March 2017 – Page 5 – World Justice News

Police hunt suspect in murder of TAO woman

March 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

THAILAND: PATHUM THANI – Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a man they suspect murdered a woman, who appeared to have been married the previous day, in her car on Tuesday. Pol Col Amnuayphan […]

UK court rules for animal charities in contested will case

March 15, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against a woman who tried to overturn her mother’s will after the estate was left to animal charities. Britain’s Supreme Court sided against Heather Ilott, a mother of five from […]

Marine conviction reduced to manslaughter

March 15, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Royal Marine, jailed for shooting an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, has had his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter by an appeal court. Sgt Alexander Blackman, 42, from Taunton, Somerset, had been given a […]

Pesticide-laden medical marijuana spurs third Canadian lawsuit

March 15, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A third class-action lawsuit launched Tuesday over tainted medical marijuana raises new questions about Health Canada’s recent conclusion that patients who consumed products containing banned pesticides were unlikely to experience any adverse health consequences. A […]

Headscarf ban in workplace is legal, says EU’s top court

March 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Employers are entitled to ban workers from wearing visible religious symbols including headscarves, Europe’s top court has ruled. However, the European Court of Justice said the ban must be based on internal company rules requiring […]

Carlos the Jackal regrets not killing ‘people I should have’

March 14, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

PARIS (AP) — Once the world’s most-wanted fugitive, the man known as “Carlos the Jackal” appeared in a French court Monday for a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade, a trial that victims’ […]

Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom | Yeonmi Park | One Young World

March 13, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Speech from Yeonmi Park telling her story of life in North Korea and calls for action against such human rights violators.

Black driver of Mercedes arrested in ‘egregious’ case of racial profiling, Montreal rights group says

March 13, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A black man driving a Mercedes says he was pulled over and handcuffed, then detained in the back of a Montreal police squad car while a video recording of the incident was erased. “They willfully, […]

Carlos the Jackal faces trial again in France

March 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Carlos the Jackal, the perpetrator of headline-grabbing attacks in the 1970s and early 1980s, goes on trial in France on Monday for the deadly bombing of a Paris shop more than 40 years ago. With […]

‘Polite’ man with 431 previous convictions ‘must have highest record in Irish criminal history’ – judge

March 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A CORK MAN who has one of the largest rap sheets in Irish criminal history claims he has never been offered rehab. Anthony O’Sullivan (30), Araglen Court, DeansRock Estate, Togher is charged with being intoxicated […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

Human Rights

Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]

Human Rights

Istanbul’s ex-mayor to stand trial on corruption charges

March 9, 2026 0

The former mayor of Istanbul is due to become the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges […]

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Month: March 2017

Police hunt suspect in murder of TAO woman

UK court rules for animal charities in contested will case

Marine conviction reduced to manslaughter

Pesticide-laden medical marijuana spurs third Canadian lawsuit

Headscarf ban in workplace is legal, says EU’s top court

Carlos the Jackal regrets not killing ‘people I should have’

Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom | Yeonmi Park | One Young World

Black driver of Mercedes arrested in ‘egregious’ case of racial profiling, Montreal rights group says

Carlos the Jackal faces trial again in France

‘Polite’ man with 431 previous convictions ‘must have highest record in Irish criminal history’ – judge