What happens if you kidnap the president

Once published in early February, the new sentence for forcing women into marriage will now range up to 10 years. The offense was previously punishable by a maximum three-year prison term. Even though Kyrgyzstan had ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEDAW , the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international treaties which prevent violence and discrimination against women and girls, years of advocacy and mobilization was needed for the legal reform.

Around UNiTE activists took part in an activity to install coloured flags in the center of the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, on 10 December The red flags symbolize women who were kidnapped and married against their will, white flags symbolize the quantity of women suffering sexual violence and violet flags — women complained officially about domestic violence.

Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Kidnapping Act. Interpretation 2. Abduction, wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement for ransom 3. Whoever, with intent to hold any person for ransom, abducts or wrongfully restrains or wrongfully confines that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punished on conviction with death or imprisonment for life and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to caning.

Knowingly receiving ransom 4. Whoever receives, has possession of or disposes of any money or property or any proceeds thereof, which has at any time been delivered as ransom in connection with any offence punishable under section 3, knowing that the money or other property has at any time been delivered as such ransom, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years and shall also be liable to caning.

Knowingly negotiating to obtain or for payment of ransom 5. Power to freeze bank account 6. Power to order inspection of books, accounts, receipts, vouchers or other documents 7. Power to obtain information 8. Duty to give information to police 9. Power to intercept communication Top credits Director George Mendeluk. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Michael J. Reynolds MacKenzie as MacKenzie. Gary Reineke Deitrich as Deitrich.

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George Mendeluk. More like this. Storyline Edit. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with high explosives and the President trapped inside , the two terrorists keep the Secret Service at bay until in the end, Assanti is killed and Shatner has to find a way into the truck anyway. The incident has focused global attention on Haiti's dire kidnapping problem , which has worsened amid economic and political crises and spiraling violence.

In July, President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and in September the prime minister dissolved the electoral council, postponing the planned November election. A new date has yet to be set. The United States would like to see the country move toward elections but thinks more must be done to improve the security situation and internal dialogue first, the U.