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Woman ‘beaten by in-laws with a hockey stick for giving birth to a girl’

July 17, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Richard Hartley-Parkinson A woman has been filmed apparently being beaten by her in-laws for giving birth to a girl. Local reports in Katalwi, Punjab, suggest that Meena Kashyap, 35, was also attacked as part […]

Terminally ill man in right-to-die fight

July 17, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Fergus Walsh The High Court is to begin hearing the legal challenge of a terminally ill man who wants the right to die. Noel Conway, who is 67 and has motor neurone disease, wants […]

Hunt for rogue Thai monk Wirapol on sex, money laundering charges leads to US

July 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Lindsay Murdoch Bangkok: Thai officials are flying to the United States to seek the extradition of a flamboyant defrocked monk at the centre of sex and money laundering scandals that captivated predominantly Buddhist Thailand. The extradition […]

O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing: Nevada Officials to Decide Fate in Coming Days

July 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Daniel Arkin and Andrew Blankstein Next week, four members of the Nevada Board of Parole will convene in Carson City to consider the case of Inmate #1027820. The parole hearing will likely be routine, […]

Poles rally against controversial reform of judiciary

July 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Thousands of Poles have gathered outside parliament in the capital Warsaw to condemn a controversial reform of the judiciary. Protesters say the bill, passed by the Senate on Saturday, will erode judges’ independence and undermine […]

Police missing hundreds of tips because of IT and staff shortages

July 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Netherlands Police are failing to follow up thousands of tips from international partner agencies because of a shortage of personnel and outdated IT equipment. The LIRC, the division of the public prosecution office that deals […]

Why we need to break the silence around rape and violence against women

July 11, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Waqar Azmi Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the worst atrocity on European soil since the second world war, the genocide in Srebrenica. This year, thousands will gather at more than 400 events in […]

Turkey detains 10 at human rights meeting, EU, US concerned

July 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Turkish police have detained 10 people, including the local director of Amnesty International and other rights activists, on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organisation, Amnesty said yesterday (6 July) in what it called a […]

Illegal immigrant is jailed for leading gang of Nigerian fraudsters who pretended to be MPs, police and even judges in £10million benefits scam

July 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

An illegal immigrant who headed a gang which used the identities of MPs, judges and police officers to con the taxpayer out of millions of pounds was jailed for more than five years. Kayode Sanni, […]

Jailed without trial, Canadian casino mogul blames conspiracy of former partners

July 5, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Joseph Loiero, CBC News A controversial Canadian businessman has been languishing in a Dominican Republic prison for over two years — without a trial or prospect of release in a country notorious for a corrupt […]

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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Woman ‘beaten by in-laws with a hockey stick for giving birth to a girl’

Terminally ill man in right-to-die fight

Hunt for rogue Thai monk Wirapol on sex, money laundering charges leads to US

O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing: Nevada Officials to Decide Fate in Coming Days

Poles rally against controversial reform of judiciary

Police missing hundreds of tips because of IT and staff shortages

Why we need to break the silence around rape and violence against women

Turkey detains 10 at human rights meeting, EU, US concerned

Illegal immigrant is jailed for leading gang of Nigerian fraudsters who pretended to be MPs, police and even judges in £10million benefits scam

Jailed without trial, Canadian casino mogul blames conspiracy of former partners