2018 – Page 58 – World Justice News

Oxfam sex scandal: Director promises justice for victims

February 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

Oxfam says it will set up a commission to investigate past and present allegations of exploitation by staff. Oxfam International’s executive director Winnie Byanyima said it would “do justice” and “atone for the past”. She […]

Ex-teacher and twin brother arrested in NYC bomb plot

February 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former high school teacher and his brother were accused on Thursday of stockpiling explosive materials in their apartment and paying students to dismantle fireworks for gunpowder to make bombs. Federal officials arrested Christian and […]

German lawyer cheesed off with endless pizza deliveries

February 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A German lawyer is cheesed off after receiving more than 100 unwanted pizzas delivered to his office – and now police are investigating the mystery. After all those pizzas in just over a fortnight, Guido […]

Bannon ‘stonewalled’ congressmen during committee hearing

February 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

President Trump’s former chief adviser, Steve Bannon, has refused to answer a range of questions posed by a congressional committee. He was being interviewed by the House intelligence committee, which is investigating alleged Russian meddling […]

Court Dismisses Playboy’s Copyright Claims Against Boing Boing

February 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A California district court has dismissed Playboy’s copyright infringement complaint against Boing Boing. Playboy’s allegations that the popular blog induced or contributed to copyright infringement by publishing hyperlinks are not strong enough, Judge Olguin writes. […]

Sulaiman Al Fahim: Jailed for stealing £5m from wife to buy football club

February 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

The man who owned Portsmouth for six weeks during an ill-fated spell in 2009 has been sentenced to five years in a United Arab Emirates jail for stealing £5m from his wife to fund the […]

Fisherman Wins Case After Being Told He Can’t Catch Fish

February 15, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Naomi Webber Two years ago, in one of the UK’s more unusual human rights cases, we reported on the fisherman’s rights victory of Mr Mott. The salmon fisherman has hit the headlines again today, following an […]

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

Florida shooting: At least 17 dead in high school attack

February 14, 2018 World Justice News Comments Off

At least 17 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, police say. The suspect has been named as Nikolaus Cruz, 19, and is a former student at […]

Freezer body murder: Uncle jailed for Celine Dookhran rape and killing

February 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

An uncle has been jailed for a life for kidnapping, raping and slitting the throat of his niece before putting her body in a deep freezer. Mujahid Arshid, 33, was found guilty of murdering Celine […]

Germany: Flawed Social Media Law

February 14, 2018 zoshinuk 0

(Berlin) – The new German law that compels social media companies to remove hate speech and other illegal content can lead to unaccountable, overbroad censorship and should be promptly reversed, Human Rights Watch said today. The law […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2018

Oxfam sex scandal: Director promises justice for victims

Ex-teacher and twin brother arrested in NYC bomb plot

German lawyer cheesed off with endless pizza deliveries

Bannon ‘stonewalled’ congressmen during committee hearing

Court Dismisses Playboy’s Copyright Claims Against Boing Boing

Sulaiman Al Fahim: Jailed for stealing £5m from wife to buy football club

Fisherman Wins Case After Being Told He Can’t Catch Fish

Florida shooting: At least 17 dead in high school attack

Freezer body murder: Uncle jailed for Celine Dookhran rape and killing