While on trial for his attempted prison escape, former Egyptian president and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi has presented a belligerent attitude throughout the entire process. Along with other defendants in this specific case (he is also involved in three other separate trials), he is kept in a glass cage to prevent him from disrupting the proceedings with his unruly behavior. The jailbreak occurred three years ago and involves 130 other defendants.
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights found a "torture wheel" located in a prison in Laguna, a tool used by officers to determine different methods of torture for detainees. Forty-four detainees claimed to have been victims of torture in the officers' attempts to learn the whereabouts of drug sources. According to police official Senior Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, the situation is being investigated.
Where sexual relations between homosexual couples had been formerly prohibited by law, the Turkish Cypriot in North Cyprus has now lifted the the ban on homosexual acts. This ban is a remnant of British colonial rule in the country. Political figures within the European Union and Britain are highly supportive of this decision and hope other former British colonies will follow suit.
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