2016 – Page 37 – World Justice News

Prince Charles’s Bahrain visit ‘backs human rights abuses’, says activist and torture survivor

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A Bahraini human rights activist and torture survivor claims Prince Charles’s visit to the Arab kingdom is being used to “whitewash” its record on civil liberties. Refugee Sayed Alwadaei, director of advocacy at the Bahrain […]

European Court of Human Rights rules Hungary’s Parliament violated MEPs rights

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has approved non-material compensation for Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi for the violation of his freedom of expression rights by Hungarian parliament. 2013, Hungary’s parliament fined then lawmaker Szanyi […]

Amnesty International fears President-elect Trump’s ‘poisonous’ words may translate into human rights abuses

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, Amnesty International secretary-general Salil Shetty said, “President-elect Trump has provoked grave consternation at many points throughout his election campaign and raised serious concerns about the strength of commitment we can […]

Driver of Tram That Derailed Is Arrested

November 9, 2016 World Justice News 0

Five people have died and dozens more have been injured after a tram derailed and overturned in Croydon, south London, just after 06:00 GMT police have said. The tram driver has been arrested but BTP […]

Trump Victorious And Will Now Reshape the Supreme Court

November 9, 2016 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States in a stunning victory following a campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy. Additionally, Republicans have clinched […]

Transgender Muslim woman hacked to death in Russia days after marrying a man

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Raina Aliev, 25 and a transgender Muslim woman, was hacked to death only days after marrying her husband. Alimshaikh Aliev, Raina Aliev’s own own father, had gone on television publicly called for her murder saying, […]

The Supreme Court has said that part of the Government’s bedroom tax/spare room subsidy scheme breaches human rights laws.

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A number of disabled people appealed to the Supreme Court over the application of the bedroom tax to their cases The Supreme Court’s judgment ruled on a number of different points – the claimants were […]

Terrorists Capture Luhansk Judge Activist

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

According the chairman of Patriot volunteer organization and member of the hostage exchange negotiating group, Oleh Kotenko, Pro-Russian militants from the Luhansk People’s Republic terrorist organization (LPR), kidnapped Vitaliy Rudenko, the Judge of the Luhansk […]

Brexit Appeal Set As Scotland Vows To Join The Case

November 8, 2016 World Justice News 0

The UK Supreme Court confirmed today it would hear the Government Brexit ruling appeal over four days from December 5. The High Court ruled last week that Theresa May cannot use executive powers to launch the […]

UN Concludes Britain Guilty of Human Rights Abuses

November 8, 2016 zoshinuk 0

On 7th November 2016, a UN report concluded that Britain is guilty of grave and systemic violations of the human rights of disabled people. Its final report concludes, “the Committee considers that there is reliable […]

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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 […]

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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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Year: 2016

Prince Charles’s Bahrain visit ‘backs human rights abuses’, says activist and torture survivor

European Court of Human Rights rules Hungary’s Parliament violated MEPs rights

Amnesty International fears President-elect Trump’s ‘poisonous’ words may translate into human rights abuses

Driver of Tram That Derailed Is Arrested

Trump Victorious And Will Now Reshape the Supreme Court

Transgender Muslim woman hacked to death in Russia days after marrying a man

The Supreme Court has said that part of the Government’s bedroom tax/spare room subsidy scheme breaches human rights laws.

Terrorists Capture Luhansk Judge Activist

Brexit Appeal Set As Scotland Vows To Join The Case

UN Concludes Britain Guilty of Human Rights Abuses