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Tanner Brass: Canada police force in racism row over boy’s death

March 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Canada police force has been accused of ignoring an indigenous mother’s warning about leaving her toddler with the man now charged with his death. Tanner Brass was found dead hours after police arrested his […]

Raif Badawi: Saudi blogger freed after decade in prison

March 13, 2022 World Justice News 0

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi – jailed and sentenced to 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam online” – has been freed, his wife says. “Raif called me. He is free,” Ensaf Haidar told AFP news agency from […]

Canada protests: Police arrest leaders of trucker convoy

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Police in Ottawa have detained two leaders of the trucker convoy in the Canadian capital as they move to break up the last stronghold of the protests against the nation’s Covid rules. Tamara Lich was […]

Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters’ bank accounts

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on anti-vaccine mandate protests. Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be “time-limited”, “reasonable and […]

Canada court orders end to trucker blockade

February 12, 2022 World Justice News 0

Protesters are still occupying a main crossing at Canada’s border with the United States, despite a court ruling ordering them to leave. The injunction came into effect at 19:00 local time (midnight GMT) on Friday […]

Two Canadians shot dead at upscale Mexican resort

January 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Two Canadians have been shot dead and another injured after a dispute among guests at a hotel resort near Cancún, Mexico, local security officials say. Gunfire erupted on Friday at the Hotel Xcaret Mexico in […]

Canada: Unvaccinated father loses right to see his child

January 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Canadian father who has not been vaccinated against Covid has temporarily lost the right to see his 12-year-old child. A judge ruled his visits would not be in the child’s “best interest”. It followed […]

Toronto police release video of ‘suspect’ in billionaires’ 2017 murders

December 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

Toronto police have asked for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in the high-profile murders of a Canadian billionaire and his wife. Barry Sherman, 75, and Honey Sherman, 70, were found strangled in their […]

Canadian MPs vote to ban LGBT ‘conversion therapy’

December 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

Canada’s House of Commons has voted unanimously to ban so-called LGBT conversion therapy. The legislation would make it illegal to have a child undergo the practice or have anyone unwillingly undergo it. Prime Minister Justin […]

Mike Ward: Comedian who mocked young disabled singer wins free speech case

October 31, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Canadian comedian who mocked a disabled singer has won his free speech case in Canada’s top court. In a 5-4 split decision, the Supreme Court ruled that jokes told about the singer, who was […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]