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UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

September 14, 2026 World Justice News 0
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]
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UK MPs vote against fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying

September 12, 2026 World Justice News 0
MPs have voted against proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, bringing the latest effort to change the law to an end. Following a debate in which both sides made emotional speeches, the […]
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Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 World Justice News 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 […]
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British Government to impose some form of social media age or functionality restrictions

April 28, 2026 World Justice News 0
The government will “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media for under-16s even if it stops short of an outright ban, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Ministers proposed further amendments […]
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Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 World Justice News 0
Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]
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Social media ban for children being considered by UK government

January 20, 2026 World Justice News 0
Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after coming under pressure from dozens of their own backbench MPs. After initially opposing such a ban, the government’s position softened in recent days, […]
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Human Rights

UK MPs back assisted dying bill in historic Commons vote

June 22, 2025 World Justice News 0
In a historic vote, MPs have approved a bill which would pave the way for huge social change by giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to end their own lives. The […]
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Human Rights

UK MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
UK MPs have backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales in a historic vote which paves the way for a change in the law. In the first Commons vote on the issue […]
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Human Rights

UK Parliament to debate and vote on Assisted Dying – The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

November 29, 2024 World Justice News 0
This is a day like few others at Westminster. MPs have a free vote on an issue of profound social change, an issue of conscience where many have wrestled with questions ranging from morality to […]
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UK Illegal Migration Bill: Government sees off final Lords challenge

July 19, 2023 World Justice News 0
The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister’s pledge to stop small boats crossing […]

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Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0
A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]
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All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0
Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]
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Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

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A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]
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