November 2016 – Page 18 – World Justice News

UN Human Rights Committee urges Morocco to Decriminalize Homosexuality

November 8, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Casablanca – the United Nation’s Human Rights Committee is condemning Morocco’s “criminalization of homosexuality, which is sanctioned by up to three years in prison, and the inciting of hatred, discrimination and violence against people because […]

Rurik Jutting Guilty Of Murder In Hong Kong

November 8, 2016 World Justice News 0

British banker Rurik Jutting has been found guilty of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, in a case that has gripped the city. A jury took around four hours to find an expressionless Jutting, […]

Pre Election Chat

November 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

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Love the Sinner: Ross Harris’s Father Claims to be Posting on WJN

November 7, 2016 1313ujamaa 5

For the past few weeks, if you have been watching the Ross Harris trial with us, you may be familiar with a poster who goes by the name “Docsoloman” in our chat room. “Doc” was […]

The DOJ is sending more than 500 civil-rights officials to monitor Tuesday’s election in 28 states

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

WASHINGTON — Personnel from the US Justice Department’s civil-rights division will be deployed to polling sites in 28 states to monitor Tuesday’s election. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said, “Our personnel will perform these duties […]

FBI questions American Muslims about possible pre-election terror

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Hassan Shibly, a lawyer and the executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations Florida says the FBI questioned Muslims in at least eight states over the weekend seeking information about a possible threat […]

Two escaped Pentonville prisoners left mannequins in bed

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Two prisoners have escaped from HMP Pentonville, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. The police were called at 11:44 GMT. The escape was discovered when prison officers found two mannequins in the prisoners’ beds […]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center – Judge rules that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay people from discrimination

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Passed more than 50 years ago, the Civil Rights Act provision Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, colour, national origin and religion, but does not explicitly include […]

White South African filmed forcing black worker into a coffin and threatening to burn him

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

SOUTH AFRICA – Disturbing footage has surface showing a white man forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to set it alight. The victim squeals in horror as the man, speaking Afrikaans, attempts […]

Judge orders chimp to be freed from zoo enclosure after ruling the animal has ‘non-human rights’

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Cecilia, a chimpanzee in her 30s, has been kept alone in a concrete enclosure for years at the shabby Mendoza Zoo in Argentina after the death of two of her mates. In a landmark animal […]

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: November 2016

UN Human Rights Committee urges Morocco to Decriminalize Homosexuality

Rurik Jutting Guilty Of Murder In Hong Kong

Pre Election Chat

Love the Sinner: Ross Harris’s Father Claims to be Posting on WJN

The DOJ is sending more than 500 civil-rights officials to monitor Tuesday’s election in 28 states

FBI questions American Muslims about possible pre-election terror

Two escaped Pentonville prisoners left mannequins in bed

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center – Judge rules that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay people from discrimination

White South African filmed forcing black worker into a coffin and threatening to burn him

Judge orders chimp to be freed from zoo enclosure after ruling the animal has ‘non-human rights’