October 2016 – Page 21 – World Justice News

Man Killed After Wounding 11 Boston Cops

October 13, 2016 World Justice News 0

Boston police shot and killed a man wearing body armor and wielding an assault rifle who critically injured two officers responding to a domestic disturbance call late Wednesday, according to Police Commissioner William Evans. Evans […]

Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, 22, could be imminently executed in Iran . Here’s how you can try and stop it

October 13, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran was 17 when she was tortured for 20 days until she confessed to the murder of her abusive husband. She was a child under International Law — the International Covenant on Civil […]

New York, New Jersey bomber to make court appearance

October 13, 2016 World Justice News 0

The man accused of multiple bombings last month in New York and New Jersey that injured more than 30 people is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday since his Sept. 19 arrest. […]

German Terror Suspect Found Strangled In Jail

October 13, 2016 World Justice News 0

The death in a prison cell of a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany is a judicial scandal, his lawyer has said. Jaber al-Bakr, 22, strangled himself in a jail in […]

Brexit Challenge Has High Court Hearing

October 13, 2016 World Justice News 0

A legal challenge to the UK government’s right to formally begin Brexit without parliamentary approval is under way. The High Court will consider whether ministers can invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, the trigger […]

George Soros intrudes in Colorado district attorney race

October 13, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A political action committee with links to financier George Soros is hoping to defeat Jefferson and Gilpin County , 1st Judicial district, District Attorney Pete Weir by funding detrimental adverts. Colorado’s voters elect a district […]

Colin Kaepernick Inks New Contract

October 12, 2016 Kate Adan 0

October 12, 2016 Call him embattled or call him inspirational, Colin Kaepernick has signed a new contract with the San Francisco Forty Niners NFL franchise and will be the starting quarterback for the 1 and […]

Man Sentenced to 100 Years for Daughter’s Murder

October 12, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Mobile, AL: Having been found guilty of the murder of his daughter, Hiawatha Robinson was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the death of the 8 year old. The jury found Hiawatha Robinson guilty of […]

Human rights groups protest in Lagos, demand resignation of arrested judges

October 12, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Members of human rights and anti-corruption groups, led by Comrades Desmond Abiola and Salau Kola , led a peaceful protest yesterday in Lagos urging the judges arrested last weekend by the Department of State Security […]

British military opt-out of human rights?

October 12, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Glasgow, United Kingdom The 1998 Human Rights Act enshrined into UK law the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a treaty to which Britain has been a signatory since 1951, but which – until […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Month: October 2016

Man Killed After Wounding 11 Boston Cops

Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, 22, could be imminently executed in Iran . Here’s how you can try and stop it

New York, New Jersey bomber to make court appearance

German Terror Suspect Found Strangled In Jail

Brexit Challenge Has High Court Hearing

George Soros intrudes in Colorado district attorney race

Colin Kaepernick Inks New Contract

Man Sentenced to 100 Years for Daughter’s Murder

Human rights groups protest in Lagos, demand resignation of arrested judges

British military opt-out of human rights?