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Toronto police say scissor attack on a girl’s hijab ‘did not happen’

January 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Canadian police say an alleged scissor attack on an 11-year-old girl’s hijab never happened. The girl made headlines last week after she said a man came up to her and tried to cut her hijab […]

Shackled children found in Perris, California home

January 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Two parents have been arrested in California after police found 13 people allegedly being held captive at their home, including some “shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks”. David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise […]

Sherin Mathews: Father of adopted girl charged with murder

January 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US father of an adopted three-year-old girl has been charged with capital murder after an autopsy ruled she died from “homicidal violence”. Sherin Mathews was first reported missing from her Texas home in October, […]

International dispute after historic US building is swept away to Canadian island

January 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

A historic building in the US has become the subject of an international dispute after it was swept away to a Canadian island during a blizzard. McCurdy’s Smokehouse in Lubec, Maine, is the last traditional […]

Facebook warned over legal action after revenge porn case

January 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

A libel lawyer has warned that Facebook could face legal action from victims of revenge porn after the company reached an out-of-court settlement with a teenage girl in Northern Ireland. Paul Tweed said he had […]

Toronto police investigate ‘scissor attack’ on girl’s hijab

January 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

Canadian police are investigating a possible hate crime after a man tried to cut the hijab off a young girl. Khawlah Noman, 11, was walking to school with her brother in Toronto when they said […]

‘Liver branding’ surgeon Simon Bramhall fined £10,000

January 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

A liver surgeon who branded his initials on the livers of two patients has been fined £10,000. Simon Bramhall, 53, used an argon beam machine to write his initials on the organs of the anaesthetised […]

James Franco: Five women accuse actor of inappropriate behaviour

January 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

James Franco has been accused of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behaviour by five women, including students from his acting school, US media report. Four of the actor-director’s former students and an actress who said Franco […]

Nigerian army: Ian Squire kidnapper killed

January 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

The leader of a Nigerian gang responsible for the death of a British aid worker has been killed, according to the Nigerian army. A manhunt for gang leader Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo, known as Karowei, had been […]

District Court for the Western District of Washington

Judge issues devastating order against BitTorrent copyright troll

January 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Washington District Court has issued a devastating order against a copyright holder of the film “Once Upon a Time in Venice,” which chases alleged BitTorrent pirates for cash settlements. The Court points out that […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

Human Rights

Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]

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Year: 2018

Toronto police say scissor attack on a girl’s hijab ‘did not happen’

Shackled children found in Perris, California home

Sherin Mathews: Father of adopted girl charged with murder

International dispute after historic US building is swept away to Canadian island

Facebook warned over legal action after revenge porn case

Toronto police investigate ‘scissor attack’ on girl’s hijab

‘Liver branding’ surgeon Simon Bramhall fined £10,000

James Franco: Five women accuse actor of inappropriate behaviour

Nigerian army: Ian Squire kidnapper killed

Judge issues devastating order against BitTorrent copyright troll