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Trump calls for deportations without judicial process

June 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has called for speedy deportations that bypass any judicial process in a tweet on Sunday. “When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back […]

Locked up in Canada for eight months ‘over name mix-up’

June 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Canadian citizen was held by immigration authorities for eight months in a top-security prison when he was mistaken for a refugee with a different name. Now, he’s suing the Canadian government for C$10m ($7.6m, […]

Trump administration sues California over ‘sanctuary’ laws

March 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against California over its laws that extend protections to people living in the US illegally. The department said three state laws, which bar police from asking […]

Court blocks Texas law punishing ‘sanctuary cities’

September 1, 2017 World Justice News 0

A US federal judge has halted a new Texan immigration law on “sanctuary cities” just two days before it is scheduled to go into effect. The bill aimed to force local law enforcement to obey […]

Nine G4S staff at immigration removal suspended

September 1, 2017 World Justice News 0

G4S has suspended nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport, following a BBC Panorama undercover investigation. The programme says it has covert footage recorded at Brook House showing officers “mocking, […]

‘Day after day without knowing’: Federal court to hear landmark challenge on indefinite immigration detention

May 15, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

On Monday, the Federal Court of Canada will hear the first-ever constitutional challenge to the regime, according to Jared Will, lawyer for Alvin Brown. Lawyers for a man who spent five years in maximum security […]

Geert Wilders vows to ban Muslim immigration, shut mosques and calls some Moroccans “scum”

February 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has launched his election campaign by calling some Moroccans “scum”. Mr Wilders tops opinion polls ahead of the 15 March parliamentary vote, but has seen his lead reduced in recent […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

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 […]