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Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands

April 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the elite college rejected a list of demands from the White House. “Harvard’s statement today […]

Tou Thao: Ex-officer in George Floyd case gets 57 months for role in killing

August 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

A former Minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to 57 months (almost five years) in prison for his role in the death of George Floyd. The officer, Tou Thao, was found guilty of aiding and […]

George Floyd: Ex-officer J Alexander Kueng sentenced for manslaughter

December 9, 2022 World Justice News 0

A former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in Mr Floyd’s death. J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to a state charge […]

Rayshard Brooks: No charges in police killing that sparked protests

August 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

The 2020 police killing of a motorist in the car park of a Georgia fast-food restaurant was legally justified, a special prosecutor has ruled. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was fatally shot about three weeks after the […]

Breonna Taylor: US police charged over shooting death

August 4, 2022 World Justice News 0

Four US police officers have been arrested and charged over the fatal 2020 shooting of Breonna Taylor. Ms Taylor was killed in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, by plainclothes police who were executing a “no-knock” […]

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 20 years for violating George Floyd’s rights

July 8, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin, 46, pleaded guilty to the separate federal civil rights charges in December. […]

US Justice Department sues Georgia over election laws

June 25, 2021 World Justice News 0

The Biden Justice Department has announced that it will sue the state of Georgia over new voting laws passed in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the laws were “enacted […]

Malcolm X family demands reopening of murder investigation

February 21, 2021 World Justice News 0

The daughters of assassinated US black civil rights leader Malcolm X have requested that the murder investigation be reopened in light of new evidence. They cite a deathbed letter from a man who was a […]

Unsung Hero: Viola Gregg Liuzzo, Civil Rights Martyr

April 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Today marks the 92nd birthday of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the only known white woman killed during the Civil Rights Movement. Liuzzo has a special place in American history, but it was a long, hard road […]

Trial Update: Acquittal for Louisiana Sheriff Louis Ackal on Civil Rights Charges

November 5, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal, who was accused of encouraging or ignoring the beatings of black jail inmates was acquitted on federal civil rights charges Friday. Ackal said: “When they said that I was not […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]