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Denmark to start conscripting women for military service

March 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

Denmark has announced plans to extend military conscription to women for the first time and increase the standard service time. It also wants to boost its defence budget by nearly $6bn (£4.6bn) in the next […]

Russia jails Norwegian Frode Berg for spying on submarines

April 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Moscow court has sentenced a 63-year-old Norwegian, Frode Berg, to 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp for spying on Russian navy submarines. Berg, arrested in Moscow in 2017, denied the accusation. He formerly […]

Ex-soldier who investigated child porn in military slams $25K ‘shut up and go away’ money

December 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Paul Stemmler, a retired corporal, was cut loose two years early and offered a $25,000 cheque for what Canada’s top general even deemed to be “inappropriate” treatment, according to a recent Federal Court ruling on […]

British military opt-out of human rights?

October 12, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Glasgow, United Kingdom The 1998 Human Rights Act enshrined into UK law the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a treaty to which Britain has been a signatory since 1951, but which – until […]

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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]