A judge who presided over some of Windsor’s most sensational criminal trials at the downtown Superior Court of Justice building is moving up the ranks in the Canadian justice system. Justice Renee Pomerance — admired for bringing civility to the courtroom and treating even the vilest of offenders with humanity — has been appointed to…
It’s a celebration of how Windsor changed the world. With the annual Emancipation Jubilee this coming holiday long weekend, Windsor-Essex residents will honour the region’s central role in civil rights movements, while reviving the spirit of famous Emancipation Day celebrations that once brought up to 100,000 people to Jackson Park. …
Devices that let people with paralysis walk and talk are rapidly improving. Some see a future in which we alter memories and download skills – but major challenges remain…
Today, we mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to raise awareness about human trafficking. The most recent data from the State Department show that 27.6 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and forced labor, number that includes boys and girls who, in different circumstances, would be doing
A recent report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India, while examining human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, had noted the extent of fragmentation of forest land in Wayanad district…
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police (IGP), held a virtual meeting on Tuesday, July 30, with some prominent persons supporting the proposed national protest against economic hardship Among those who attended the meeting were human rights lawyers, Femi Falana, and Inibehe Effiong TheTalk.NG learnt that the IGP called for the meeting “to deliberate further” on the…
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, a human rights lawyer and one of the organizers of the hunger protest in Nigeria, has released the venues for the demonstration across Nigeria Adegboruwa, at a meeting with IGP Kayode Egbetokun, strategic locations in no less than nine of the 36 states of the country…