News roundup — January 29, 2013

By Mallory Hendry
Jan 29, 2013 / Share
Canada

Privacy commissioner says mobile chat app WhatsApp violates Canadian law, Toronto Star

Fired guard in Smith case allowed to resign after prosecution drops criminal charges, The Chronicle Herald

Jury find Calgary psychiatrist guilty on three charges of sexual assault, Vancouver Sun


United States

Federal appeals court reinstates lawsuit brought by transgendered prisoner, Reuters

First woman in two years to be executed after appeals court upheld her conviction in 2004, Reuters


International


EU's foreign policy chief concerned over lack of fair trial for executed activists in Iran, Reuters

Former Guatamalen dictator, 86, has appeals rejected, trial ordered, Reuters