June 2017 – Page 8 – World Justice News

London fire: Twelve confirmed killed as Grenfell Tower in Kensington engulfed in flames

June 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

Twelve people have died and more than 50 are in hospital after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, police say. Eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning Grenfell […]

Montana congressman sentenced for assaulting journalist

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Montana congressman who “body slammed” a reporter has been fined and sentenced to community service and anger management counselling. Greg Gianforte, 56, pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist from the UK’s Guardian newspaper on […]

Mother who faked DNA paternity test jailed

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

A woman who faked a paternity test to fool an ex-partner into believing he was her baby’s father has been jailed. Danielle Morris, from Seaforth, Merseyside, initially told Jamie Somers in May 2014 that he […]

Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

A US appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Trump’s revised “travel ban” on people from six mainly Muslim nations. A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was […]

Maryland and Washington DC suing Trump over foreign payments

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

Officials in Maryland and Washington DC are suing Donald Trump for accepting payments from foreign governments via his business empire. The lawsuit cites the US constitution’s emoluments clause, which says no federal official should receive […]

Ex-BBC presenters guilty of sex offences

June 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Two former BBC radio presenters have been found guilty of indecently assaulting under-age boys in the 1990s. Husband and wife Tony and Julie Wadsworth were found guilty by a majority verdict of encouraging boys to […]

Comey: Trump administration’s comments were “lies plain and simple”

June 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

Ex-FBI chief James Comey told Congress that the Trump administration’s comments about him and the FBI were “lies plain and simple”. Mr Comey told a Senate committee they were wrong to denigrate the agency and […]

Charlie Gard: Parents’ appeal for US treatment bid fails

June 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

The UK Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the parents of sick baby Charlie Gard, over plans to take him to the US for treatment. Chris Gard and Connie Yates want the 10-month old, […]

At the Bill Cosby trial, ‘Canada’s Mom’ slays ‘America’s Dad’

June 8, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Everyone expected Andrea Constand to be the star witness Wednesday at Commonwealth v. William H. Cosby, Jr. And certainly Constand, who took the stand in a bright white jacket, the same hue associated with sexual […]

Rights group asks Germany to arrest CIA deputy director Gina Haspel

June 7, 2017 World Justice News 0

The nonprofit European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights submitted a legal brief to German federal prosecutors Tuesday, alleging that Gina Haspel allowed the waterboarding of prisoners at a secret U.S. detention center in Thailand. […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: June 2017

London fire: Twelve confirmed killed as Grenfell Tower in Kensington engulfed in flames

Montana congressman sentenced for assaulting journalist

Mother who faked DNA paternity test jailed

Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat

Maryland and Washington DC suing Trump over foreign payments

Ex-BBC presenters guilty of sex offences

Comey: Trump administration’s comments were “lies plain and simple”

Charlie Gard: Parents’ appeal for US treatment bid fails

At the Bill Cosby trial, ‘Canada’s Mom’ slays ‘America’s Dad’

Rights group asks Germany to arrest CIA deputy director Gina Haspel