2017 – Page 73 – World Justice News

One dead and 14 injured in Cincinnati nightclub shooting

March 26, 2017 World Justice News 0

One person has been killed and 15 others injured in a shooting at the Cameo Night Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. A “dispute” between several men escalated into a gunfight in the crowded venue, Police Chief […]

Westminster terror attack arrest in Birmingham

Westminster terror attack: Man arrested in Birmingham

March 26, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has been arrested in Birmingham by police investigating the Westminster terror attack, in which four people were killed. The Met Police said the 30-year-old was being held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. […]

Taiwan’s constitutional court hears landmark gay marriage case

March 24, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Taiwan’s constitutional court began hearing a landmark case on Friday that could make the island the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage. A panel of 14 grand justices will hear a debate over […]

London Terror Attack leaves 4 dead and at least 40 injured

March 23, 2017 World Justice News 0

Four people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament. […]

Former football coach Barry Bennel denies 20 child sex offences

March 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded not guilty to 20 charges of historic child sexual abuse against four boys in the 1980s. The 63-year-old appeared via videolink from prison at Chester Crown Court. Mr […]

Mining companies to appeal silicosis class action ruling

March 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

South Africa – Six gold mining companies will on Wednesday, appeal against a High Court judgment giving the go-ahead for class action by miners affected by silicosis. Their application will be heard in the Supreme […]

Gorsuch Hearing For Top Court Lacks The High Drama Of Those In Recent Past

March 22, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

In a hearing that stretched through nearly 12 hours Tuesday, the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch took a long step toward Senate confirmation. Barring an utterly unforeseen reversal when the questioning resumes Wednesday, observers […]

Queensland abolishes ‘gay panic’ as criminal defence for murder

March 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland has voted for legislation to remove a controversial “gay panic” defence from the criminal code. It had allowed defendants to reduce criminal responsibility by claiming provocation due to […]

Dad doused his three-year-old daughter in petrol and burned her ‘because she was too beautiful’

March 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A dad-of-three who doused his daughter in petrol and then set fire to her says he did it because his daughter ‘was too beautiful’, a court has heard. Edward Herbert, 43, is accused of pouring […]

Fox News Benches Judge Napolitano After Claiming The UK Wiretapped Trump

March 21, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The Fox News judicial analyst who became embroiled in controversy last week after making unsubstantiated claims that Britain wiretapped Trump Tower on behalf of former President Barack Obama has reportedly been pulled from the air. […]

Human Rights

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

October 16, 2026 0

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, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

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, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2017

One dead and 14 injured in Cincinnati nightclub shooting

Westminster terror attack: Man arrested in Birmingham

Taiwan’s constitutional court hears landmark gay marriage case

London Terror Attack leaves 4 dead and at least 40 injured

Former football coach Barry Bennel denies 20 child sex offences

Mining companies to appeal silicosis class action ruling

Gorsuch Hearing For Top Court Lacks The High Drama Of Those In Recent Past

Queensland abolishes ‘gay panic’ as criminal defence for murder

Dad doused his three-year-old daughter in petrol and burned her ‘because she was too beautiful’

Fox News Benches Judge Napolitano After Claiming The UK Wiretapped Trump