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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

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]