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Russian national arrested in Bali for drug trafficking may face death sentence

A Russian national has been arrested in Bali on drug sale charges. According to Indonesian law, she could face capital punishment, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday citing an official spokesperson for Indonesian customs.

11:31 11.12.2014

Russian national released from Thai prison after 12 years

Marat Minlikeyev, a Russian national convicted and sentenced to 34 years by a Thai court for a bank robbery in which a police officer was killed in 2003, has been released on parole, RIA Novosti reports citing Head of the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in Bangkok Vladimir Sosnov.

11:30 21.11.2014

Two Khmer Rouge leaders sentenced to life in Cambodia

A court in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh handed down life sentences to two former leaders of the Khmer Rouge party that orchestrated the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s. It is the toughest possible punishment in the country.

12:33 07.08.2014

Thailand anti-corruption commission recommends charging ousted PM

Thailand’s Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday recommended the Supreme Court’s special board to initiate proceedings against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over dereliction of duty for failing to stop the rice subsidy program in 2011-2013.

12:23 18.07.2014

Musharraf’s permit to leave Pakistan suspended

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has suspended the June 12 Sindh High Court ruling that allowed ex-President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for several charges, to leave the country, the DAWN television network announced on Tuesday.

14:17 24.06.2014

Malaysian court dismisses Christians’ case on use the word ‘Allah’

The Federal Court of Malaysia, the country’s highest court, has upheld a ruling to prohibit the Catholic newspaper The Herald from using the word “Allah” to denote God, ending a years-long conflict, AFP writes.

10:43 23.06.2014

Uncle of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un labeled traitor, executed – report

Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a man who until recently was broadly seen as the country’s second in command, was executed Thursday in the immediate aftermath of a military tribunal’s conclusion that Jang had “committed such hideous crime as attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods,” state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday.

15:43 13.12.2013

Supreme Court of India rules homosexual relations a crime

The Supreme Court of India ruled on Wednesday that same-sex relations are considered to be an act of crime, NDTV news channel reports.

13:44 11.12.2013

Uncle of Kim Jong Un expelled from North Korea’s ruling party – report

Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and formerly believed to have been the second most powerful man in the country, was stripped of his official positions and expelled from the country’s ruling party during a politburo meeting Sunday.

11:45 09.12.2013

UK denies legal funds for cocaine trafficker facing death in Bali

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales released a judgment Wednesday detailing its earlier decision to dismiss an appeal launched by Lindsay Sandiford – a 56-year-old British woman sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after having been caught with ten packets of cocaine in the Bali airport – challenging the Secretary of State’s decision not to assist in funding her death-penalty appeal.

15:02 23.05.2013

Five Russians arrested in Sri Lanka for credit card fraud

Five Russians have been detained in Sri Lanka on counts of credit card fraud, Sri Lankan police reported on Sunday.

11:09 19.11.2012