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The Guardian
April 28, 2018
Victims of crime will be able to challenge Parole Board decisions for the first time under measures being introduced following the case of John Worboys, ... based on a file of documents including information on the inmate's behaviour in prison, their plans once released and risk of committing further crimes.
KALW
April 27, 2018
as it was on this day in 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania. World Intellectual Property ... The text, which was initially published as Der Process, is a nightmarish account of a man being arrested and prosecuted by a faceless authority for an unknown crime. 1937 – Spanish Civil War:Ãâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 27, 2018
Speaking at a joint workshop on Countering Human and Drug Trafficking in the region that is taking place in Zanzibar, he said drug barons were also targeting unsuspecting women to be carriers of narcotic drugs. "In some cases, the two crimes are committed jointly and concurrently, whereby the veryÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 27, 2018
THERE is a steep downward trend in witchcraft-related killings in the country, with a new report indicating the reduction of such crimes by over 60 per cent over the past five years. ... The findings were prepared by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and the Zanzibar Legal Services Centre (ZLSC).
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
April 26, 2018
It is a complex crime that takes a number of different forms. It encompasses slavery, servitude and forced marriage. These crimes are being committed across the UK, taking place in many different sectors including factories, fields, brothels, nail bars and even within people's homes. I feel fortunate to belongÃâà...
New Vision
April 25, 2018
... in Zanzibar, Tanzania is to increase knowledge of investigators involved in curbing the two Transnational Organised Crimes (TNOCs) in the region, ... April, 23 to 28 training has been convened in an effort to respond to several identified investigative gaps and challenges within the two transnational crimeÃâà...
Journalism.co.uk
April 17, 2018
Journalists in developing countries are using drones and sensors to cover environmental crimes and pollution ... Arenstein also gave the example of a related initiative in Zanzibar, a region that has been facing issues around sustainable fishing due to the growth in 'blast fishing', where fishermen useÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 6, 2018
... general, Dr Vincent Mashinji, the party's deputy secretary general for Tanzania Mainland, John Mnyika and deputy secretary general for Tanzania Zanzibar, ... say the police have started questioning Dr Mashinji while others were waiting for directives from the Zonal Crime Officer (ZCO) for Dar es Salaam.
AllAfrica.com
February 19, 2018
Zanzibar — Police in Zanzibar are surrounding the Civic United Front (CUF) headquarters since Sunday over what the law enforcers described as security ... party in the country were under police surveillance following "signs of some people committing crimes inside the offices located at Mtendeni, Unguja.
Sussex Express
February 8, 2018
From Trump and Brexit, to feminism, global crime and sexual politics – it has been a rollercoaster year and Charleston Festival (May 18-28) comes up with ten ... Zanzibar-born Lubaina Himid talks about winning the Turner Prize and Kathryn Harkup and Fiona Sampson discuss Mary Shelley and how sheÃâà...
CBS News
January 25, 2018
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania -- It's low tide in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago off Africa's eastern coast, as a group of women in brightly colored clothing gather on the beach, and then walk into the sea. They are seaweed farmers, responsible for growing the aquatic plants that are Zanzibar's largestÃâà...
ReliefWeb
January 20, 2018
On December 16, 2016, the Resident Magistrate Court of Dar es Salaam brought charges against Melo, under Tanzania's controversial Cyber Crimes ... an opposition party, and charged him with sedition, on grounds of breaching the Cyber Crime Act and the Statistics Act of 2015, which criminalizes theÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
January 18, 2018
On December 16, 2016, the Resident Magistrate Court of Dar es Salaam brought charges against Melo, under Tanzania's controversial Cyber Crimes ... an opposition party, and charged him with sedition, on grounds of breaching the Cyber Crime Act and the Statistics Act of 2015, which criminalizes theÃâà...
Leicester Mercury
January 14, 2018
Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, Local News & Events and much more. ... Chloe Malik, 45, of St Johns Road, Stoneygate, was due to fly to Zanzibar with her husband and some friends on December 10 - but instead spent most of the first 96Ãâà...
Independent.ie
December 16, 2017
We were a small group on a walking tour through the mangroves of Jozani Forest in Zanzibar, the island archipelago off the coast of Tanzania in Africa. The forest was quiet, except for the odd call from a yellow-rumped tinkerbird and the faint sound of a lonely cicada. It was my first time in Africa, and theÃâà...
Gospel Herald
October 24, 2017
A judge failed to show up at a hearing for a pastor facing accusations of child abuse in a case in Zanzibar that Muslims have kept alive after charges were ... a charge of child abuse, saying the pastor had touched her daughter's breast and removed her veil - a crime that carries a prison sentence of 30 years.
African Independent
September 18, 2017
Police in Tanzania will "hunt and prosecute" gay citizens, an official said on Monday, following the arrests of 20 people last week for homosexuality on the island of Zanzibar. Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania and is punishable by up to 30 years in prison. "We are not going to tolerate them, we will huntÃâà...
BBC News
September 16, 2017
Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say. The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were ... Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania. Regional police commander Hassan Ali Nasri said on stateÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
May 8, 2017
British woman, 22, who had acid thrown over her in Zanzibar says 50 operations have 'left her like a patchwork quilt'. Katie Gee, 20, has spoken for ... A British woman has revealed her trauma from an acid attack in Zanzibar four years ago after undergoing more than 50 operations. Katie Gee, 22, from northÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
"Criminals-types are using forged identities to register Sim cards, which are then used to perpetrate crimes such as fraud and verbal abuse and threats ... will be implemented in the administrative regions of Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, Coast, Singida, Tanga and Iringa on the Mainland, as well as in Zanzibar.
NTV Uganda
December 31, 1999
It emerged that when the crime was exposed, the officer who was allegedly involved returned the money but was never arrested. ... the East African community Liberat Mfumukeko revealed that the scam was done on the Community's accounts which are managed by the Kenya commercial Bank in Zanzibar.
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