June 2017 – Page 7 – World Justice News

Germany plans to fingerprint children, spy on personal messaging

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Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Louise Ireland Germany is planning a new law giving authorities the right to look at private messages and fingerprint children as young as 6, the interior minister said on […]

Former TV weatherman jailed for historical sex offences

June 15, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for four years for historical sex offences against boys he took on school trips to Scotland. Talbot, 67, was convicted at Lanark Sheriff Court of seven charges […]

‘Making a Murderer’: Steven Avery’s lawyer says victim’s ex-boyfriend killed her

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By John Ferak, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin It was one of the most daring and risky legal maneuvers in last week’s post-conviction filing by Steven Avery’s criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Zellner. Zellner declared in documents filed […]

President Trump being investigated for possible obstruction of justice

June 15, 2017 World Justice News 0

President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, US media reports say. They say senior intelligence officials will be interviewed on whether Mr Trump tried to end […]

US Opposes Kim Dotcom’s Supreme Court Petition Over Seized Millions

June 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

The US Government has opposed Kim Dotcom’s petition to the US Supreme Court, through which he hoped to regain control over millions of dollars in seized assets. The Department of Justice states that Dotcom and […]

Man Faces Prison For Sharing Pirated Deadpool Movie on Facebook

June 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old man from California has been arrested for allegedly sharing a pirated copy of the movie Deadpool on his Facebook page, shortly after it premiered last year. The man was indicted following an FBI […]

Criminals deportation system ‘unlawful’

June 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

The government’s system for deporting foreign criminals before they have had a chance to appeal breaches their human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a landmark case concerning two foreign national criminals, the court […]

One of the biggest towns in the UK will have no police cells from August

June 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

ByNeal Keeling Bolton will have no police custody suite from August. The town has a population of about 280,000 and takes in Westhoughton, Horwich, and Farnworth within its borough. But a review will mean anyone […]

Republican Steve Scalise wounded in multiple shooting

June 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A US Republican politician and aides have been shot during baseball practice in Virginia, US reports say. Police in the upmarket Washington DC suburb of Alexandria said they were investigating a “multiple shooting” and a […]

YouTube star faces child porn charges ‘after getting fans to send explicit videos’

June 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Harley Tamplin for Metro.co.uk A singer with more than half a million subscribers on YouTube is accused of instructing two young female fans to make sexually explicit videos. Austin Jones allegedly told one of […]

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: June 2017

Germany plans to fingerprint children, spy on personal messaging

Former TV weatherman jailed for historical sex offences

‘Making a Murderer’: Steven Avery’s lawyer says victim’s ex-boyfriend killed her

President Trump being investigated for possible obstruction of justice

US Opposes Kim Dotcom’s Supreme Court Petition Over Seized Millions

Man Faces Prison For Sharing Pirated Deadpool Movie on Facebook

Criminals deportation system ‘unlawful’

One of the biggest towns in the UK will have no police cells from August

Republican Steve Scalise wounded in multiple shooting

YouTube star faces child porn charges ‘after getting fans to send explicit videos’