December 2016 – Page 6 – World Justice News

European court says the government cant spy on your internet history

December 21, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

The controversial bill that gave the government extra powers to trawl through your internet history has just been termed illegal by the European Court of Justice. The EU’s highest court has ruled in a judgment […]

Teenagers to spend Christmas in adult jail despite Victorian court ruling it unlawful

December 21, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A group of juvenile offenders will spend Christmas in Victoria’s maximum security adult jail despite a court ruling that their transfer to Barwon Prison was illegal. The Victorian government says it will appeal the Supreme […]

Alberta judge criticized for acquitting suspect in sexual assault case takes early retirement

December 21, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

RED DEER, ALTA.—A judge who came under fire from Alberta’s appeal court for ruling a rape complainant in a sexual assault case consented after tiring from fighting off her attacker has decided to take early […]

Wife wins right to turn off life support machine for Gulf War veteran husband

December 20, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Richard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro.co.uk Doctors should stop providing life support treatment to a soldier-turned-policeman who was left in a coma after a road accident, a judge has ruled. Gulf War veteran Paul Briggs, who […]

Footballer spared jail for kicking coat hanger into disabled teammate’s backside

December 20, 2016 zoshinuk 0

by Ashitha Nagesh for Metro.co.uk IDAHO – A high school footballer player who kicked a coat hanger into the rectum of a mentally disabled teammate has avoided prison. John R. K. Howard, 18, was originally […]

Girl, 15, banished to shed for being on her period dies from ‘suffocation’

December 20, 2016 zoshinuk 0

NEPAL – A 15-year-old girl has died after being banished to a shed because she was menstruating, under a now-banned ancient Hindu practice. The girl from Nepal is believed to have died from suffocation caused by […]

Touching Video Tribute Gives Thanks to Firefighters Who Saved Their Town

December 20, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

These North Carolina communities would have been toast if it weren’t for firefighting teams from 24 different states surging in to extinguish a rampant wildfire blaze. The Party Rock Wildfire consumed almost 8,000 forest acres […]

Berlin Christmas market attack: What we know so far

December 20, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A lorry ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others, some seriously, in what Germany’s interior minister said looked like an ‘attack’ rather than […]

Defense tries to show accused killer’s feet too big to have been at crime scenes

December 19, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Judy Harrison Jen Lynds contributed to this report MACHIAS, Maine — A private investigator hired by the defense on Monday measured the feet of Matthew Davis, who is accused of slaying an Oakfield couple […]

Isis ‘offers $1m reward’ for murder of woman who dropped out of university to fight them

December 19, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Bethan McKernan Beirut Isis has reportedly offered a $1 million reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the extremist group in Syria and Iraq. […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

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 […]

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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 […]

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Month: December 2016

European court says the government cant spy on your internet history

Teenagers to spend Christmas in adult jail despite Victorian court ruling it unlawful

Alberta judge criticized for acquitting suspect in sexual assault case takes early retirement

Wife wins right to turn off life support machine for Gulf War veteran husband

Footballer spared jail for kicking coat hanger into disabled teammate’s backside

Girl, 15, banished to shed for being on her period dies from ‘suffocation’

Touching Video Tribute Gives Thanks to Firefighters Who Saved Their Town

Berlin Christmas market attack: What we know so far

Defense tries to show accused killer’s feet too big to have been at crime scenes

Isis ‘offers $1m reward’ for murder of woman who dropped out of university to fight them