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Huawei CFO arrest ‘violates human rights’, China says

December 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

China has urged the US and Canada to “clarify” the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer. The daughter of the founder of the Chinese telecoms giant was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December […]

Karachi attack: China consulate attack leaves four dead

November 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

Gunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Gunshots were heard at about 09:30 local time (04:30 GMT) outside the consulate in […]

Meng Hongwei: China confirms detention of Interpol chief

October 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

China has confirmed it is holding the missing head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei. Beijing said he was under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption body for unspecified breaches of the law. Mr Meng, also a vice-minister […]

Chinese nanny Mo Huanjing executed for arson killings

September 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Chinese nanny has been executed after deliberately starting a fire that killed a mother and her three children in the eastern city of Hangzhou. Mo Huanjing, 35, was sentenced to death for arson in […]

Dissident Liu Xiaobo’s widow Liu Xia ‘allowed to leave China’

July 10, 2018 zoshinuk 0

The widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been allowed to leave the country, boarding a flight for Germany, reports say. Liu Xia, who had been under house arrest since her husband won […]

Yu Wensheng: China human rights lawyer arrested on school run

January 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has been detained while walking his child to school, his family says. Yu Wensheng, a vocal critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, was seized by about a dozen people, […]

Voice samples may soon become China’s new weapon in surveillance drive

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: Human Rights Watch has said that China is setting up a national voice biometric database for ‘voice pattern’ samples, reportedly in a bid to further infringe the already shrinking […]

Chinese Man Jailed For Nine Months For Selling VPN Software

September 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who sold VPN software via a website has been sentenced to nine months in prison by China’s Supreme People’s Court. The decision, handed down earlier this year but only just made public, notes […]

Jail term for man who illegally shared nuclear technologies

September 1, 2017 World Justice News 0

An American man has been sentenced to two years in jail for illegally helping China develop its nuclear power programme. Szuhsiung Ho, aka Allen Ho, helped Chinese efforts to develop nuclear power for almost 20 […]

Australia’s Crown Resorts staff sentenced to jail in China for gambling crimes

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Nineteen Crown Resorts staff, including three Australians, have pleaded guilty to “gambling crimes” in a trial that lasted only a few hours at Shanghai’s Baoshan district people’s court. Australian Jason O’Connor was sentenced to 10 […]

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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 […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]