The Hong Kong pro-democracy riots continue to escalate even though this is one of the Holiest times in the calendar. A call for calm is being ignored by rioters. Open Democracy – Legal Fundamentals I started this legal blog on the basis that civil unrest goes hand in hand with free speech and open democracy
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Archives for December 2019
Execution in Japan
Japan recently carried out the death penalty by hanging a Chinese national convicted of the murder of a local family in 2003. Japan currently has 100 prisoners on death row of which 13 members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. It might seem rather bizarre that here we are approaching 2020 and countries still have
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Don’t Ruin Your Office Christmas Party and Chance of Losing Your Job
Non-Consensual Touching This is exactly what happened recently to a senior public servant. That person’s conduct at a recent staff Christmas party was first reported as “inappropriate conduct” and in later reports as “unwelcome physical contact” in relation to a fellow female staffer. The term “unwelcome” is simply another word for non-consent. Whilst there is
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