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Vladimir Putin Signs Law Banning Gender Reassignment Surgery, Hormonal Therapy
The law also bars transgender people from becoming adoptive parents and annuls marriages in which one person has changed gender.
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Child Sex Abuse Act Being "Misused": Wrestling Body Chief On Sexual Harassment Charges
May 25 Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who faces a case under the POCSO Act, on Thursday said the law is being "misused" and under the leadership of seers, "we will force the government to change" it.
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Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities: High Court
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the high court said, emphasising the law must have teeth to sternly deal with such situations till attitudinal changes at family level are achieved.
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Indonesia To Ban Sex Outside Marriage, Live-Ins
Indonesia is expected to ratify sweeping changes to its criminal code on Tuesday, senior officials confirmed, in a legal overhaul that critics say could wind back hard-won democratic freedoms and police morality in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Singapore To Repeal Law Against Gay Sex, No Change In Marriage Rules
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as between a man and a woman.
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Pope Francis Changes Church Law Makes Reporting Sex Abuse Obligatory
Pope Francis on Thursday passed a measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, following a global clerical pedophilia scandal.
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Rainbow Six Siege Censored to Please China, Ubisoft Faces Backlash
Ubisoft has decided to censor certain visuals in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege to prepare for the game’s “expansion into Asian territories”.
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Will Examine Correctness Of 2013 Verdict On Gay Sex, Says Supreme Court
A 150-year-old law that prescribes a life term in jail for gay sex is under spotlight as a five-judge Constitution Bench started hearing a bunch of petitions that call for its scrapping. The bench, however, said it would only examine the "correctness" of its verdict of 2013, which cancelled a Delhi High Court judgment that said the law criminalizin...
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Review Of Gay Sex Law From Today At Supreme Court: 10 Facts
A British-era law that makes homosexuality a crime will be up for re-examination today by the Supreme Court, which pointed out seven months ago that "social morality changes from age to age". A five-judge constitution bench will hear a bunch of petitions that demand the scrapping of Section 377. On Monday, the court refused to adjourn the hearing d...
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Australia Parliament Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Australia's parliament passed a bill legalising same-sex marriage Thursday after the nation overwhelmingly voted in favour of changing the law, ending decades of political wrangling.
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Japan's Porn Industry Apologises After Woman Complains Of Coercion
Japan's multi-billion-dollar pornographic industry has issued a formal apology and promised change in response to allegations that women have been forced to perform sex acts on film against their will.
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Denmark Ends Forced Sterilisation for Sex Change
The Danish parliament on Wednesday scrapped a law requiring people to be sterilised as part of the sex change procedure before they could be legally recognised as another gender.
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Gay sex verdict: government considering ordinance to amend law, say sources
The Centre today said it is exploring all possible options after the Supreme Court restored a colonial-era ban on gay sex and left it to the government to change the law, sparking widespread dismay in India and abroad.
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Supreme Court says gay sex is illegal, only government can change law
The Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is a criminal offense, a verdict that is a major setback for human rights in the world's biggest democracy.
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No law which prohibits sex change operation, Bombay High Court says in Bidhan Barua case
The Bombay High Court today heard the plea of Bidhan Barua, a youngster from Guwahati who wants to undergo a sex change operation. In his plea, Bidhan seeks to restrain his parents, who are reportedly attempting to stop the surgery.
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Vladimir Putin Signs Law Banning Gender Reassignment Surgery, Hormonal Therapy
The law also bars transgender people from becoming adoptive parents and annuls marriages in which one person has changed gender.
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Child Sex Abuse Act Being "Misused": Wrestling Body Chief On Sexual Harassment Charges
May 25 Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who faces a case under the POCSO Act, on Thursday said the law is being "misused" and under the leadership of seers, "we will force the government to change" it.
-
Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities: High Court
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the high court said, emphasising the law must have teeth to sternly deal with such situations till attitudinal changes at family level are achieved.
-
Indonesia To Ban Sex Outside Marriage, Live-Ins
Indonesia is expected to ratify sweeping changes to its criminal code on Tuesday, senior officials confirmed, in a legal overhaul that critics say could wind back hard-won democratic freedoms and police morality in the Southeast Asian nation.
-
Singapore To Repeal Law Against Gay Sex, No Change In Marriage Rules
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as between a man and a woman.
-
Pope Francis Changes Church Law Makes Reporting Sex Abuse Obligatory
Pope Francis on Thursday passed a measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, following a global clerical pedophilia scandal.
-
Rainbow Six Siege Censored to Please China, Ubisoft Faces Backlash
Ubisoft has decided to censor certain visuals in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege to prepare for the game’s “expansion into Asian territories”.
-
Will Examine Correctness Of 2013 Verdict On Gay Sex, Says Supreme Court
A 150-year-old law that prescribes a life term in jail for gay sex is under spotlight as a five-judge Constitution Bench started hearing a bunch of petitions that call for its scrapping. The bench, however, said it would only examine the "correctness" of its verdict of 2013, which cancelled a Delhi High Court judgment that said the law criminalizin...
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Review Of Gay Sex Law From Today At Supreme Court: 10 Facts
A British-era law that makes homosexuality a crime will be up for re-examination today by the Supreme Court, which pointed out seven months ago that "social morality changes from age to age". A five-judge constitution bench will hear a bunch of petitions that demand the scrapping of Section 377. On Monday, the court refused to adjourn the hearing d...
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Australia Parliament Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Australia's parliament passed a bill legalising same-sex marriage Thursday after the nation overwhelmingly voted in favour of changing the law, ending decades of political wrangling.
-
Japan's Porn Industry Apologises After Woman Complains Of Coercion
Japan's multi-billion-dollar pornographic industry has issued a formal apology and promised change in response to allegations that women have been forced to perform sex acts on film against their will.
-
Denmark Ends Forced Sterilisation for Sex Change
The Danish parliament on Wednesday scrapped a law requiring people to be sterilised as part of the sex change procedure before they could be legally recognised as another gender.
-
Gay sex verdict: government considering ordinance to amend law, say sources
The Centre today said it is exploring all possible options after the Supreme Court restored a colonial-era ban on gay sex and left it to the government to change the law, sparking widespread dismay in India and abroad.
-
Supreme Court says gay sex is illegal, only government can change law
The Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is a criminal offense, a verdict that is a major setback for human rights in the world's biggest democracy.
-
No law which prohibits sex change operation, Bombay High Court says in Bidhan Barua case
The Bombay High Court today heard the plea of Bidhan Barua, a youngster from Guwahati who wants to undergo a sex change operation. In his plea, Bidhan seeks to restrain his parents, who are reportedly attempting to stop the surgery.
