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UAE princesses guilty of servant abuse in Belgium

June 23, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Eight princesses from the UAE have been convicted of human trafficking and degrading treatment of their servants by a Brussels court. They were given 15-month suspended jail terms and ordered to pay €165,000 (£145,000; $185,000) […]

In Yemen’s secret prisons, UAE tortures and US interrogates

June 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MAGGIE MICHAEL MUKALLA, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of men swept up in the hunt for al-Qaida militants have disappeared into a secret network of prisons in southern Yemen where abuse is routine and torture […]

New York Man Found Guilty of Family’s Triple Shotgun Murders: ‘Justice Finally Is Done’

June 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Chris Harris This week, for the second time in five years, jurors returned guilty verdicts against a New York man who fatally shot his mother, stepfather and stepbrother during the summer of 2011, PEOPLE […]

India internet shutdowns ‘violate human rights’

June 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said India needs to cease “arbitrary restrictions” on internet and phone services. The organisation said state governments had imposed 20 temporary internet shutdowns in 2017. Authorities say they shut internet […]

Germany plans to fingerprint children, spy on personal messaging

June 15, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Louise Ireland Germany is planning a new law giving authorities the right to look at private messages and fingerprint children as young as 6, the interior minister said on […]

‘Making a Murderer’: Steven Avery’s lawyer says victim’s ex-boyfriend killed her

June 15, 2017 zoshinuk 1

By John Ferak, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin It was one of the most daring and risky legal maneuvers in last week’s post-conviction filing by Steven Avery’s criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Zellner. Zellner declared in documents filed […]

One of the biggest towns in the UK will have no police cells from August

June 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

ByNeal Keeling Bolton will have no police custody suite from August. The town has a population of about 280,000 and takes in Westhoughton, Horwich, and Farnworth within its borough. But a review will mean anyone […]

YouTube star faces child porn charges ‘after getting fans to send explicit videos’

June 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Harley Tamplin for Metro.co.uk A singer with more than half a million subscribers on YouTube is accused of instructing two young female fans to make sexually explicit videos. Austin Jones allegedly told one of […]

Hamerton Zoo tiger death: Police are now investigating

May 31, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Police have confirmed they are now investigating the death of a zookeeper killed by a tiger. Rosa King, 34, died at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire at about 11:15 BST on Monday. Police attended the […]

Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice is fired — but not for the killing

May 31, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Lindsey Bever and Wesley Lowery The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has been fired from the police department after an investigation concluded that he withheld details of […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

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