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6 hours ago · The conditions in detention facilities in the Philippines, which have been described as “inhumane” by one of the country’s Supreme Court Justices, are expected to improve dramatically as the Southeast Asian nation moves towards adopting rules which focus on the human rights and dignity of prisoners and recommend the minimum standard of treatment across detention facilities.
6 hours ago · The UN yesterday reported on a deeply institutionalized system of forced labor in North Korea, which in some cases could amount to the crime against humanity of enslavement. In a damning report, the UN Human Rights Office detailed how people in the reclusive and authoritarian country are “controlled and exploited through an widespread, multi-layered system of forced labour.”
6 hours ago · Tracy Neal , Wed, 17 Jul 2024, 2:14pm. The victim of gang-related torture in Nelson over missing drugs had both his toes squeezed with a pair of pliers before a hammer was taken to each of his ...
6 hours ago · Bars and nightclubs are common venues for the crime - and some 10% of women and 5% of men reported being victims in a 2022 poll.
2 hours ago · A report by Human Rights Watch concluded Hamas targeted civilians intentionally, committing war crimes such as torture and the use of “human shields.”. Bullet holes on the bedroom wall of ...
6 hours ago · The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn't responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago.
6 hours ago · Tue., July 16, 2024, 10:56 p.m. EDT · 3 min read. One in 10 young people in Japan – the vast majority women – have been groped on trains and in other public places, a government survey has found, highlighting an often unreported crime that has long plagued the country despite official efforts to fight it. “Chikan” — touching or ...
