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Ahmaud Arbery: Hate crime plea deal rejected by US judge in murder case

February 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US judge has rejected a plea deal between federal prosecutors and two of the three white men convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. District Judge Lisa Wood said she was not willing to […]

Ahmaud Arbery: Suspects face federal hate crime charges over killing

April 29, 2021 World Justice News 0

Three men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of hate crimes and attempted kidnap over the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and neighbour William Bryan […]

Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag

December 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US judge has handed down a sentence of at least 15 years to a man who stole an LGBT pride flag from a church and burned it outside a strip club. Adolfo Martinez, 30, […]

James Byrd Jr: Killer executed for notorious hate crime

April 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

One of three men convicted in the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr, one of modern America’s worst hate crimes, has been executed in Texas. Byrd, a black man, was beaten, chained to a truck […]

Charlottesville murderer Fields pleads guilty to hate crimes

March 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US man jailed for murder after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville has pleaded guilty to hate crimes at a court hearing. James Alex Fields, 25, a professed neo-Nazi, was convicted on 29 of […]

Britain First leader and deputy leader guilty of hate crimes

March 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

The leader and deputy leader of far-right group Britain First have been found guilty of religiously-aggravated harassment. Paul Golding, 36, and Jayda Fransen, 31, were arrested over the distribution of leaflets and posting of online […]

Surgeon attacked in ‘hate crime’

September 25, 2017 World Justice News 0

A doctor has been stabbed in the back of the neck on his way to a mosque in Greater Manchester, in a suspected hate crime. Consultant surgeon Dr Nasser Kurdy was attacked outside the Altrincham […]

Crackdown on online hate crimes announced

August 21, 2017 World Justice News 0

Online hate crimes should be treated as seriously as abuse committed face-to-face, prosecutors in England and Wales have been told. Revising its guidance for prosecutors, the Crown Prosecution Service said the impact of tweeting abuse […]

Wife says bar killing of an Indian national was a “hate crime”

February 24, 2017 World Justice News 0

India has expressed shock after the fatal shooting of an Indian national in the US, amid reports that the attack may have been racially motivated. Srinivas Kuchibhotla died shortly after Wednesday’s attack at a bar […]

Trial of accused Emanuel AME Church shooter expected to begin Wednesday

December 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

The federal death penalty trial for the man charged with hate crimes in the deaths of nine people at Emanuel AME Church is expected to begin Wednesday. Authorities say Dylann Roof, 22, sat with the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]