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Murderer on Montana’s Death Row Wants to Return to Canada

October 17, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Ronald Smith, 59, a Canadian on death row in Montana, has admitted he murdered two young men more than 30 years ago, but with the support of Justin Trudeau’s government, he says he has renewed hope he […]

QI presenter Sandi Toksvig: I was going to be a human rights lawyer

October 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

“Becoming the host of QI is like being given Christmas and birthday presents on the same day,” says Sandi Toksvig, who is taking the helm from Stephen Fry after 13 years. The Danish born mother […]

Influential Civil and Human Rights Lawyer, Educator and Author Jack Greenberg dies aged 91

October 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Jack Greenberg, who joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and argued cases in front of the Supreme Court before he turned 30, died this week at the age of 91. He was the last surviving […]

Israeli PM Criticizes Human Rights Groups for Speaking Out against Military Occupation

October 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Two groups affiliated to the Israeli Peace Now movement, B’Tselem and Americans for Peace Now, were criticised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for speaking against illegal Israeli settlements and occupation at a […]

Comedy and Human Rights Conflict in Quebec Court

October 16, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Quebecois comedian Mike Ward joked in front of a Montreal audience in 2009: “If I don’t have a lawsuit against me now, it’s not for a lack of trying.” For jokes he made about them […]

Civil Rights Advocates Concerned About Election Day

October 15, 2016 zoshinuk 0

ATLANTA – There are nationwide challenges that could disrupt electoral voting. New ID requirements, placement of polling places, missing names on the voter roll, hackers and political intervention to name some. With no national standards […]

Press penalties breach European Convention on Human Rights

October 14, 2016 zoshinuk 0

UK The publisher of the Daily Mail (and Mail on Sunday) has claimed that the penalties for newspapers that do not sign up to government-backed press regulation breach the European Convention on Human Rights. The […]

UK High Court Orders New Investigation Into 1995 Death of Private Sean Benton

October 14, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

More than 20 years after he died while undergoing training at Deepcut barracks, the High Court ordered a fresh inquest into the death of Private Sean Benton. A date for the inquest has not been set. […]

Former PM Guterres awarded Human Rights Prize

October 14, 2016 zoshinuk 0

PORTUGAL Portugal’s parliament has awarded António Guterres its 2016 Human Rights Prize, for his performance as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the speaker of parliament announced on Wednesday. Guterres is expected shortly to be acclaimed […]

Maldives leaves Commonwealth after human rights criticism

October 14, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Last month the Commonwealth put the Maldives on six months notice, “to address concerns including the detention and prosecution of opposition leaders, meddling with the judiciary and undermining democratic institutions”. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative said […]

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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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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]