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Ratko Mladic found guilty of genocide over Bosnia war

November 22, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of genocide for some of the worst atrocities of the 1990s Bosnian war. Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia”, he faced 11 charges, including crimes […]

Voice samples may soon become China’s new weapon in surveillance drive

October 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: Human Rights Watch has said that China is setting up a national voice biometric database for ‘voice pattern’ samples, reportedly in a bid to further infringe the already shrinking […]

Indonesia Public Floggings Top 500

October 25, 2017 World Justice News 0

More than 530 people have been publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province since a new Islamic criminal code was enacted in October 2015, new figures show. People caned include hundreds of men and women punished for “victimless crimes” such […]

Judge rules Ahmed Timol was murdered

October 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

Pretoria – The North Gauteng High Court ruled that Ahmed Timol was pushed from the 10th floor of the John Vorster police station. An inquest was held in 1972 and the magistrate court in Johannesburg found that […]

Torture survivors win asylum seeker detention ruling

October 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

Survivors of torture have won a legal challenge against Home Office rules on asylum seeker detention in the UK. The government had argued torture could only be carried out by official state agents or terror […]

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for six months

August 17, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been jailed for six months for taking part in the 2014 pro-democracy protests. He was tried and found guilty of unlawful assembly last year, and sentenced to community service. […]

Jeremy Corbyn refuses to condemn Nicolas Maduro over UN allegations of human rights abuse in Venezuela

August 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

JEREMY Corbyn has said he takes “very seriously” UN allegations of human rights violations by security forces and pro-government armed groups in Venezuela, but again declined to directly condemn president Nicolas Maduro. The Labour leader […]

Iran has executed Alireza Tajiki who was arrested when aged 15

August 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

A semi-official Iranian news agency is reporting that Alireza Tajiki, a young Iranian man who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death as a child, has been executed. Following today’s execution of Alireza Tajiki, Amnesty […]

Venezuela: Country at breaking point as opposition leaders seized from homes

August 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The seizure of two opposition leaders in Caracas late last night is a telling sign that the Maduro administration is desperate to silence all forms of criticism as the political and humanitarian crisis in the […]

Turkey’s Cumhuriyet journalists in terrorism trial

July 24, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Selin Girit Seventeen journalists and managers at Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet were facing trial on Monday on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation. If found guilty this week, they could face sentences of up […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]