Julie Bolcer reports: A Ugandan judge ruled Monday that media companies cannot out gay people in the African country, citing the constitutional right to privacy in a decision that could help activists fighting the proposed bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality. According to Agence France-Presse, the judge issued a permanent injunction against…
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Turkish judges cannot have privacy, says minister
The Justice Ministry is secretly collecting information about the personal habits of candidate judges and prosecutors, a top official has admitted in response to a question by a parliamentary deputy from the main opposition. Keeping such records is in line with Turkish law, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said, according to a Sunday report in daily…
Delay sought on “don’t ask” appeal
Lyle Denniston writes: The Obama Administration has asked the Ninth Circuit Court to put on hold, for 90 days or more, its review of the constitutionality of the 1993 federal law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a motion filed Wednesday, Justice Department lawyers said the Pentagon needs time to…
Michigan legislators face the unintended application of a state hacking law
Jonathan Oosting reports on the Michigan email snooping case that’s caught national attention because a man has been charged criminally for accessing his wife’s email account. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged the man, Leon Walker, under a 1979 state law that says: FRAUDULENT ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER NETWORKS Act 53 of…