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Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio
US porn star Stormy Daniels has been arrested in a strip club in Columbus, Ohio, according to her lawyer. Ms Daniels was arrested for allegedly letting a customer touch her on stage “in a non […]
Month: July 2018
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Iranian man flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol as a child
Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for publicly flogging a man who was convicted of consuming alcohol when he was 14 or 15. Local media published photographs of the man – identified only as […]
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Beate Zschäpe given life after five year German neo-Nazi murder trial
After a five-year trial, a member of a neo-Nazi gang has been found guilty of 10 racially-motivated murders. Beate Zschäpe was the main defendant on trial over the murder of eight ethnic Turks, a Greek […]
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Facebook faces maximum fine from UK data watchdog
The UK’s data protection watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches – the maximum allowed. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Facebook had failed to ensure another company – Cambridge Analytica – had deleted […]
Human Rights
South Sudan atrocities may constitute war crimes, UN says
Horrific accounts of gang rape, throats being slit and mass shootings in South Sudan are described in the latest United Nations report on the country. It blames the violence in Unity state on government and […]
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Jordan Burling death: Mother and grandmother guilty of manslaughter
The mother and grandmother of an emaciated man who was allowed to “rot to death” have been convicted of his manslaughter. Jordan Burling, 18, went into cardiac arrest in Leeds in 2016 and died weighing […]
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Brett Kavanaugh picked for Supreme Court by President Trump
US President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a bruising confirmation battle. In a primetime announcement at the White House, Mr Trump praised his pick as a […]
Canada
Ruling on sentencing delay could put more pressure on a stressed justice system
By Rob Antle producer for CBC’s investigative unit in Newfoundland and Labrador. A recent Ontario Superior Court decision could put even more stress on a justice system already struggling with timelines imposed by the Supreme Court of […]
Human Rights
Dissident Liu Xiaobo’s widow Liu Xia ‘allowed to leave China’
The widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been allowed to leave the country, boarding a flight for Germany, reports say. Liu Xia, who had been under house arrest since her husband won […]
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit filed by two Mass. State Police troopers over arrest report of judge’s daughter
By Scott J. Croteau The lawsuit filed by two Massachusetts State Police troopers who say their supervisors forced them to alter and destroy reports involving the arrest of a Worcester County judge’s daughter were dismissed by […]