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| New York's 'cannibal cop' back in spotlight at appeals court |
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 By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - The police officer, in lurid online conversations that would earn him the tabloid nickname "cannibal cop," said he had selected his kidnapping victim: Andria, a former college friend who lived in Ohio. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in New York will consider whether that gruesome imagery was part of an actual criminal plot or simply the dark but harmless fantasies of an extreme fetishist. A jury convicted New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle in March 2013 of planning to kidnap, cook and eat several women. The office of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara will ask the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to reinstate Valle's conviction.
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| Blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh, third this year |
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| By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the third killing of a critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority nation in less than three months. Ananta Bijoy Das, a blogger who advocated secularism, was attacked by four masked assailants in the northeastern district of Sylhet on Tuesday morning, senior police official Mohammad Rahamatullah told Reuters. His widow, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, suffered head injuries and lost a finger. According to monitoring service SITE Intelligence Group, Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam Bangladesh said al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) had claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| Punishing child rapists as adults will not make India safer - experts |
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 By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian parliamentarians must reject proposed changes to a law that would allow children accused of crimes such as rape to be tried and punished as adults, activists said, adding that the amendments violated child rights and would not stem sex crimes. The law has come under scrutiny since the 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a Delhi bus by six assailants, one of whom was 17. While one perpetrator committed suicide in jail and four others were sentenced to death, the teenager was given the legal maximum of three years in a juvenile home, sparking outrage and debate over whether India is soft on young offenders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government wants to amend the law, so that a juvenile justice board can determine whether a person between 16 and 18 accused of crimes such as rape or murder should be tried as an adult or a child.
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| Singaporean teen found guilty of offending Christians |
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| A Singapore court on Tuesday found a teenager guilty of offending Christians and spreading an obscene image in an online post that also carried comments celebrating the death of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. |
| Wife of Myanmar journalist killed by army puts hope in civilian court |
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| By Hnin Yadana Zaw YANGON (Reuters) - The wife of a Myanmar journalist who was killed in military custody said on Tuesday she hopes a civilian court can provide justice after an army court martial acquitted two soldiers accused in connection with the death. Than Dar has called for a transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband, Par Gyi, who she suspects was tortured. The case triggered calls from the United States and rights groups in Myanmar and abroad for an inquiry. Myanmar's government ordered the National Human Rights Commission to investigate. |
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