January 2017 – Page 9 – World Justice News

Canada: Supreme Court ruling in Ernst fracking case poses threat to Charter rights

January 14, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Today the Supreme Court of Canada rejected Alberta landowner Jessica Ernst’s legal challenge to sue the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for denying her right to freedom of expression under the Canadian Charter of Rights and […]

Human Rights Watch: Crimeans are losing their rights

January 13, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The world-wide independent international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, has released their report for 2017, which indicated that after the Russian Federation’s occupation of the Crimea, the human rights situation in the peninsula deteriorated, […]

Preparing for Brexit Just Got Harder

January 13, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

On Jan. 4, British Prime Minister Theresa May named Tim Barrow, a career diplomat, as the U.K.’s permanent representative to the European Union. It will be Barrow who must talk face to face in Brussels […]

Canadian man, wife on trial for sending ISIS son cash

January 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Canadian farmer and his British wife are going on trial next week accused of funneling cash to their ISIS worshiping son. John Letts — originally from southern Ontario — and Sally Lane are accused […]

23 being considered for prosecution over Hillsborough disaster

January 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

Files on 23 people and organisations involved in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster have been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). An inquests jury concluded last April that the 96 victims of the FA Cup […]

N.S. records 192 per cent jump in inmates presumed innocent and awaiting trial

January 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A threefold increase over 10 years in the number of people awaiting trial while in Nova Scotia jails is “extremely problematic,” says a legal advocate. According to a Statistics Canada report released Tuesday, the daily […]

Human Rights

China a month late in submitting Hong Kong human rights update to UN – report

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

China has yet to submit an update on Hong Kong to the UN after its Committee Against Torture published a set of recommendations last February. China’s submission was due in December and is a month […]

Judge: Prosecutors can try to connect ex-Pat’s tats to slayings

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Prosecutors will be allowed to try and connect Aaron Hernandez’s gun tattoos to the shootings the former Patriot stands accused of — body art that could be seen as an “implied admission” to the crimes, […]

Teen gangster sentenced as adult to life in prison

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Winnipeg teen convicted in the gang-on-gang murder of William Moar inside a Main Street eatery has been sentenced as an adult to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years. Dylan […]

Dylann Roof sentenced to death

January 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

White supremacist Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church. Dylann Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges, including hate […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

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Month: January 2017

Canada: Supreme Court ruling in Ernst fracking case poses threat to Charter rights

Human Rights Watch: Crimeans are losing their rights

Preparing for Brexit Just Got Harder

Canadian man, wife on trial for sending ISIS son cash

23 being considered for prosecution over Hillsborough disaster

N.S. records 192 per cent jump in inmates presumed innocent and awaiting trial

China a month late in submitting Hong Kong human rights update to UN – report

Judge: Prosecutors can try to connect ex-Pat’s tats to slayings

Teen gangster sentenced as adult to life in prison

Dylann Roof sentenced to death