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Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

November 8, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s registered child sex offenders will now have to use passports identifying them for their past crimes when traveling overseas. The State Department said Wednesday it would begin revoking […]

Case Is Dropped Against Activist Who Laughed at Jeff Sessions’s Hearing

November 8, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MAYA SALAM The Department of Justice this week dismissed its case against a human rights protester who, clad in pink as Lady Liberty, was arrested after she laughed during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s confirmation […]

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder

November 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A man who murdered his 18-month-old daughter just two weeks after formally adopting her has been handed a life sentence. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, of Delabole, Cornwall, was told he must serve at least 18 years […]

Internet companies drop opposition to bill targeting online sex trafficking

November 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tom Jackman When Congress launched an effort in August to enable prosecution of online sex trafficking by amending the Communications Decency Act, the titans of the Internet such as Google and Facebook rose up in opposition. […]

Son of Equatorial Guinea leader sentenced for embezzlement

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Samuel Petrequin, associated press Associated Press journalists Alex Turnbull and Nicolas Garriga contributed A French court on Friday handed the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president a suspended sentence of three years in prison for […]

Rules on youth crime disclosure ‘must change’, say MPs

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Lisa Dowd People with childhood criminal convictions should not always have them flagged up in checks, according to a report by MPs. It suggests the rules should be relaxed because the current system hinders […]

Justice minister denounces judge’s comments on teen sexual assault victim’s weight

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Quebec’s justice minister says comments made by a Quebec court judge about a teenage victim assaulted by her taxi driver are unacceptable, after it came to light that the judge had commented on the girl’s weight and […]

Voice samples may soon become China’s new weapon in surveillance drive

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: Human Rights Watch has said that China is setting up a national voice biometric database for ‘voice pattern’ samples, reportedly in a bid to further infringe the already shrinking […]

Convicted killer Jodi Arias sues her former lawyer over tell-all book

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Michael Kiefer PHOENIX — Convicted killer Jodi Arias, who knifed and shot her ex-boyfriend in 2008 in his shower, filed a civil lawsuit earlier this week in Maricopa County Superior Court against her former […]

South Africa coffin case: White farmers receive jail terms

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Two white farmers in South Africa who forced a black man into a coffin have been sentenced to jail for more than 10 years each. Theo Martins Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen were convicted in August […]

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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Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

Case Is Dropped Against Activist Who Laughed at Jeff Sessions’s Hearing

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder

Internet companies drop opposition to bill targeting online sex trafficking

Son of Equatorial Guinea leader sentenced for embezzlement

Rules on youth crime disclosure ‘must change’, say MPs

Justice minister denounces judge’s comments on teen sexual assault victim’s weight

Voice samples may soon become China’s new weapon in surveillance drive

Convicted killer Jodi Arias sues her former lawyer over tell-all book

South Africa coffin case: White farmers receive jail terms