Race abuse conviction 'landmark'
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An anti-racism body praises the conviction of a man for racial abuse despite the victim not coming forward.
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It appears too early to say whether the record-breaking $100 million clergy sex abuse settlement reached by the Roman Catholic Dicoese of Orange and 87 plaintiffs will be
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Danny Glover has been convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for trespassing in a hotel during a union rally in 2006. Glover, who wasn't in court, was convicted Thursday along with UNITE HERE union representative Alex Dagg and Ontario Federation of Labour President Wayne Samuelson.
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A Mass. judge has taken the highly unusual step of summoning an entire jury back to court next week to testify publicly about whether racism infected the deliberations of a year-old homicide case
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A woman who authorities said was sexually abused, beaten and stabbed while held captive for at least a week was repeatedly called a racial slur during the attacks, the victim's mother said.
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A man is found guilty of stirring up race hate during a protest against cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.
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Accusations against an attorney who worked on a federal case in which black farmers claimed the government denied them loans because of their race could affect the landmark civil rights settlement.
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Comment is free: Gary Younge: The racial tensions which flared in a small southern town have laid bare the bias infecting the nation's justice system.
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A case before the European Court of Human Rights is being seen as a landmark that could force Poland to compensate Holocaust survivors and their descendants for their material losses.
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A British man wanted for allegedly raping women in England more than 12 years ago has been convicted of attacking two women in Portland &#151; thanks in part to authorities and alleged victims who traveled across the Atlantic to testify.
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A 20-year-old white man convicted of beating a black man with a baseball bat was sentenced to 15 years behind bars, with the victim calling him a &quot;wretched person.&quot;
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Sport: Cricket: Judge who overturned Harbhajan Singh's racial abuse ban cites reason for doing so
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Six men have been convicted on charges ranging from rape to indecent assault following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on their small Pacific island, home to descendants
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A Pennsylvania town's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will be challenged by civil rights campaigners in a landmark federal trial beginning on Monday that could signal whether such local laws across the country can stand up to legal challenge.
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Solicitor Pat Finucaneâs killer was jailed for minimum of 22 years at Belfast Crown Court today. Ken Barrett, 41, a police informer, was told by Mr Justice Weir that he had been involved in a cruel, callous
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A report reveals a culture of racist abuse at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution in west London.
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An appeals court Friday vacated the remaining conviction of a teenager accused in a violent, racially charged incident in Jena, Louisiana, his attorney said. Mychal Bell and five others were initially charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit attempted murder in connection with the beating of a white student.