However, many political prisoners are behind bars on trumped up criminal charges.

Criminal charges have been brought against very few men who used violence against their wives.

If they leave their family environment they risk criminal charges, incarceration and stigmatization from the community.

We welcome the fact that the first former Guantánamo detainee is facing criminal charges in New York.

City employees could face criminal charges if they set their thermostats below 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.5 Celsius).

The United States Government subsequently filed terrorism and related criminal charges against Mr. Arnaout, BIF Executive Director.

The Security Council took an important stand against impunity in Darfur when it decided in March 2005 to refer charges of war crimes charges to the International Criminal Court.

In the 2002 2003 school year, the rate of criminal charges brought against 12 20 year old Ethiopian immigrants was 4.6 , twice as high as the number of criminal charges brought against the equivalent age group from the remainder of Israeli society.

He is now the subject of a criminal investigation and faces charges of money laundering, bribery, and extortion.

There is no common data base on the number of filed criminal charges against any form of violence.

Local police arrested two girls, but there haven't been any follow up reports on any criminal charges being filed.

If we decide to schedule a re vote, it should happen only after criminal charges are filed against the falsifiers.

However, the case is criminal in nature. Even if the victim does not want to pursue, authorities can file charges.

On 27 April 2005, the court ruled that the prosecutor either had to bring criminal charges or drop the case.

In the period from 2002 to 2003 in the RS, the number of 332 criminal offences of family violence was registered, and filed 313 criminal charges with the competent prosecutor's office.

Fourth, in recent months opposition leaders and human rights activists have been subjected to criminal charges for speech critical of the government.

But not even when they controlled the entire apparatus of Ukraine s justice system were they able to make any criminal charges stick.

Before the electronic crimes unit at the Criminal Investigation Department, Rajab was interrogated on charges of insulting a public institution over Twitter.

Criminal charges are pressed against the persons P.B., M.Z. I.M., S.S.K, A.G., and N.P from Skopje, as well as A.K. from Ohrid.

5.3 The State party states that several sets of criminal proceedings were instituted against L. F. on charges of assault and battery.

This is illustrated by the absence of criminal charges against those who marry under age girls in all regions of the country.

The source adds that he was not informed of any charges against him and no criminal proceedings against him are taking place.

He then filed criminal charges of his own, against Ahmad Taufik, who wrote the article, Teuku Iskandar Ali, who edited it, and me.

That s illegal, I kept saying when the candidates spoke of killing bad guys rather than arresting or extraditing them to face criminal charges.

The Sri Lankan authorities brought criminal charges against the prison guards accusing them of having been involved in the assault of the author.

If these charges are true, the bank executives involved may fear that civil lawsuits would uncover evidence that could be used in criminal prosecutions.

Lawyer Ye Xuefei also argued in legal terms that the police should pursue criminal charges against the two suspects regardless of the bridesmaid's decision

The Krue Se investigation was currently at the autopsy stage and criminal charges would be brought against those responsible if sufficient grounds were found.

The Violent Crimes Unit of Skopje of the Internal Affairs Sector in Skopje submitted criminal charges to the Basic Public Prosecutor against seven persons suspected of participation in a crowd about to commit a criminal act.

Look at Putin s attempt to rig Ukraine s previous presidential election, and the on again off again criminal charges brought against the opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko.

More than 42,000 government officials on average were investigated for corruption every year from 2002 to 2005, with more than 30,000 per year facing criminal charges.

Québec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Maksteel Québec Inc. involved a man who had plead guilty to criminal charges.

However, since the onset of the current economic difficulties, individuals who crossed the border in search of food or other necessities were not subject to criminal charges.

On 27 April 2004, a criminal investigation was opened against Mr. Marynich in relation to charges under articles 295 (2) (illegal purchase and possession of arms) and 377 (theft of a document containing a State secret) of the Criminal Code.

The ten arrested leaders are being held without charges or specific allegations made against them, under a law aimed at members of criminal organizations such as the mafia.

On Friday, June 3, the police increased the pressure by announcing their intent to press criminal charges against seven protesters in Skopje, and against 26 protesters in Bitola.

The author filed criminal charges against the judges in the Supreme Court, alleging that they had committed an offence by handing down a manifestly unjust decision against him.

On 10 November 2004, the charges under article 377 (1) were dropped on the basis of article 29 (1) and (3) (circumstances excluding proceedings in a criminal case).

Bank charges

But, after simply calling for the law to be enforced and criminal activity investigated, Álvarez Paz was arrested on charges of conspiracy, spreading false information, and incitement of hatred.

In 1991, for example, the Malekula Magistrate's Court accepted withdrawal of criminal charges in an attempted rape because the offender had obeyed a compensation order by the kastom court.

Provision is made for commercial communications including centrex operating costs ( 16,750), dial charges ( 25,000), rental charges ( 5,500), official mail ( 19,250) and pouch charges ( 9,000).

According to the administering Power, there is ongoing public concern over allegations of serious sexual offences against young persons on Pitcairn, including numerous criminal charges of rape and indecent assault.

Criminal charges were filed against them for the existence of reasonable suspicion that the suspects committed following criminal offences trafficking in people to engage them in prostitution (53 persons), soliciting in prostitution (44 persons), establishment of slavery relations (4 persons), and illegal detention (5 persons).

These costs generally do not stem from hospital charges, bed charges or doctor's fees.