Indonesia passes law making sex outside marriage punishable by jail
Indonesia's parliament has ratified a new criminal code that makes sex outside marriage an offence punishable by up to one ...
Tag: Jail
Comoros ex-president sentenced to life for treason
A court in Comoros has handed down a life sentence for high treason to former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. He ...
Attorney-General files fresh charges against Aisha Huang
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has filed new charges against ‘galamsey’ queen, Aisha Huang in respect of offences ...
2 jailed 9 months for flouting AMA Sanitation, Food Handlers Bye-laws
A Magistrate Court in Accra has sentenced two persons to a fine of GH₵ 10,000 or in default three months’ ...
Kenyan Muslim cleric refuses to leave jail after acquittal
A Muslim cleric in Kenya has asked a court not to free him from jail despite being acquitted of terrorism ...
Man, 53, jailed 15 years for defiling girl, 10, at Labadi
The Circuit Court in Accra, has sentenced a 53-year-old fisherman to 15 years imprisonment for defiling a 10-year-old girl, at ...
Carpenter jailed 20 years for defiling 12-year-old girl with special condition in Peki
The Kpando Circuit Court presided over by His Lordship Francis Asong Obuajo has sentenced Sampson Dei, a 48-year-old carpenter to ...
Zuma loses bid to overturn jail sentence
South Africa's top court has ruled that the former President Jacob Zuma has failed in his bid to have his ...
Encroachers on state lands to spend 15 years in prison – Deputy Lands Minister
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Lands and Forestry, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio, on 25th August, ...
South Africa’s Zuma loses bid to block arrest
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma has lost his latest bid to block his arrest - meaning he will remain ...
