November 2016 – Page 8 – World Justice News

Malawian ‘hyena man’ guilty of ritual sex

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

MALAWI – Eric Aniva, a HIV-positive sex worker Malawian man has been found guilty for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows. The practice of “widow cleansing”, when a widow must have sex after her […]

Turkish bill sets to clear men of statutory rape if they marry underage female victim

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

TURKEY – Turkish MPs have preliminarily backed a bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl. The bill would pardon men only if they had […]

Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has said that Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m. The US president-elect was being sued by former students who paid $35,000 for real estate […]

German husband who killed his Filipino wife has been jailed for life

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

BAVARIA – German Horst Koenig, 53, bludgeoned his Filipino wife Grace, 37, with a hammer when she was fast asleep in bed. He then sliced her body with a reciprocating saw and hid her body parts […]

Investigatory Powers Bill becomes law after peers backed down on amendments

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Police will now be able to hack into phones and check browsing history after the Snoopers’ Charter’ was passed by Parliament. The Investigatory Powers Bill forces electronic data to be stored by app companies for […]

Jodi Arias’ Attorney’s Law License Suspended

November 18, 2016 Kate Adan 0

Notorious killer Jodi Arias’ former attorney has been suspended from the practice of law for four years. Kirk Nurmi penned a book about representing Arias during her two salacious, at times almost pornographic trials for […]

Exorcist admits murdering three children

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

BURMA – Tun Naing, a Burmese exorcist, has pleaded guilty to the murder of three young children, a three year old boy, two year old girl and a baby. After telling their parents their children […]

Paedophile Rolf Harris artworks up for sale

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Paedophile Rolf Harris looks set to make a profit from the sale of his artwork as collectors rush to sell paintings from the disgraced artist at knockdown prices. Collectors are rushing to offload the works […]

Churchill dog killed by polar bear on ‘only night’ owner didn’t put out food

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The actions of a northern Manitoba man whose dogs’ odd bond with polar bears went viral are being questioned after one of the Arctic predators killed and ate a sled dog. A video posted online over the weekend showed […]

British computer expert hacked into US military records and recruited student jihadi in chilling ISIS plot to behead American soldier

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Junaid Hussain used the internet to recruit American Munir Abdulkader, a Cincinnati university student until last year, to behead a US soldier whose family home address had been hacked from military records. Hussain, 21, was […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Month: November 2016

Malawian ‘hyena man’ guilty of ritual sex

Turkish bill sets to clear men of statutory rape if they marry underage female victim

Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m

German husband who killed his Filipino wife has been jailed for life

Investigatory Powers Bill becomes law after peers backed down on amendments

Jodi Arias’ Attorney’s Law License Suspended

Exorcist admits murdering three children

Paedophile Rolf Harris artworks up for sale

Churchill dog killed by polar bear on ‘only night’ owner didn’t put out food

British computer expert hacked into US military records and recruited student jihadi in chilling ISIS plot to behead American soldier