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TAIWAN – from 4 February 2017, it will be illegal to put down abandoned animals

February 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A new law banning animal euthanasia is set to take force in Taiwan. It comes almost a year after the shocking suicide of a vet overwhelmed by grief at the plight of stray animals. The […]

Landmark conviction – Gang member sentenced to 10 years in prison

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

JAMAICA – Law enforcers scored a landmark conviction yesterday in the St Catherine Circuit Court after a gangster was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is the first to be found guilty under the […]

#MabelJansen could face jail over rape comments

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

SOUTH AFRICA , Johannesburg – While the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) continue deliberating whether suspended Judge Mabel Jansen has a case to answer to for the alleged hate speech she espoused last year, she could […]

Ivory Coast officials refuse to explain why two gay men were jailed

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Authorities in the Ivory Coast have refused to explain why two gay men were arrested and jailed in a country that does not criminalise same-sex acts, and is widely regarded as a beacon of tolerance […]

Harry Studley shooting: Emma Horseman not guilty of GBH

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Harry Studley is recovering at home after being shot with an air rifle last year A woman whose partner shot a toddler in the head with an air rifle has been found not guilty of […]

Police custody death: Thomas Orchard restrained ‘unlawfully’

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Police staff accused of killing a man in custody restrained him “unlawfully”, a court has heard. Thomas Orchard, 32, who had schizophrenia, died in October 2012. Custody Sergeant Jan Kingshott, 45, and civilian detention officers […]

Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Thousands of gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sexual offences in England and Wales have been posthumously pardoned. The enactment by the government of the so-called Alan Turing law means about 49,000 men […]

Family ‘dumped man with dementia in UK car park then flew back to America without him’

January 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

An elderly man’s wife and son stand accused of taking him to Britain and abandoning him in a car park, before flying home to America. Roger Curry, who has dementia, was abandoned at a bus station […]

Man ‘shot neighbour’s toddler in the head to shut him up’

January 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A man left his neighbours’ crying toddler fighting for life after he aimed and fired a loaded air rifle into his head to ‘shut him up’, a court has heard. Harry Studley, then 18-months-old, was […]

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe

January 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A business tycoon who was once Brazil’s richest man has turned himself in to police after landing in Rio de Janeiro on a flight from New York. Police had issued an arrest warrant for Eike […]

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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TAIWAN – from 4 February 2017, it will be illegal to put down abandoned animals

Landmark conviction – Gang member sentenced to 10 years in prison

#MabelJansen could face jail over rape comments

Ivory Coast officials refuse to explain why two gay men were jailed

Harry Studley shooting: Emma Horseman not guilty of GBH

Police custody death: Thomas Orchard restrained ‘unlawfully’

Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions

Family ‘dumped man with dementia in UK car park then flew back to America without him’

Man ‘shot neighbour’s toddler in the head to shut him up’

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe