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Quebec judge facing possible removal confronts new evidence of cocaine use

May 31, 2017 WJN Administrator 0
MONTREAL — At a hearing to determine whether Quebec Superior Court Judge Michel Girouard should be removed from the bench, a woman with whom he used to socialize has described him as a heavy cocaine […]
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Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice is fired — but not for the killing

May 31, 2017 zoshinuk 0
By Lindsey Bever and Wesley Lowery The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has been fired from the police department after an investigation concluded that he withheld details of […]
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South Sudan soldiers on trial over rape of aid workers

May 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0
Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers have gone on trial accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering their local colleague.  The incident in the capital, Juba, last July resulted in a UN report which accused UN […]
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In a landmark ruling, a Swiss court has fined a man for ‘liking’ defamatory comments on Facebook

May 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0
Geneva (AFP) – In a landmark ruling, a Swiss court has fined a man for “liking” comments on Facebook accusing an animal rights activist of being a “racist” and an “anti-Semite”. In the first case […]
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Rolf Harris cleared of sex assault charges

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
Former entertainer Rolf Harris has been cleared of four sex assault charges after a jury could not reach verdicts. Prosecutors ruled out a further retrial for Mr Harris, who denied indecently assaulting three teenage girls […]
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Australia plans to deny passports to convicted paedophiles

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
Convicted paedophiles would be denied passports in Australia under a “world-first” plan proposed by the government. The proposal, to be introduced to parliament, would prohibit registered sex offenders from travelling overseas. Justice Minister Michael Keenan […]
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Australia

Mother jailed for murdering children by driving into Australian lake

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
A mother who killed three of her children by deliberately driving them into a lake in Australia has been jailed for at least 20 years. Akon Guode, 37, killed one-year-old Bol and four-year-old twins Hanger […]
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Queensland policeman killer shot dead eighteen hour after siege

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
shot dead in Australia. On Monday, Rick Maddison fatally shot Senior Constable Brett Forte after the police officer intercepted his car in Queensland. He fled to a nearby farmhouse and spent the night in a […]
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Tiger Woods arrested for DUI – alcohol was “not involved”

May 29, 2017 World Justice News 0
Golfer Tiger Woods says alcohol was “not involved” in his arrest while driving in Florida early on Monday. Police records show the 41-year-old golfer was pulled over at about 03:00 local time (07:00 GMT) near […]
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Eight dead in Mississippi shooting including deputy sheriff

May 29, 2017 World Justice News 0
A shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say. The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County, south Mississippi. A male […]

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Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

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A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]
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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]
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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

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A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]
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