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Torture survivors win asylum seeker detention ruling

October 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

Survivors of torture have won a legal challenge against Home Office rules on asylum seeker detention in the UK. The government had argued torture could only be carried out by official state agents or terror […]

Boko Haram suspects tortured in Cameroon, Amnesty says

July 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Suspected Boko Haram fighters have been “brutally tortured” by security forces in Cameroon, a rights group says. Amnesty International said in a report that the suspects, including women and children, were beaten, water-boarded and forced […]

China’s ‘war on law’: victims’ wives tell US Congress of torture and trauma

May 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The wives of some of the most prominent victims of Xi Jinping’s crackdown on civil society have stepped up their campaign for justice, backing calls for US sanctions against Chinese officials involved in allegedly barbaric […]

‘Most painful torture’: Douglas Garland triple murder trial hears of internet search

February 1, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

In the months before he was accused of murdering a five-year-old boy and his grandparents, Douglas Garland’s computer was used to search for “most painful torture,” a digital forensic investigator told jurors on Tuesday. The […]

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China a month late in submitting Hong Kong human rights update to UN – report

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

China has yet to submit an update on Hong Kong to the UN after its Committee Against Torture published a set of recommendations last February. China’s submission was due in December and is a month […]

Italy Accused of Abusing Migrants’ Human Rights

November 3, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Amnesty International has said Italy has committed human rights abuses that may amount to torture in some isolated cases as it tries to process the details of tens of thousands of migrants arriving by boat […]

Jury Watches Video of Torture

October 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A Hong Kong jury was played about 20 minutes of video in which Rurik Jutting apparently tortures Sumarti Ningsih, 23. The media and public could not view it but heard the audio. The video was […]

Judge’s Ruling: Former CIA Officials Can Be Questioned in Torture Case

October 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

In what human rights advocates say is a vital step for accountability, a federal judge has ordered that former CIA officials may be deposed in a lawsuit against the developers of the agency’s torture program, The order, […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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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 […]

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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 […]