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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 […]

Saudi Arabia ‘tortured female activists’, charities say

November 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

Saudi Arabia tortured and sexually harassed human rights activists, including several women, human rights groups have alleged. Prisoners in the kingdom’s Dhahban Prison have allegedly been electrocuted and flogged. Saudi Arabia arrested several women’s rights […]

New York silicone death: Briton Donna Francis ‘should be deported’

October 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

A woman accused of killing a patient who had silicone injections in her buttocks in New York should be deported to the United States, a judge has said. Kelly Mayhew, 34, died in 2015 after […]

Death row inmates get last-minute reprieve ‘because of prison torture linked to UK’

October 25, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Adam Smith Two men who were facing death by firing squad have been saved as questions were raised over the UK’s involvement in the case, metro.co.uk has learned. Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa were both […]

Hungary enforces ‘cruel’ ban on rough sleeping

October 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Sleeping rough in public areas is now against the law in Hungary. The law was brought in by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, but the United Nations called it “cruel” insisting it goes against human […]

Vancouver police to defend against accusation of racism at human-rights tribunal

September 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

The governing body of Vancouver’s police force, the Vancouver Police Board, is set to appear at a human-rights tribunal after a woman accused officers of mistreating her because she is Indigenous. The woman, Deborah Campbell, […]

Morocco bans forced marriage and sexual violence

September 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

Morocco’s law criminalising violence against women has come into force. The law includes a ban on forced marriage, sexual harassment in public places, and tougher penalties for certain forms of violence. It has been criticised […]

Japan reparations not the answer, former ‘comfort woman’ says

September 5, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Elizabeth Shim SEOUL, Sept. 4 (UPI) — Lack of progress on a fund set up in 2015 to assist former “comfort women” may be becoming too much to bear for victims who seek an official apology […]

Yemen conflict: UN experts detail possible war crimes by all parties

August 28, 2018 World Justice News 0

UN human rights experts believe war crimes may have been committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen. In their first such report, they allege Yemeni government forces, the Saudi-led coalition backing them, and […]

Far-right Austrian ‘Identitarians’ cleared of hate speech

August 10, 2018 zoshinuk 0

An Austrian court on Thursday found 17 members of Austria’s far-right ‘Identitarian Movement’ (IBÖ) not guilty of charges of criminal association and hate speech. Ten prominent members of the group and seven other “active sympathizers” had […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]