British court hears chastity ring case
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A teenage girl banned from wearing a chastity ring in class took her case to Britain's High Court on Friday, arguing that her school had violated her religious freedom.
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Defense attorneys for a polygamous-sect leader charged with sex crimes in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl and her older cousin began their case Tuesday, trying to debunk the contention that his church places women in submissive roles.
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Ministers are to consult on creating a crime of forced marriage in the UK.
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Cites US wire-tapping success Phone-tap evidence could be admitted as evidence in court as the attorney general signals a change in UK Government policy. Lord Goldsmith told The Guardian newspaper that phonetap evidence is a "key tool" that should be used.â¦
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Home Secretary David Blunkett took his battle to win paternity rights over his ex-lover's son to court in the latest chapter of a scandal that has transfixed British politics.
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Britain's highest court of appeal was due to rule on whether foreign nationals can be detained indefinitely without trial in the country, a case with sweeping constitutional and security implications.
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The European Commission takes Britain to court over its treatment of cross-Channel shoppers.
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A court trying a girl accused of making a false rape claim hears how the man involved reacted.
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The trial of seven people accused of forming a child sex ring in Portuguese care homes is set to begin.
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A Chinese woman's fight for the right to stay in Britain will be decided by a European Court verdict.
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A court hears that sexual abuse was rife on Pitcairn as the second of seven men go on trial for sex abuse.
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Thousands of Muslim men in Britain may have exploited a loophole in British law banning multiple marriages by holding religious marriage ceremonies in mosques, Islamic leaders said.
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A man appeared in court on the Pacific island of Pitcairn charged with sexually abusing a five-year-old girl, as victims described a culture of rape and violence in the British colony, media reports said.
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An Indian court rules that the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a British teenager can face trial in the UK.
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Â· American judge says case is best heard in BritainÂ· Action may increase 1991 payouts to haemophiliacs.
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A court hears how a badger baiting ring was discovered after images of an attack were posted on the internet.
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HOUSTON - Some suspects in prostitution investigations are confronting naked justice. A prosecutor says police are now allowed to undress in an effort to persuade suspected prostitutes to negotiate sex acts.