In the World Report 2016, Human Rights Watch reported limited progress for Kuwait’s human rights. Among the most important achievements for human rights in Kuwait were improvements in domestic labour laws that give workers enforceable labour rig... Read more
In order to solve the homicide of an 11-year old girl, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is gathering DNA samples from an estimated 2,000 males between 15-66 years old on a remote Manitoba First Nation. Bert Paquet, RCMP spokesman, said t... Read more
Global summary shows DNA database expansion continues without adequate protections The Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative today released its first annual summary of the state of police DNA databases worldwide (1). The study reveals that sixty-f... Read more
In January 2016, State Sen. Bob Hilkemann of Omaha, Nebraska introduced a bill that should help speed up arrests in many criminal investigations thereby saving thousands of dollars in investigative expenses according to the senator. On the other... Read more
This year a DNA testing law will come into effect in Kuwait, the first of its kind in the world. The law aims at creating a DNA database for criminal security purposes. But unlike in other countries with DNA databases, where DNA samples are take... Read more
In 2007, a woman was discovered missing from a train in Bakhtiarpur while she and her husband were returning from their honeymoon in Darjeeling. Although three days later a womans body was found near the rail tracks on the train route, relatives... Read more
The FBI CODIS database has nearly 15 million DNA profiles. Over 2 million of them belong to arrestees, never convicted of a crime who have the right to have their DNA cleared from the database. Nevertheless very few arrestees eligible for DNA ex... Read more
The Ministry of Interior’s Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passports Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah announced that the issuance of the new Kuwaiti passports will require DNA testing. The aim is to build a database with citizens’ DNA... Read more
H.R. 5789, The Rapid DNA Act of 2015 has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Orrin Hatch. This bill is to update the DNA Identification Act of 1994, allowing DNA samples to be processed using Rapid DNA instruments. Within less than two hour... Read more
If crime scene evidence contains commingled DNA from different people, it can be too complex for crime labs to sort the mixture. Computer scientist Mark Perlin has developed a computer program called TrueAllele that separates the genetic types o... Read more