51.   While maid abuse is a punishable offense, the basic rights of foreign maids are usually ignored.

52.   Homosexuality was considered a serious offense punishable by law in Soviet times and was decriminalized only after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

53.   In addition, they meet regularly for informal discussions on politics and current events -- meetings that would have been punishable criminal offenses not so long ago.

54.   The electoral commission warned that disruption of the vote was a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison.

55.   The incident has sparked fresh calls to make the crime of pedophilia, or sex with minors, an offense punishable by death here.