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Najaf Court Gives Life Sentence for Trafficking Iraqis to Fight for Russia

The ruling invokes Iraq’s 2012 anti‑trafficking law to crack down on recruiters sending nationals to foreign wars.

Knesset Panel Votes to Advance Mandatory Death Penalty Bill for Certain Terror Offenses

After 21 State Approvals, Congress Poised to Validate Anti-Extortion Reform

Peru Enacts Life Sentences for New Offense of “Systematic Criminality”

N.C. House Passes Political Terrorism Prevention Act in 105–6 Vote

Mexican Senate Sets Plenary Debate on Constitutional Reform to Centralize Extortion Law

Ottawa Tables Combatting Hate Act Targeting Intimidation, Obstruction and Hate Symbols

Stein Backs Pretrial, Commitment Reforms as N.C. Supreme Court Launches Task Force Ahead of Sept. 22 Bill

Senate Panels Unanimously Approve Extortion Reform, Sending It to Plenary

Poilievre Unveils 'Jail Not Bail' Bill To Tighten Access To Bail

PRI Bill Would Criminalize Fake Online Job Ads With Up to 10 Years in Prison

Saxony-Anhalt Left Files Motion to Add ‘Femicide’ to Germany’s Criminal Code

European Rights Court Condemns France Over Consent Failures in Sadomasochistic Case

NSW Court Orders Keli Lane to Redraft Prison-Abuse Lawsuit by September 25

ITV’s I Fought The Law Debuts Sunday With Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming

Poilievre Proposes Presumption of Reasonable Force Against Home Intruders

All German States Keep Substitute Imprisonment for Unpaid Fines

Jalisco Probes Trans Activist’s Killing Under Gender Protocol as New Transfeminicide Bill Advances

Israel Adesanya Refines Game Plan With Volkanovski, Eyes Strickland and Costa for Comeback

West Bengal Governor Returns Aparajita Bill After Centre Flags Harsh Sentences