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[ July 10, 2026 ] Ghanaian influencer extradited to US over $8m scam targeting elderly Americans Lead Story
[ July 8, 2026 ] Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in UK, granted a conditional pardon Lead Story
[ July 8, 2026 ] Man shot dead by ICE officer during vehicle stop in Houston News
[ July 8, 2026 ] Prince Harry and others lose High Court privacy case against Daily Mail publisher Lead Story
[ July 5, 2026 ] Google must pay record €4.1bn fine over antitrust issues Lead Story

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 […]

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) campaigns for Declaration on Media Freedom in the Arab World to UN Human Rights Commissioner

October 14, 2016 zoshinuk 0

GENEVA The General Secretary of the IFJ Anthony Bellanger met with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (HCHR) yesterday to present the IFJ’s work and its role in defending human rights and […]

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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

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Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]