Crime against Humanity

Published: 25 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A landscape gardener who left his partner paralysed in a violent assault was found guilty yesterday of inflicting grievous bodily harm after years of coercive control. Robert Easom attacked Trudi Burgess, 56, severing her spinal cord in February 2025 when she threatened to leave him, leaving her tetraplegic. Preston Crown Court heard that Easom subjected Ms Burgess, a...

Published: 20 November 2025 Thursday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a case that has captured international attention, former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, now allegedly at the helm of a powerful drug cartel, has been charged with orchestrating the murder of a federal witness. U.S. officials have described the Canadian national as a “modern-day Pablo Escobar,” highlighting the unprecedented scale and brutality of his criminal operations....

Published: 19 November 2025 Wednesday . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Warning: This report contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence. Names of victims have been changed and identifying details omitted to protect their privacy and safety. Enat was at home with her eight-year-old niece when soldiers came on a quiet Sunday morning. The Ethiopian army was conducting searches of homes in the Amhara region on 5...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity following her role in a violent crackdown on student-led protests that ultimately led to her ousting from power. The verdict, delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, highlighting both the scale of...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The rain had only just stopped when Detective Superintendent Clara Hadfield stepped out of the unmarked grey car onto the narrow North London street. The sky above her was still a wash of silvery cloud, the kind that kept the streetlamps on long past dawn. Inside a terraced house behind her, a team of specialist officers were already...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The shocking public groping of Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has sparked swift political action to combat sexual abuse, while also igniting a broader debate on how best to address a problem that affects millions of women across the country. In response to the incident, Mexico’s Secretary for Women, Citlalli Hernández, unveiled a presidential plan aimed at tackling sexual...

Published: 11 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The BBC is facing one of its most high-profile legal challenges in recent years as outgoing Director General Tim Davie prepares to address staff following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to sue the corporation for $1 billion (£760 million). The potential lawsuit stems from a Panorama programme that Trump alleges misrepresented his speech from January 6, 2021,...

Published: 31 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk An ex-Army Sergeant Major has been sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old soldier who later took her own life, highlighting systemic failures in the military’s handling of abuse complaints. Warrant Officer Michael Webber, 43, was found guilty of sexually assaulting Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck in July 2021 during a training exercise at Thorney Island, Hampshire. The...

Published: 22 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. New government reforms will ensure that individuals convicted of sexual offences will no longer be granted parental responsibility for children conceived through rape. The proposals, set to be debated in parliament as part of the Victims and Courts Bill on Monday, 27 October, aim to protect survivors and their children by removing the legal ability of perpetrators to...

Published: 06 September 2025. The English Chronicle Desk The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reiterated its readiness to act as a neutral humanitarian intermediary in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, particularly in relation to the exchange of hostages and detainees. The announcement comes at a moment of heightened tension in Gaza, as casualties continue to rise and peace talks, driven by US President Donald Trump’s...