political offence

The working party's report on political offences was being considered in late May.

At the same time those convicted of political offences had their civil rights restored.

He was released during a general amnesty for people convicted of political offences.

I was fined (political offence) and after six years having a warrant out for me decided to go to the court.

This court was established by Hitler for political offences.

The vast majority had committed political offences and were lashed ten times for their crime.

A great many of the prisoners in Turkish jails are, after all, convicted for political offences.

Later in 1718, in consequence of the political offence given by this work, he was expelled from the Academy.

The Act restricted the use of the defence of 'political offence' by defendants against extradition.

Foreigners may not be extradited for political offences.

As this was considered a political offence, he was arrested in Sofia and sentenced to 15 years of prison.

The Court ruled that under existing law, possession of a firearm as a political offence was not subject to the extradition laws.

This is a list of political offences in the People's Republic of China.

In the outer court, for instance, were a hundred men called malefactors, for the most part Jews convicted of various political offences.

Extradition of citizens is not permitted outside of those cases provided by international conventions, and are prohibited for political offences.

The internment camps for people accused of political offences or denounced as politically unreliable are run by the state security department.

In addition to political offences, capital crimes included the theft of the government property, as well as aggravated murder and robbery.

German efforts to have him extradited failed, since European extradition agreements specifically exclude political offences such as espionage.

The narrowness of the definition gave the nobility some security against the construction of political offences as treason.

The Irish Attorney General had given assurances that they would not be charged with political offences under the Act.

Up to one million have died in North Korea's political prison camps which detain dissidents and their entire families, including children, for perceived political offences.

Article 150 establishes the jury for all felonies and for political offences and press-related offences.

It came from the English law, and they found it in English law under a category, which said "distinctly political offences against the State."

In a further signal of the changes sweeping the country, President Husak abolished the crime of subversion and a host of other political offences.

This court, set up outside the frame of law, had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offences", including black marketeering, work slowdowns, and defeatism.