April 2017 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Big bounty offered to catch flight disrupting drone flyers

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Chinese drone maker DJI is offering up to one million yuan (£112,000) for information about drones that disrupted scores of flights at a Chinese airport. On four days this month – 14, 17, 18 and […]

EU Court Rules Selling Piracy-Configured Media Players is Illegal

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Selling devices pre-configured to obtain copyright-infringing content is illegal, the European Court of Justice effectively ruled today. The decision, which evolved from a case involving anti-piracy group BREIN and a shop that sold piracy-configured media […]

Football – arrests as Newcastle and West Ham raided in tax probe

April 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Newcastle United and West Ham United’s grounds have been raided in a fraud investigation, resulting in several arrests. HMRC said it deployed 180 officers across the UK and France, and several men working within professional […]

Boy’s solitary confinement in Feltham Young Offenders Institute ‘inhuman’

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Dan Whitehead, News Reporter The treatment of a teenage boy being held in prolonged solitary confinement at a young offenders’ unit has been described in court as “inhuman and degrading”. A judicial review has […]

NHS contaminated blood was ‘criminal cover-up’ – Burnham

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A “criminal cover-up on an industrial scale” took place over the use of NHS contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s, former Health Secretary Andy Burnham has claimed. More than 2,000 deaths have been […]

Texas Lawmaker on a Hunger Strike to Protest Anti-Sanctuary City Bill

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Erik Ortiz Texas lawmaker Victoria Neave hasn’t eaten since Sunday, she says, when she received a Holy Communion wafer during Mass. She drank juice that same morning, and has only consumed water since. This […]

Judge recuses himself in disturbing Roy child abuse case

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Pat Reavy@DNewsCrimeTeam Utah, ROY — A new judge has been assigned to preside over the case of a Roy couple accused of zip tying the hands of their three adopted boys, leaving them locked […]

Brazil footballer Bruno Fernandes to return to jail over murder

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Brazilian footballer Bruno Fernandes has been ordered to return to jail to continue serving his 22-year-term for his role in the kidnapping and murder of his former girlfriend in 2010. The ex-Flamengo goalkeeper was released […]

Ahmednasir in fresh claim of Muhoro plot to kill him

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By STELLA CHERONO More by this Author In Summary Ahmednasir Abdullahi renewed his call to Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet to institute an independent team of officers, not attached to the DCI, to investigate the […]

Oslo court extends detention of 17-year-old terror suspect

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The teenage Russian citizen arrested in Oslo in possession of explosive materials earlier this month has been remanded in custody for a further two weeks. Visitations and media access to the suspect will remain restricted […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: April 2017

Big bounty offered to catch flight disrupting drone flyers

EU Court Rules Selling Piracy-Configured Media Players is Illegal

Football – arrests as Newcastle and West Ham raided in tax probe

Boy’s solitary confinement in Feltham Young Offenders Institute ‘inhuman’

NHS contaminated blood was ‘criminal cover-up’ – Burnham

Texas Lawmaker on a Hunger Strike to Protest Anti-Sanctuary City Bill

Judge recuses himself in disturbing Roy child abuse case

Brazil footballer Bruno Fernandes to return to jail over murder

Ahmednasir in fresh claim of Muhoro plot to kill him

Oslo court extends detention of 17-year-old terror suspect