December 2016 – Page 13 – World Justice News

Strike me off, says lawyer who hounded our troops: He admits touting for business – and acting without integrity

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The human rights lawyer who led the hounding of British troops over the Iraq War faced disgrace yesterday as he admitted drumming up the claims against them. In a humiliating retreat, Phil Shiner pleaded guilty to […]

Spy Agencies Are Spying On Phones In Planes

December 9, 2016 World Justice News 0

BitTorrent users all around the globe are well aware that they’re probably being monitored as they share files from home or workplace. However, it now appears that spy agencies are spying on phones in planes. […]

Judge: PA man can’t use Castle Doctrine defense for killing home intruder

December 9, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A Washington County man has been ordered held without bail after he was arraigned on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of an unarmed intruder last month. Fifty-three-year-old David Murray was charged Thursday with 77 […]

Brexit Appeal Hearing Key Points

December 9, 2016 World Justice News 0

The UK Supreme Court has finished a historic four days of hearings on Brexit – and who has the power to trigger it. Now the 11 justices will deliberate on whether government or Parliament has […]

Dutch MP Geert Wilders Convicted In Hate Speech Trial

December 9, 2016 World Justice News 0

Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, whose party is leading in polls ahead […]

Actor Judge Reinhold arrested

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Actor Judge Reinhold has been arrested after causing a disturbance in an airport security line at Dallas’ Love Field. The Beverly Hills Cop star was reportedly belligerent when he was selected by Transportation Security Administration […]

Female NY prison officer shot dead execution style

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Femail NY prison officer Alastasia Bryan, 25, was on her way to work when she was shot multiple times in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn on Sunday night. She was sitting in her parked car while […]

First man to be convicted under ‘Clare’s Law’

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Robert Burke, 54, who fired a shotgun at his wife more than 30 years ago ‘as a joke’ has become the first to be convicted under the * ‘Clare’s Law’ domestic abuse scheme. He boasted […]

Jocelyn Wildenstein facing charges of assault in the second degree and inflicting injuries with a weapon

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Jocelyn Wildenstein, 71, is accused of slashing Canadian couturier Lloyd Klein, 49, with a pair of scissors and gouging his face with her nails. Klein was forced to shove the Wildenstein into a closet to […]

Geert Wilders found guilty in hate speech trial but no sentence imposed

December 9, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A Dutch court has convicted populist anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders of hate speech charges at the end of a trial he branded a politically motivated “charade” that endangered freedom of speech. Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Month: December 2016

Strike me off, says lawyer who hounded our troops: He admits touting for business – and acting without integrity

Spy Agencies Are Spying On Phones In Planes

Judge: PA man can’t use Castle Doctrine defense for killing home intruder

Brexit Appeal Hearing Key Points

Dutch MP Geert Wilders Convicted In Hate Speech Trial

Actor Judge Reinhold arrested

Female NY prison officer shot dead execution style

First man to be convicted under ‘Clare’s Law’

Jocelyn Wildenstein facing charges of assault in the second degree and inflicting injuries with a weapon

Geert Wilders found guilty in hate speech trial but no sentence imposed