The American body has opted for a dismissal. The Duchess of Sussex, “as a reasonable listener would understand, simply expresses an opinion regarding his childhood and his relationship with his half-siblings”. Therefore, this is not “not likely to be proven false”. For this reason, “The court concludes that this statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical evidence. […] The Applicant cannot plausibly refute the Respondent’s view of her own childhood..
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Athlete Oscar Pistorius was denied his parole request on Friday. After being sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on March 3, 2014, the former Paralympic champion asked to be released early following serving half of his prison sentence.
He will remain in jail. The request for parole of the former South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, convicted of the murder of his partner Reeva Steenkamp, was refused on Friday March 31, we learned from the lawyer for the family of the victim.
“I don’t know on what grounds the request was refused, we were only informed that it had been refused and that it would be reviewed in a year,” Tania Koen told AFP. A hearing before an ad hoc committee was held in the morning and was to inform the lawyers of the two parties following deliberation.
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The Attorney General’s Office managed to get Apple to provide a charger along with the iPhone, regardless of model or generation, and to suspend the sale of cell phones until the determination is fulfilled. The Ministry of Justice had initiated an administrative proceeding once morest the company for not making the charger available, which resulted in a ban on the sale of cell phones and a fine for non-compliance with the agency’s determinations.
Apple filed a request in court to cancel the administrative process initiated by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, which prohibited the sale of branded cell phones without chargers, imposed a fine for non-compliance with determinations and revoked the registration of models from the iPhone 12. The Advocacia-Geral da União contested the request, arguing that the determinations are in accordance with the defense of consumer rights and Brazilian legislation, and aim to curb abusive practices that harm consumers.
Apple neglected Brazilian Justice
The Attorney General’s Office reported that Senacon is investigating Apple’s inappropriate conduct, which showed no interest in taking steps to correct the identified irregularities or agreeing to a Conduct Adjustment Term (TAC). As a result, the company is subject to administrative sanctions. The AGU explained that it is Senacon’s responsibility to impose sanctions in accordance with the laws of the Consumer Defense Code and Decree No. 2,181/1997, which include the analysis of complaints and the imposition of penalties. The AGU also clarified that the Suspension of iPhone sales was due to violations found during the investigation and did not result in the revocation of the certification or registration of the device by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel).
The AGU also warned that, given the economic size of the company and its market power, the continuity of the irregular practice may be more advantageous than compliance with the standards established by Brazilian legislation. That is, it is better to pay the fine than to send the chargers in the box.
Sales of iPhones suspended?
The sale of iPhones in Brazil has been temporarily suspended in Brazil due to irregularities pointed out by the Consumer Protection and Defense Department of the National Consumer Secretariat. However, when accessing the Apple website in Brazil, the iPhone continues to be sold, even without a charger. Oficina da Net tried to contact Apple, which did not respond.
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They had received sentences of two to three years in prison during a highly contested trial held behind closed doors in the prison of Koro Toro, in the middle of the desert, without lawyers or independent media. According to the presidential decree, they had been sentenced for ” acts of unauthorized gathering, destruction of property, arson, violence and assault, intentional bodily injury, disturbance of public order ».
This following more than a month and a half of detention in this high security prison, 600 kilometers from the capital Ndjamena.
The convicts were arrested during what the opposition calls the ” black thursday », and the following days. These mobilizations once morest the extension of the duration of the transition, the repression of which killed at least 128 people, according to the national commission for human rights in Chad.
As for the support of the president of the transition, the spokesperson for the MPS party, of former president Idriss Déby, Jean-Bernard Padaré salutes the ” magnanimity of the Chadian leader, who keeps according to the promises of appeasement made during the national dialogue.
the spokesperson for the MPS party of ex-president Idriss Déby Jean-Bernard Padaré hails the “magnanimity” of the presidential pardon
But for the organizers of the harshly repressed marches of October 20. it is rather a maneuver by the authorities to ” shuffle the cards around the many questions still pending, “since no light has been shed on the exact number of victims”, or people still missing.
Max Loalngar is the coordinator of the Wakit Tama platform, opposed to the progress of the Chadian transition. He considers that this pardon does not make sense because the prisoners have not been definitively condemned, for lack of an appeal trial, and that their lawyers must continue the procedure to clear them:
For Max Loalngar, coordinator of the opposition platform Wakit Tama, this pardon is intended to “muddy the waters” around other issues and does not make sense because the prisoners have not been sentenced definitively.
Investigation still in progress for a “ around twenty »
However, the investigation is still ongoing for a ” around twenty of persons detained in Ndjamena, and a hundred others in Koro Toro prison, said Laguerre Ndjerandi, the president of the capital.
The authorities had first announced that regarding fifty people had died during this ” black thursday “, mainly young people shot dead in the capital by the police, before reassessing this toll at 73 dead. NGOs, however, denounced undervalued figures.
L’ONG Human Rights Watch (HRW) had notably denounced in a report at the end of January of the “ murders “, of the “ death in custody “, of the “ enforced disappearances » and « acts of torture related to the authorities’ crackdown on protests.
Second grace in three days
This is the second presidential pardon granted in three days. Saturday March 25, a group of 380 rebels of the Front pour l’Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad (Fact), sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the death of former President Idriss Déby Itno, benefited from the same decision of the Head of State.
They had also been found guilty of “ act of terrorism, mercenarism, and threat to the security of the national territory ».