Ga. grand jury won't indict man accused of stalking Miley Cyrus, cites insufficient evidenceOctober 28th, 2009 Ga. grand jury won't indict accused Cyrus stalkerSAVANNAH, Ga. — A grand jury on Wednesday refused to indict a 53-year-old man jailed since August on charges that he tried to stalk Miley Cyrus as the teen star filmed a movie on the Georgia coast.
Campaign for women's reservation bill gains momentumOctober 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Barely five days after it was launched, the civil society movement to support the passage of the women's reservation bill has started gaining momentum. Nearly a hundred people have signed up the online petition to the president and scores of others have taken up the cause on the social networking site, Facebook.
A letter everyday to president on women's billOctober 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A letter everyday to President Pratibha Patil, communities on social networking sites and blogs -- these are the new initiatives announced by rights group campaigning for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in parliament. Ranjana Kumari, director of the Centre for Social Research who is heading the campaign, said: "We are tired of the government's slow progress towards passing of the Women's Reservation Bill.
Women's panel to probe Air India hostess' 'molestation'October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The National Commission for Women (NCW) will Wednesday begin its probe into an Air India air hostess' alleged molestation during a mid-air scuffle also involving a purser and two pilots this month. We have already looked into reports from the police and Air India.
Activists to form single women's national forumOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Denied land entitlements, fighting for their rights and at the receiving end of many blind social customs - women activists and others, in order to improve their living conditions, have decided to form a national forum for single women. Announcing the initiative at a press conference Tuesday, Ginny Shrivastava, an activist from Rajasthan, said the forum would be set up following a consultation that Oct 7-8 in the capital.
Vietnam officials jailed for office rental scam in connection with Japan-funded road projectSeptember 25th, 2009 Vietnam officials jailed in for office rental scamHANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese court sentenced two officials to up to three years in prison Friday for collecting $80,000 in rent from Japanese consultants but dividing it among colleagues instead of putting it in state coffers, a court official said. The embezzled rent was part of a bigger scandal over a Japan-funded road construction project that prompted Tokyo — Vietnam's biggest donor — to temporarily suspend millions of dollars in development loans in December and demand that Hanoi make more vigorous efforts to combat corruption.
Vietnam officials jailed in office rental scam connected to Japan-funded road projectSeptember 25th, 2009 Vietnam officials jailed in office rental scamHANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese court sentenced two officials to up to three years in prison Friday for collecting $80,000 in rent from Japanese consultants but dividing it among colleagues instead of putting it in state coffers, a court official said. The embezzled rent was part of a bigger scandal over a Japan-funded road construction project that prompted Tokyo — Vietnam's biggest donor — to temporarily suspend millions of dollars in development loans in December and demand that Hanoi make more vigorous efforts to combat corruption.
Hong Kong detective jailed for raping woman in police stationSeptember 18th, 2009 HONG KONG - A Hong Kong detective was jailed Friday for 12 years for raping a teenage girl and molesting three other victims, aged 16 to 21, in the identity parade room of a police station. Leung Lai-chung, 30, used the police computer to contact female victims of crimes and then invited them back to the police station on false pretences, Hong Kong's High Court heard.
Costa Rican court jails 3 Colombians on suspicion of smuggling 54 US-bound Nepalese, AfricansSeptember 14th, 2009 Costa Rica jails 3 accused of migrant smugglingSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A Costa Rican court has ordered three Colombians jailed for up to a year pending an investigation into charges they smuggled 54 U.S.-bound migrants from Africa and Nepal. Authorities detained the migrants and the three Colombians after their boat arrived on the Costa Rican coast Saturday.
Appoint full-time women's commission head, Brinda tells PMSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Accusing the government of "indifference and neglect" of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint a full-time chairperson of the organisation. The CPI-M politburo member's demand came in the wake of its present chairperson Girija Vyas being elected as a Lok Sabha MP.
Hong Kong rapist whose attack was broadcast on internet jailedSeptember 7th, 2009 HONG KONG - A Hong Kong fast-food worker whose rape of a 16-year-old colleague was filmed and uploaded onto the internet was Monday jailed for four years. Police arrested Ho Ka-kit after a video of the rape in the office of the Yoshinoya restaurant in Hong Kong's Shatin district was filmed by colleagues and widely viewed on the internet.
Landmark ruling orders transsexual prisoner to be transferred to women's prisonSeptember 4th, 2009 Transsexual to be transferred to women's prisonLONDON — A British court issued a landmark ruling Friday, allowing a transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape to be transferred to a women's prison. High Court Deputy Judge David Elvin said the refusal of Justice Secretary Jack Straw and the prison authorities to transfer the 27-year-old was a violation of her human rights.
Terrorist gets 14-year jail in CanadaSeptember 3rd, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian Muslim youth was jailed for 14 years Thursday for his role in the country's first home-grown terrorist plot. Justice Bruce Dorno of the city court in Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto sentenced 22-year-old Saad Khalid for his role in the so-called Toronto-18 terror plot to avenge Canada's participation in the Afghan mission.
Judge in Fla. orders Cuba to pay $27.5M to mother of journalist jailed in 2003September 2nd, 2009 Judge: Cuba must pay $27.5M for jailing journalistMIAMI — A judge in Miami has ordered the Cuban government to pay $27.5 million to the mother of a journalist jailed on the communist island since 2003. U.S. District Judge Alan S.
Men in uniform being shielded in Shopian case: rights groupAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Shopian twin-rape-and-murder probe is going nowhere because evidence has been manipulated to cover up the heinous crime" and shield some men in uniform, a women's group here said Monday. A four-member team of the Independent Womens Initiative for Justice in Shopian visited the south Kashmir town where two women - Asiya Jan, 17, and her sister-in-law Neelofer, 22 - were found raped and murdered May 30.
