2017 – Page 75 – World Justice News

Headscarf ban in workplace is legal, says EU’s top court

March 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Employers are entitled to ban workers from wearing visible religious symbols including headscarves, Europe’s top court has ruled. However, the European Court of Justice said the ban must be based on internal company rules requiring […]

Carlos the Jackal regrets not killing ‘people I should have’

March 14, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

PARIS (AP) — Once the world’s most-wanted fugitive, the man known as “Carlos the Jackal” appeared in a French court Monday for a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade, a trial that victims’ […]

Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom | Yeonmi Park | One Young World

March 13, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Speech from Yeonmi Park telling her story of life in North Korea and calls for action against such human rights violators.

Black driver of Mercedes arrested in ‘egregious’ case of racial profiling, Montreal rights group says

March 13, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A black man driving a Mercedes says he was pulled over and handcuffed, then detained in the back of a Montreal police squad car while a video recording of the incident was erased. “They willfully, […]

Carlos the Jackal faces trial again in France

March 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Carlos the Jackal, the perpetrator of headline-grabbing attacks in the 1970s and early 1980s, goes on trial in France on Monday for the deadly bombing of a Paris shop more than 40 years ago. With […]

‘Polite’ man with 431 previous convictions ‘must have highest record in Irish criminal history’ – judge

March 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A CORK MAN who has one of the largest rap sheets in Irish criminal history claims he has never been offered rehab. Anthony O’Sullivan (30), Araglen Court, DeansRock Estate, Togher is charged with being intoxicated […]

Farmer, 83, cleared over shooting man on his land

March 10, 2017 zoshinuk 0

An 83-year-old farmer who shot a convicted burglar on his land has been cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm. Kenneth Hugill, from Wilberfoss, near York, shot Richard Stables injuring him in the foot on 13 […]

Scandal Rocks Catholic Churches In Italy

March 10, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenging the high standards that […]

Judge who asked rape victim why she didn’t just keep her knees together quits

March 10, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Canadian judge who asked a woman why she couldn’t keep her knees together after she alleged sexual assault in a trial has said that he is resigning from the bench. Justice Robin Camp said […]

Man arrested for destroying multiple copies of Kim Kardashian’s selfie book

March 8, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Who knew selfies could induce such anger. Carl Puia, a 74-year-old man from Glastonbury, Connecticut, was arrested this week for alleged criminal mischief after destroying a half-dozen copies of Kim Kardashian’s selfie book, Selfish, at […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Year: 2017

Headscarf ban in workplace is legal, says EU’s top court

Carlos the Jackal regrets not killing ‘people I should have’

Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom | Yeonmi Park | One Young World

Black driver of Mercedes arrested in ‘egregious’ case of racial profiling, Montreal rights group says

Carlos the Jackal faces trial again in France

‘Polite’ man with 431 previous convictions ‘must have highest record in Irish criminal history’ – judge

Farmer, 83, cleared over shooting man on his land

Scandal Rocks Catholic Churches In Italy

Judge who asked rape victim why she didn’t just keep her knees together quits

Man arrested for destroying multiple copies of Kim Kardashian’s selfie book