhabi court orders convict to pay Dhs10,000 for moral damages 08 Jan 2021 Aya Al Deeb, Staff Reporter The Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance obligated a person to pay another Dhs10,000 in compensation for moral damages caused to him after he insulted him in front of his colleagues and threatened him with imprisonment. The court rejected obligating the victim to pay compensation, noting that the case papers did not include any evidence of material damage. Details of the case date...

06 January 2021 Share Belgiums Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has approved the restart of Tihange unit 2 following a maintenance outage after concluding no new hydrogen flakes have appeared and the existing flakes had not increased in size. Operator Electrabel is required to regularly check that the situation has not changed since the flakes were first discovered in 2012. The three-unit Tihange plant (Image: Electrabel) Tihange 2 and Doel 3 were taken offline in 2012 when ultrasound ...

The fraud came to light when the 38-year-old Iranian housewife asked the defendant to have an ID and a passport done for their son. The defendant then told his wife that he had impersonated another person right from the beginning of their relationship because he did not have any identity document in his name. Wrong name “He introduced himself to me in 2007 with a different name. We went to Dubai Sharia Court for marriage and he presented a health card, bearing his picture and name. After the ...

Fraud of CEO of private jet firm against Dubai-based gift company Three suspects have been  referred  by the Dubai Public Prosecution to the Dubai Misdemeanor Court over charges of fraud, forgery, using forged documents and possessing items resulting from a fraud case. The three men committed a fraud against a Dubai-based gifts company of AED 25,800 worth of gifts using forged documents.  The first suspect posed as a CEO of a private jet company and lured the gifts company to send a variety ...

Al Ain Court sentences Asian to death for murder of roommate 31 Dec 2020 Mona Al Badawi / Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporters An Asian was sentenced to death by Al Ain Court for murdering his roommate. A drunken dispute took place between them in which the convict knifed the victim twice, causing him to bleed to death. The incident dates back to 2013. The suspect insisted he did not intend to kill the victim, and that during the quarrel, the victim crouched on him, grabbed him by the...