September 2018 – Page 4 – World Justice News

Celia Barquín: European golf champion murdered in Iowa

September 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with murder, hours after prominent Spanish golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena was found dead on an Iowa golf course. Barquín, 22, won the European Ladies’ Amateur championship in July and was […]

Kavanaugh and accuser to testify in Senate

September 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

The Senate has scheduled a public hearing on a sex assault claim against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for next week. Judge Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he attacked her 36 […]

U.S. Wants Prison Sentence for Facebook User Who Pirated ‘Deadpool’

September 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US Government is recommending a six-month prison sentence for a California man who uploaded a pirated version of the movie Deadpool to Facebook. In just a few days the copy was viewed 6,386,456 times. […]

Brett Kavanaugh ‘sexual assault victim’ speaks out

September 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

A woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, has identified herself. Christine Blasey Ford told the Washington Post Mr Kavanaugh had pinned her to a […]

US ‘serial killer’ border agent arrested in Texas

September 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A US Border Patrol agent has been arrested in the state of Texas on suspicion of killing four women. Officers began looking for Juan David Ortiz in the city of Laredo after a fifth woman […]

Brett Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in high school

September 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied an allegation of sexual misconduct during his high-school days. Reports say an unidentified woman claimed in a letter to Democrats that Mr Kavanaugh tried […]

Fraud ringleader jailed over ‘boiler room’ scam

September 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

A “boiler room” fraud ringleader has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in jail after being found guilty of conspiring with five others to con 170 investors out of £2.8m. Michael Nascimento ran […]

Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort to help Mueller inquiry in plea deal

September 14, 2018 zoshinuk 0

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to co-operate with an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the US election as part of a plea deal. In court on Friday, he pleaded guilty to […]

Email scam: Nigerian ‘ran ring from Sydney detention centre’

September 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian police have charged a man they say was running a multi-million dollar email scam from inside an immigration detention centre in Sydney. The Nigerian man, 43, headed a fraud ring which sent fake messages […]

Amnesty condemns ‘disgraceful’ use of obscure clause to cut Toronto council

September 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Canadian premier’s use of an obscure constitutional opt-out clause has prompted criticism from Amnesty International Canada. The rights group called Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s use of the clause to force through cuts to Toronto […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Month: September 2018

Celia Barquín: European golf champion murdered in Iowa

Kavanaugh and accuser to testify in Senate

U.S. Wants Prison Sentence for Facebook User Who Pirated ‘Deadpool’

Brett Kavanaugh ‘sexual assault victim’ speaks out

US ‘serial killer’ border agent arrested in Texas

Brett Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in high school

Fraud ringleader jailed over ‘boiler room’ scam

Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort to help Mueller inquiry in plea deal

Email scam: Nigerian ‘ran ring from Sydney detention centre’

Amnesty condemns ‘disgraceful’ use of obscure clause to cut Toronto council