Attorneys Jagprit Singh Sekhon, 39, of Westminster; his brother Jagdip Singh Sekhon, 42, of Salida; and Manjit Kaur Rai, 33, of Discovery Bay; as well as interpreters Iosif Caza, 43, of Sacramento; and Luciana Harmath, 29, of Glendale, Ariz., were all convicted of conspiracy to defraud federal immigration agencies, the U.S. [read post]

"We have asked the Ministry of the Interior to send a recommendation to the president to convert the death sentence of prisoners to life in prison," he said, according to an Associated Press report.Media reports of the recommendation suggested President Pervez Musharfaf was likely to agree to the recommendation, although it was not clear which death row prisoners would be covered by the amnesty.It was also not clear if the proposal would benefit an Indian national whose family claimed was… [read post]

Tribute must be paid to the late Navtej Singh Ahluwalia who, together with Manjit Gill QC, spearheaded Coram Children’s Legal Centre’s intervention in this appeal. [read post]