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Rights Leaders File Federal Complaint Over Losada’s Bill to Toughen Penalties for False Reports

Official data undercut claims of widespread false reports, prompting warnings of a chilling effect on real complaints.

Prosecutor Appeals DZ Mafia Verdicts as Marseille Bar Opens Ethics Probe

Verona Judge Reopens Moussa Diarra Shooting Case, Orders Probe of Possible Evidence Tampering

LDP Clash Over Retrial Bill After Justice Ministry Backs Prosecutors’ Appeal Right

Swedish Prosecutors Identify About 120 Suspected Sex Buyers in Case Against Husband Accused of Exploiting Wife

Supreme Court Quashes Allahabad HC Bail in Dowry-Death Case, Directs Immediate Surrender

Peru’s Supreme Court Extends Vladimiro Montesinos’ Prison Term to 2037

Mexican Senate Panel Sets Open Hearings on Proposal for Anonymous Judges in Organized-Crime Cases

UN Report Finds Systemic Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, Cites Potential War Crimes

Walter Bento’s Defense Opens Final Arguments, Seeks Full Acquittal in Mendoza Megatrial

Institutions Respond to Energoatom Kickback Case: NACP Details Limits, Prosecutor Defends NABU Detective Probe

Brescia Court Quashes 'Sistema Pavia' Seizures, Orders Return of Devices

Supreme Court Revives CBI Bid To Appeal Amit Jogi’s 2007 Acquittal

Germany’s Constitutional Court Mandates Judge’s Order for Deportation Detention Arrests

Supreme Court Rejects Centre's Bid to Tighten Death Penalty Timelines

Supreme Court Upholds 16-Year, 11-Month Sentence for Ex-Councilor Who Paralyzed Wife