A NEW KANSAS LAW HAS EFFECTIVELY INVALIDATED THE DRIVER’S LICENSES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT-ISSUED DOCUMENTS OF TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS, LEAVING MANY IN LEGAL AND PERSONAL LIMBO.(PHOTO).

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Kansas driver’s license law puts some transgender residents in ID limbo A new Kansas law has effectively invalidated the driver’s licenses and other government-issued documents of transgender residents, leaving many in legal and personal limbo. Senate Bill 244, which went into effect immediately after the legislature overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto, requires that the gender listed on a driver’s license align with the state’s binary definition of male and female. The law also directs the state registrar to “correct” birth certificates that do not match these definitions. Unlike similar restrictions in other states, Kansas’ law retroactively invalidates previously issued documents. Legal advocates warn that the law threatens the privacy and safety of transgender residents, forcing them to disclose their gender identity in situations ranging from employment applications to renting property or opening bank accounts. The law also restricts bathroom use to the sex assigned at birth and amen...

A NIGERIAN DRUG CONVICT,NWOKO JAILED 27YRS IN CAMBODIA LOSES REPRIEVE TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image result for nigeria drug convict nwoko              According to Vanguard,a Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia,Presious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed.Nwoko,also known as Precious Max and linked with several Australian woman arrested for being his mules,was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment in 2014.His hope for reprieve was dashed by a Cambodian appeals court today tuesday.The court upheld his prison term,ruling that it was appropriate and in accordance with Cambodia law.The court also upheld the prison terms slammed on a French woman ,and Australian.The trio were all convicted for trying to smuggle heroin to Australia.Judge Pol Sam Ouen said the sentences given by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in May 2o14 to then-19-year-old Frenchwoman Charlene Savarino,41 year old Ann Yoshe Taylor of Australia and 23-year-old Precious Nwoko of Nigeria were correct.The lower court had sentenced Savarino to 25 years in prison,Taylor to 23 years and Nwoko to 27 years.Savarino and Taylor were arrested in September 2013 at Phnom Penh International Airport after police found 2.2 kilograms {4.8 pounds} pf heroin in Taylor's luggage as they prepared to fly together to Australia.Nwoko,Savarino's boyfriend,was believed to have masterminded the smuggling and asked Savarino to make the arrangements.Cambodia is no a major producer of illegal drugs but has increasingly become a smuggling transit route.One more photo below.
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