A Hong Kong activist who was attacked by seven police officers during mass pro-democracy rallies in 2014 was jailed Tuesday after he dropped an appeal bid. Ken Tsang was found guilty last year of...
Alleged rape victims in England and Wales may not have to be cross-examined in front of the accused, under plans by the justice secretary. Liz Truss is to set out reforms which would allow sex abuse...
As a convoy of wooden carts descends a hill outside Iraq's war-torn second city of Mosul, a child's foot, greyed with dust, pokes out from under brightly coloured blankets. Ziad Khalaf says an air...
Mr Martin Kpebu a legal practitioner on Friday said the establishment of Domestic Violence Support Fund to cater for victims of domestic violence seeking medical attention in the country was crucial....
The Child Protection Network in the Upper East Region has paid the GHc 300 that would allow the endorsement of the medical forms of a 13-year-old rape victim by doctors at the Bolgatanga Regional...
An Accra High Court, in a landmark ruling, has ordered the Government of Ghana to establish a domestic violence support fund for victims of physical abuse and domestic violence in the country. The...
The Human Rights division of the High Court has ordered government to immediately establish a domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for domestic violence victims. The order was...
An Accra High Court has ordered government to allocate money to the domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for victims of domestic violence. Justice Anthony Yeboah granted the...
The Human Rights division of the High Court has ordered government to immediately establish a domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for domestic violence victims. The order was...
The UN rights chief warned Tuesday that a "tidal wave of bloodshed" over more than six years of war in Syria had effectively turned the country into a "torture chamber". "As the conflict enters its...
Suicide experts have warned the 13-year-old supposed virgin who not too long ago suffered a gang rape inside a bush in the Upper East region could end up taking her own life just to put an end to a...
Some multinationals working in conflict zones are turning to ethically dubious practices to keep their factories operating, employees working and goods flowing. French-Swiss cement manufacturer...
The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost unheard-of luxury. In parts of Iraq's war-torn second city seized this week by...
At least five people have been injured in an axe attack at the main railway station in the western German city of Duesseldorf, police say. The attack happened at about 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on...
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the Islamic State group and bring those responsible for crimes to justice. Clooney,...
A man who posed as Justin Bieber online has been charged with more than 900 child sex-related crimes in Australia. The man, 42, masqueraded as the Canadian singer to gain explicit images from...
A police DNA blunder led officers to wrongly link a neo-Nazi killing spree to the unsolved murder of the 'German Madeleine McCann', it has emerged. Officers reported last October that genetic...
For two weeks, Yunis Mohammed and 17 relatives huddled terrified in the cellar of his west Mosul home as the Islamic State group fighters fought off advancing Iraqi forces outside. "The jihadists...
Police in Tamale have confirmed the arrest of one of five suspects in connection with the torture of a 15-year old Junior High School (JHS) pupil of one of the basic schools within the Tamale...
A bush rape of a teenager, perpetrated by a gang at night and captured on video, has sparked strong shockwaves across the Upper East region, with angry residents mounting pressure on the police to...
