Nepal Deports 'Dr. Horror' to India

An update to this horrific story. Based on the following report, Dr. Kumar also known as 'Dr. Horror' has been arrested in Nepal and deported to India, where he will face charges for conducting more than 300 illegal kidney transplants."Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of...

Archbishop attacks criminal justice system

"The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out over what he calls Britain's "obsession" with sending offenders to prison. Rowan Williams criticises Britain's obsession with jailing offenders Dr Williams criticised Britain's 'chaotic and ineffectual' penal system In a speech...

Sex With Minors Goes Unpunished In Israel

Last August, police arrested Vadim Bartel, 41, on suspicion of engaging a 15-year old girl as a prostitute. The police caught him red-handed, as he sent the girl to a client's home. The client had requested "fresh meat." Bartel was accused of pimping. The client, like others...

Singaporean child-sex tourists in law's crosshairs

"Singaporean who go overseas to have sex with children could soon face the music at home after their jaunt. In its current review of the Penal Code, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended that any Singaporean or permanent resident who buys sexual services from a...

Singapore to legalise oral, anal sex for heterosexuals

"Oral and anal sex in private between consenting heterosexual adults would be legalised under Singapore's first major penal code amendments in 22 years, the government said on Wednesday. Singapore, which in recent years has gradually eased social restrictions that have given...

Turkey makes a change or two in the law

The Turkish parliament has enacted a law which grants non-Islamic religious establishments the right to own real property, AsiaNews reports.  Currently, e.g., the Greek patriarchate in Constantinople/Istanbul, cannot own its analogue to 'the Vatican Apostolic Palace' in...

Turkey will amend Article 301?

The Guardian is reporting, via an Associated Press story, that the Turkish foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, has verbally assued the Council of Europe's Thomas Hammarberg, its human rights commissioner, that article 301--under which the Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, inter alii,...

What Maf54 Said To The Page Boy

This is a transcript in pdf.

Who's Representing You In Our Nation's Capitol?

There are 100 U.S. Senators (two from each state) and 435 seats in the House of Representatives. The number of House Representatives each state has depends on that state's population. The House and the Senate together are called Congress. They make up the legislative,...