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Rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were […]

Russian court shuts down country’s oldest rights group

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Wednesday ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization, in the latest move amid a months-long, relentless crackdown on independent media, rights groups and opposition activists. […]

MH17: Court ruling due on Dutch case against Russia

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

The European Court of Human Rights is set to announce whether it will hear a Dutch case against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014. All 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight […]

Canada settles residential schools lawsuit for $2.8bn

January 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

Canada has agreed to pay C$2.8bn ($2.9bn; £1.68bn) to settle a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture caused by its residential school system. Government-funded compulsory boarding schools were part of […]

Sudan: ‘No-one to intervene’ for woman sentenced to death by stoning

October 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

Efforts to prevent a young Sudanese woman being stoned to death, after she was convicted of adultery, are being hindered by the absence of government ministers in the country. Sudan has been run by a […]

Saudi court jails US citizen for 16 years over critical tweets – family

October 18, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US national held in Saudi Arabia has received a 16-year jail sentence for writing tweets critical of the government, his son has told the BBC. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, 72, who also has Saudi citizenship, […]

Nourah al-Qahtani: Saudi woman jailed for 45 years for social media posts

August 31, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for her social media posts, in the second case of its kind this month, activists say. A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani […]

Salma al-Shehab: Concern for Saudi student jailed for 34 years over tweets

August 18, 2022 World Justice News 0

Leeds University has expressed deep concern for one of its PhD students who has been jailed for 34 years in Saudi Arabia over critical tweets. Salma al-Shehab, 34, a Saudi citizen and mother of two, […]

Myanmar: Military executes four democracy activists including ex-MP

July 25, 2022 World Justice News 0

Four democracy activists have been executed by Myanmar’s military in what is believed to be the first use of capital punishment in decades. The four – including activist Ko Jimmy and lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw […]

Willie Kimani: Kenyan policemen guilty of murdering human rights lawyer

July 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan court has found three policemen and a civilian guilty of the murder of a human rights lawyer and two other people in June 2016. The bodies of Willie Kimani, his client and a […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]