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

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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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