October 2016 – Page 9 – World Justice News

Human Rights Watch: Turkey’s Post-coup Emergency Rule Led to Torture and Abuse

October 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

ISTANBUL – Human Rights Watch (HRW) claim those detained following a failed military coup attempt were being tortured by security services. And the Turkish government were turning a blind eye to the abuse which included […]

Police Searching for Murder Suspect Who Shot Six People

October 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Oklahoma City, OK — Police and federal marshals in Oklahoma continued their search on Tuesday for a suspect thought to be wielding an AK-47. Michael Vance who has shot six people including two police officers, is […]

Jury Watches Video of Torture

October 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A Hong Kong jury was played about 20 minutes of video in which Rurik Jutting apparently tortures Sumarti Ningsih, 23. The media and public could not view it but heard the audio. The video was […]

AI Programme Able to Predict Human Rights Trials With 79% Accuracy

October 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Data from nearly 600 cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was able to predict the court’s final judgement with 79% accuracy. Whilst stressing that they do not believe AI will be […]

80+ Non Government Organisations Call For Russia to Be Dropped From UN Rights Council Over Syria

October 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Russia’s involvement in the anti-terrorist campaign in Syria has prompted calls to the UN to deprive Russia of its seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Russia is currently in the UNHRC, but its […]

Kardashian Drops Defamation Suit Against Website

October 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

TV star Kim Kardashian dropped a lawsuit against a website that claimed she staged an armed robbery in Paris after the two sides resolved the issue. Kardashian withdrew the lawsuit filed this month in New […]

My Neck of the Woods: Missing Llama Located

October 24, 2016 1313ujamaa 1

Never trip when you have a llama on your leash. That’s what happened to a breeder located about 40 minutes outside of Buffalo. Luckily, the llama drama has come to a happy ending. “Snow” the […]

Michigan’s ‘Ballot Selfie’ Ban Suspended

October 24, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Michigan voters should be free to take “ballot selfies” for the first time on Nov. 8, a federal judge ruled Monday, suspending a ban the state is fighting to reinstate with little more than two […]

Police probe attempted car attack murder on two Police officers

October 24, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Two police officers have been seriously injured in a hit-and-run car attack in Glasgow, which is being treated as attempted murder. The officers were trying to speak to people inside the car, in Banner Drive, […]

Pennsylvania GOP Says Poll Watcher Law is Unconstitutional

October 24, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

The Pennsylvania Republican Party has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the state’s poll watcher law is unconstitutional. The 1937 law says poll watchers may monitor locations only within the county in which they are registered […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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

Human Rights Watch: Turkey’s Post-coup Emergency Rule Led to Torture and Abuse

Police Searching for Murder Suspect Who Shot Six People

Jury Watches Video of Torture

AI Programme Able to Predict Human Rights Trials With 79% Accuracy

80+ Non Government Organisations Call For Russia to Be Dropped From UN Rights Council Over Syria

Kardashian Drops Defamation Suit Against Website

My Neck of the Woods: Missing Llama Located

Michigan’s ‘Ballot Selfie’ Ban Suspended

Police probe attempted car attack murder on two Police officers

Pennsylvania GOP Says Poll Watcher Law is Unconstitutional