For the first count, the court ordered the accused to be jailed for six years starting from the date of his arrest on Sept 10 ...

The father of the student told BBC Pidgin he approved the whippings. Male and female students had been accused of drinking alcohol, but they deny it, saying they consumed yoghurt at a birthday party.

A Lindenwold man admitted to committing violent robberies at three corner stores in Philadelphia, authorities said. Jared ...

Eight of the victims received about 14,000 strokes of the cane and two reported 8,000 lashes over three years. Eight men said ...

Often referred to as “the black Raymond Chandler”, Chester Himes’s celebrated cycle of novels have a wit and a philosophy of ...

The KKK was known as the Invisible Empire and was extremely well organised. The National leader of the KKK was called the Grand Wizard. It was split into local groups called Klaverns. Members wore ...

The WTA believes that tennis can contribute to change in Saudi Arabia. Human rights groups say that is not conversant with ...

Americans are free to say what we believe, and free to share our ideas with our fellow citizens. We are free to criticize the ...

An independent review has found the Church of England covered up abuse by a lawyer who volunteered at summer camps in the ...

During this time he was exposed to the degradations of slavery, witnessing firsthand brutal whippings and spending much time cold and hungry. When he was eight he was sent to Baltimore to live ...

Stewart recalled her father watching over her and her siblings like “a sergeant.” “We had our whippings. It was the yardstick ...