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  1. If someone chooses alcohol, then that means they have an intention to commit murder. (Recent alcohol and drug-related accident in Malaysia) What do you think? It seems like Malaysia's legal stance asserts this at this time.

    #law #justice #malaysia #safety #drunkdriving #murder #legal #news #accountability #society #humanrights #traffic #crime #deterrence #awareness #ethics #politics #court #penalcode #life

  2. The case of #JanaGonani, a #trans #woman in #Malawi, could have profound implications for the nation's anti-LGBTIQ laws. Gonani was convicted under #PenalCode #Section153(c) for an "#unnaturaloffence" in December 2021, receiving an eight-year #prison #sentence. She has since #appealed the #judgment, #challenging the #PenalCode's #provisions that #criminalize such #offenses.

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  3. The case of #JanaGonani, a #trans #woman in #Malawi, could have profound implications for the nation's anti-LGBTIQ laws. Gonani was convicted under #PenalCode #Section153(c) for an "#unnaturaloffence" in December 2021, receiving an eight-year #prison #sentence. She has since #appealed the #judgment, #challenging the #PenalCode's #provisions that #criminalize such #offenses.

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  4. The case of #JanaGonani, a #trans #woman in #Malawi, could have profound implications for the nation's anti-LGBTIQ laws. Gonani was convicted under #PenalCode #Section153(c) for an "#unnaturaloffence" in December 2021, receiving an eight-year #prison #sentence. She has since #appealed the #judgment, #challenging the #PenalCode's #provisions that #criminalize such #offenses.

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  5. The case of #JanaGonani, a #trans #woman in #Malawi, could have profound implications for the nation's anti-LGBTIQ laws. Gonani was convicted under #PenalCode #Section153(c) for an "#unnaturaloffence" in December 2021, receiving an eight-year #prison #sentence. She has since #appealed the #judgment, #challenging the #PenalCode's #provisions that #criminalize such #offenses.

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  6. The case of #JanaGonani, a #trans #woman in #Malawi, could have profound implications for the nation's anti-LGBTIQ laws. Gonani was convicted under #PenalCode #Section153(c) for an "#unnaturaloffence" in December 2021, receiving an eight-year #prison #sentence. She has since #appealed the #judgment, #challenging the #PenalCode's #provisions that #criminalize such #offenses.

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  7. India to revise colonial-era penal code and toughen laws protecting women | India | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/world/2023/aug

    "At present, infinite adjournments are allowed by the legal system. The courts are clogged with 47m cases. There are instances of relatives of murder victims dying before trials are completed, while in other cases, witnesses grow old and die before they can give testimony."

    #India #LegalSystem #PenalCode

  8. Sedition law is not gone, it’s set to be more draconian

    The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, brought to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, could make the current sedition law wider but without the safeguards that courts have created so far.

    #BNSBill #IPC #PenalCode #sedition #DraconianLaws #repression #protests #sovereignty #rights #CivilRights #BJP #hindutva #india

    indianexpress.com/article/opin

  9. @onlybrownmastodon

    #HanHeiger — the #penname of #HansNeumann — told the story of #ConcentrationCamp #survivor #JosefKohout, who wanted to remain #anonymous, due to the fact that sections of #Paragraph175—the #antisodomy #law that the #Nazis used to #prosecute people accused of “engaging in #homosexual #activity”—were still part of the country’s #penalcode.