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DR Congo mass child rape jailings: Impunity for sexual violence ending

December 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A group of 11 militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been jailed for life for raping about 40 children, including at least one baby. The girls they raped between 2013 and 2016 were […]

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 […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]