2017 – Page 61 – World Justice News

Homicide and knife crime rates ‘up in England and Wales’

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Cases of homicide and knife crime recorded by police in England and Wales are rising, figures suggest. A total of 4.8 million offences were recorded in 2016, up 9% on the previous year. The Office […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Istanbul’s ex-mayor to stand trial on corruption charges

March 9, 2026 0

The former mayor of Istanbul is due to become the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges […]

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 […]

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Year: 2017

Homicide and knife crime rates ‘up in England and Wales’

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