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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. […]

Criminology graduate student held in Idaho student murders

December 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago. Police named the suspect as Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28. […]

Brittney Griner: Basketball star jailed in Russia for nine years on drug charges

August 4, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges. She was also ordered to pay a fine of one million roubles (£13,430; $16,300). Griner pleaded guilty […]

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow politician gets 7 years for denouncing war

July 9, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Moscow councillor has been jailed for seven years for speaking out against Russia’s war in Ukraine – in what is said to be the first full jail term under new laws targeting dissent. Alexei […]

Russia sentences US teacher to 14 years for cannabis smuggling

June 18, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Russian court has sentenced a former US diplomat to 14 years in prison for “large-scale” cannabis smuggling. Marc Fogel had previously worked at the US embassy in Moscow, but was employed as an English […]

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 […]

Human Rights Group Says Moscow Office Sealed

November 2, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Amnesty International says its Moscow branch staff arrived at work Wednesday morning to find their office sealed with a notice from municipal authorities warning people not to enter. The locks on the doors of its […]

EU Threat to Impose Sanctions on Those Responsible for Violating Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

October 17, 2016 zoshinuk 0

MOSCOW – The European Union threatened it would work under the jurisdiction of a United Nations (UN) resolution to impose sanctions on any side responsible for violating human rights and promoting violence in the Democratic […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

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War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]