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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in attack hoax case

March 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

US actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after a jury found he lied to police about being the victim of a hate crime. The former Empire star, 39, was found […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]