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Japan retrial for world’s longest-serving death row inmate

March 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Japanese man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial. Iwao Hakamada, now 87, isĀ the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, according to Amnesty International. He was sentenced […]

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Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years

December 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years. The country’s former democratically-elected leader has been under house arrest […]

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British national ‘shattered’ to be back in Iran jail

March 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

A British-US national temporarily released from prison in Iran, is “shattered” to find himself back in jail after 48 hours, his family say. Morad Tahbaz, who also holds Iranian citizenship, was initially allowed outĀ on the […]

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Kuwait overturns law criminalising ‘imitation of opposite sex’

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Kuwait’s constitutional court has overturned a law that criminalised “imitation of the opposite sex” and was used to prosecute transgender people. The Gulf state’s parliament amended Article 198 of the penal code in 2007 to […]

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Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi man executed for crimes committed as a minor

June 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences that rights groups say he committed while aged 17, despite the kingdom’s assurance that it had abolished the death penalty for minors. Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was arrested […]

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released but faces new court date in Iran

March 7, 2021 World Justice News 0

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran on spying charges, has had her ankle tag removed at the end of her five-year sentence. But her husband Richard Ratcliffe has been told a new court […]

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Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder extradition to US blocked by UK judge

January 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a court in London has ruled. The judge blocked the request because of concerns over Mr Assange’s mental health and risk of suicide in […]

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Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi woman activist jailed for five years

December 28, 2020 World Justice News 0

A prominent Saudi female activist, who campaigned for women’s right to drive, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Loujain al-Hathloul, 31, has already been in a maximum security prison for two […]

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Karima Baloch: Pakistani rights activist found dead in Toronto

December 22, 2020 World Justice News 0

Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada. Baloch, 37, a campaigner from the restive region of Balochistan in western Pakistan, […]

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End Sars protest: Nigeria police to free all protesters

October 13, 2020 World Justice News 0

Nigeria’s police chief has ordered the unconditional release of all demonstrators arrested during protests against police brutality. This was a key demand of protesters who have rallied against the hated Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) in […]

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