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The Supreme Court has said that part of the Government’s bedroom tax/spare room subsidy scheme breaches human rights laws.

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A number of disabled people appealed to the Supreme Court over the application of the bedroom tax to their cases The Supreme Court’s judgment ruled on a number of different points – the claimants were […]

Terrorists Capture Luhansk Judge Activist

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

According the chairman of Patriot volunteer organization and member of the hostage exchange negotiating group, Oleh Kotenko, Pro-Russian militants from the Luhansk People’s Republic terrorist organization (LPR), kidnapped Vitaliy Rudenko, the Judge of the Luhansk […]

UN Concludes Britain Guilty of Human Rights Abuses

November 8, 2016 zoshinuk 0

On 7th November 2016, a UN report concluded that Britain is guilty of grave and systemic violations of the human rights of disabled people. Its final report concludes, “the Committee considers that there is reliable […]

UN Human Rights Committee urges Morocco to Decriminalize Homosexuality

November 8, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Casablanca – the United Nation’s Human Rights Committee is condemning Morocco’s “criminalization of homosexuality, which is sanctioned by up to three years in prison, and the inciting of hatred, discrimination and violence against people because […]

The DOJ is sending more than 500 civil-rights officials to monitor Tuesday’s election in 28 states

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

WASHINGTON — Personnel from the US Justice Department’s civil-rights division will be deployed to polling sites in 28 states to monitor Tuesday’s election. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said, “Our personnel will perform these duties […]

FBI questions American Muslims about possible pre-election terror

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Hassan Shibly, a lawyer and the executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations Florida says the FBI questioned Muslims in at least eight states over the weekend seeking information about a possible threat […]

Two escaped Pentonville prisoners left mannequins in bed

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Two prisoners have escaped from HMP Pentonville, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. The police were called at 11:44 GMT. The escape was discovered when prison officers found two mannequins in the prisoners’ beds […]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center – Judge rules that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay people from discrimination

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Passed more than 50 years ago, the Civil Rights Act provision Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, colour, national origin and religion, but does not explicitly include […]

White South African filmed forcing black worker into a coffin and threatening to burn him

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

SOUTH AFRICA – Disturbing footage has surface showing a white man forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to set it alight. The victim squeals in horror as the man, speaking Afrikaans, attempts […]

Judge orders chimp to be freed from zoo enclosure after ruling the animal has ‘non-human rights’

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Cecilia, a chimpanzee in her 30s, has been kept alone in a concrete enclosure for years at the shabby Mendoza Zoo in Argentina after the death of two of her mates. In a landmark animal […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

Human Rights

Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]

Human Rights

Istanbul’s ex-mayor to stand trial on corruption charges

March 9, 2026 0

The former mayor of Istanbul is due to become the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges […]

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The Supreme Court has said that part of the Government’s bedroom tax/spare room subsidy scheme breaches human rights laws.

Terrorists Capture Luhansk Judge Activist

UN Concludes Britain Guilty of Human Rights Abuses

UN Human Rights Committee urges Morocco to Decriminalize Homosexuality

The DOJ is sending more than 500 civil-rights officials to monitor Tuesday’s election in 28 states

FBI questions American Muslims about possible pre-election terror

Two escaped Pentonville prisoners left mannequins in bed

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center – Judge rules that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay people from discrimination

White South African filmed forcing black worker into a coffin and threatening to burn him

Judge orders chimp to be freed from zoo enclosure after ruling the animal has ‘non-human rights’