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Strasbourg court chief says Russia fulfils 95% of court’s rulings

January 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

STRASBOURG, January 26. /TASS/. Russia fulfils up to 95% of rulings passed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Russia’s judicial authorities generally demonstrate their full readiness for cooperation with the Strasbourg court, […]

Human Rights Watch: Crimeans are losing their rights

January 13, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The world-wide independent international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, has released their report for 2017, which indicated that after the Russian Federation’s occupation of the Crimea, the human rights situation in the peninsula deteriorated, […]

USA Expels 35 Russian Diplomats

December 29, 2016 World Justice News 0

The US has expelled 35 Russian diplomats as punishment for alleged interference into last month’s presidential elections, giving them 72 hours to leave the country. It will also close two compounds used for Russian intelligence-gathering. […]

Navalny: Supreme court overturns conviction for fraud

November 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

RUSSIA – Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny ordering “further investigation” and ruled that Mr Navalny’s rights had […]

Transgender Muslim woman hacked to death in Russia days after marrying a man

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Raina Aliev, 25 and a transgender Muslim woman, was hacked to death only days after marrying her husband. Alimshaikh Aliev, Raina Aliev’s own own father, had gone on television publicly called for her murder saying, […]

Insecam website shut down

November 3, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A Russian website, Insecam, that offered live feeds from thousands of baby monitors, web cameras and CCTV systems has been shut down by its administrator who said “I do not want to run it any […]

Russia Gets Hacked – Putin Aide’s Secrets Revealed

October 27, 2016 World Justice News 0

A Ukrainian group calling itself Cyber Hunta has released more than a gigabyte of emails and other material from the office of one of Vladimir Putin’s top aides, Vladislav Surkov, that show Russia’s fingerprints all […]

Iranian Defense Minister: US Support for Human Rights a Gesture to Rescue Terrorists in Aleppo

October 26, 2016 zoshinuk 0

TEHRAN – Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, Iranian Defense Minister, criticised the US and its allies for their empty human rights rhetoric and, through their continued support for the terrorist groups, they are blocking evacuation of […]

80+ Non Government Organisations Call For Russia to Be Dropped From UN Rights Council Over Syria

October 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Russia’s involvement in the anti-terrorist campaign in Syria has prompted calls to the UN to deprive Russia of its seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Russia is currently in the UNHRC, but its […]

Aleppo Doctor Launches Legal Action against Russia at European Court of Human Rights

October 17, 2016 zoshinuk 0

There are just 30 doctors left to care for rebel-held east Aleppo’s 250,000 residents who are suffering heavy Russian-backed Syrian government shelling. The last cariologist in Aleppo’s eastern neighbourhood describes the situation in the […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]