Former Liberian rebel charged with historic war crimes awaits Paris trial
Kunti Kamara charged with torture, cannibalism, forced labour and complicity in crimes against humanity during first civil war A former Liberian rebel commander will go...
Category : Law
UK government faces court challenge in Nigerian rendition case
Family of Nnamdi Kanu granted judicial review over failure of Britain to intervene after arrest last year The family of a British citizen who was...
Kenyan tea pickers on Scottish-run farm to pursue health issues in UK court
Prolonged bending to gather tea for James Finlay Kenya is argued to accelerate ageing of pickers’ backs by up to 20 years More than a...
Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears
Guardian, BBC and Times seek release of documents about policy of sending asylum seekers abroad A Foreign Office official raised concerns about plans to send...
Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed
UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group The United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s...
Sudan woman faces death by stoning for adultery in first case for a decade
Campaigners say sentence amounts to torture amid fears that country’s new regime is rolling back women’s rights A woman in Sudan has been sentenced to...
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster to get day in UK courts
Court of appeal judgment allows £5bn lawsuit against mining giant BHP by more than 200,000 victims of 2015 Mariana dam disaster More than 200,000 victims...
UK Home Office plans second flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
Flight could take off within weeks and before court has ruled on whether scheme is lawful The Home Office is planning a second flight to...
The Nigerian gas deal, the Irish impresario and the £8bn ruling amid claims of bribery
Officials allege contract was corruptly procured by business duo behind P&ID as saga of energy project and secretive tribunal heads for high court It has...
Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’
Medical charity criticised for using images that ‘endanger and exploit children’ amid row over photos from DRC identifying child rape survivor Doctors, photographers, human rights...
