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Sri Lanka hires first two hangmen in 43 years

June 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sri Lanka has recruited two hangmen as it prepares to carry out four executions – the first in 43 years. It follows the president’s announcement that four prisoners convicted of drug offences are to face […]

Saudi Arabia ‘tortured female activists’, charities say

November 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

Saudi Arabia tortured and sexually harassed human rights activists, including several women, human rights groups have alleged. Prisoners in the kingdom’s Dhahban Prison have allegedly been electrocuted and flogged. Saudi Arabia arrested several women’s rights […]

Amnesty condemns ‘disgraceful’ use of obscure clause to cut Toronto council

September 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Canadian premier’s use of an obscure constitutional opt-out clause has prompted criticism from Amnesty International Canada. The rights group called Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s use of the clause to force through cuts to Toronto […]

Iranian man flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol as a child

July 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for publicly flogging a man who was convicted of consuming alcohol when he was 14 or 15. Local media published photographs of the man – identified only as […]

Court suspends TV shutdown in Kenya

February 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

The Kenyan government shutdown of the three largest private TV channels has been suspended by the high court pending a full hearing. The channels were shut down as they planned to broadcast opposition leader Raila […]

USA: ‘resistance’ to Trump hailed after year of human rights violations

January 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

Trump presidency has already seen controversial travel ban, withdrawal announcement on climate change, Jerusalem recognition, women’s health funding cuts, withdrawal of protection for immigrants, and harsh measures over Mexico border A ‘galvanising spirit of resistance […]

Iran has executed Alireza Tajiki who was arrested when aged 15

August 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

A semi-official Iranian news agency is reporting that Alireza Tajiki, a young Iranian man who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death as a child, has been executed. Following today’s execution of Alireza Tajiki, Amnesty […]

North Korea denies human-rights abuses inside crackpot Kim’s brutal prison camp network

April 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By SIMON OSBORNE NORTH Korea has denied detaining political dissidents and insisted its notorious prison camps and brutal human-rights abuses were nothing more than fabrications by the West. A recent Amnesty International report found crackpot […]

40 groups call for prioritizing human rights in Syria talks

February 21, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Some 40 human rights groups and other organizations say that U.N.-sponsored Syrian peace talks that will begin in Geneva this week should prioritize five key human rights issues during negotiations. The groups said in a […]

The right to protest: why our eyes are on Standing Rock

December 3, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Amnesty International Freedom of expression is a human right. But at Standing Rock, North Dakota, it’s under threat. We’re calling on police to respect, protect and fulfil Indigenous people’s right to peaceful protest. “People […]

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Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]