May 2018 – Page 2 – World Justice News

Trump barred from blocking Twitter users by judge

May 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump may not “block” Twitter users from viewing his online profile due to their political beliefs, a judge in New York has ruled. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan said that […]

San Francisco 49ers National Anthem Kneeling

NFL clubs to be fined if players kneel during anthem

May 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

new policy. The American football league said players who do not stand for the Star-Spangled Banner can stay in the locker room until it has been performed. The NFL also vowed to “impose appropriate discipline […]

Saudi Arabia widens crackdown on women’s rights activists

May 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

Saudi Arabia has reportedly arrested three more women’s rights activists in a crackdown launched just weeks before a ban on women driving will be lifted. Human rights groups said at least 10 people, most of […]

Evil acid attacker jailed for life

May 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

A woman who threw sulphuric acid at her former partner, which led to him ending his life, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years. Berlinah Wallace, 48, hurled the corrosive […]

New York parents sue 30-year-old son who refuses to move out

May 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

The parents of a 30-year-old man have resorted to drastic measures in an effort to get their son to fly the coop: they are suing him. Court documents say Michael Rotondo does not pay rent […]

Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses

May 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, now archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and […]

Patients lose hip replacement court case

May 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of patients have lost the first round of a legal battle for compensation at the High Court over allegedly “defective” hip implants. A judge ruled that manufacturer DePuy was not liable to the 312 […]

Acid attack: Mark van Dongen’s ex-partner cleared of murder

May 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

A woman has been cleared of murdering her former partner in an acid attack which led him to end his life. Berlinah Wallace, 48, hurled the corrosive fluid at Dutch engineer Mark van Dongen in […]

CIA data leak suspect named by media

May 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former CIA software engineer is the prime suspect in the leaking of a stolen archive of spy agency’s secrets last year, US media have revealed. However after searching his home, prosecutors charged Joshua Schulte, […]

Killer who chopped up body jailed for 28 years

May 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who killed his girlfriend with a rock and a metal pole before flushing her body parts down the toilet has been sentenced to 28 years in prison. Dean Lowe, 33, was found guilty […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Month: May 2018

Trump barred from blocking Twitter users by judge

NFL clubs to be fined if players kneel during anthem

Saudi Arabia widens crackdown on women’s rights activists

Evil acid attacker jailed for life

New York parents sue 30-year-old son who refuses to move out

Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses

Patients lose hip replacement court case

Acid attack: Mark van Dongen’s ex-partner cleared of murder

CIA data leak suspect named by media

Killer who chopped up body jailed for 28 years