July 2017 – Page 6 – World Justice News

Could Pirate TV Box Users Be Prosecuted For Fraud?

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) recently suggested it could go after people who use ‘pirate’ set-top boxes at home. Such prosecutions are potentially tricky under UK copyright law so chances of success could be […]

BMG Say Online Pirates Have No Constitutional Right to Internet Access

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Internet subscribers who are caught downloading pirated content have no constitutional right to Internet access, BMG says. The music rights group is countering a defense ISP Cox Communications submitted to the Supreme Court, arguing that […]

Flight attendant ‘hit brawling man on the head with bottle’

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

A flight attendant was forced to hit a wine bottle over a man’s head after he lunged for an exit door and tried to fight with other passengers, a court has been told. Joseph Hudek, […]

First Nations activist taking Ontario environment minister to court over air pollution regulations

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

A First Nations activist is taking Ontario’s environment minister to court for failing to follow through on a years-old promise to review the way the province regulates industrial air pollution. Ada Lockridge is a member […]

Venus Williams ‘drove lawfully’ in fatal car crash

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 1

Footage has emerged showing that US tennis star Venus Williams was driving lawfully during a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old, police say. Surveillance video obtained by Palm Beach Gardens police […]

Japan’s Dentsu advertising agency charged over employee suicide

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

One of Japan’s leading advertising agencies has been charged over the death of an employee from overwork. Dentsu is accused of violating labour standards after Matsuri Takahashi, 24, killed herself in 2015. Her friends said […]

Prison Service finds 225kg of drugs

July 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

Prison officers confiscated about 225kg (496lbs) of drugs in one year, according to the Ministry of Justice. In 2016 20,000 mobile phones and sim cards, which are also contraband, were also seized from prisoners. The […]

Turkey detains 10 at human rights meeting, EU, US concerned

July 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Turkish police have detained 10 people, including the local director of Amnesty International and other rights activists, on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organisation, Amnesty said yesterday (6 July) in what it called a […]

Illegal immigrant is jailed for leading gang of Nigerian fraudsters who pretended to be MPs, police and even judges in £10million benefits scam

July 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

An illegal immigrant who headed a gang which used the identities of MPs, judges and police officers to con the taxpayer out of millions of pounds was jailed for more than five years. Kayode Sanni, […]

Viagra, Stilnox packet, condoms, rings found in Sugar Daddy’s ‘hopefulness kit’, court hears

July 6, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Canberra jury has been told it must decide if a man intended to rape a woman he met on a Sugar Daddy website, or was merely “hoping to get lucky”. The 24-year-old woman had […]

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: July 2017

Could Pirate TV Box Users Be Prosecuted For Fraud?

BMG Say Online Pirates Have No Constitutional Right to Internet Access

Flight attendant ‘hit brawling man on the head with bottle’

First Nations activist taking Ontario environment minister to court over air pollution regulations

Venus Williams ‘drove lawfully’ in fatal car crash

Japan’s Dentsu advertising agency charged over employee suicide

Prison Service finds 225kg of drugs

Turkey detains 10 at human rights meeting, EU, US concerned

Illegal immigrant is jailed for leading gang of Nigerian fraudsters who pretended to be MPs, police and even judges in £10million benefits scam

Viagra, Stilnox packet, condoms, rings found in Sugar Daddy’s ‘hopefulness kit’, court hears