May 2019 – Page 6 – World Justice News

Assisted suicide: Paul Lamb renews bid for right to die

May 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man who lives with chronic and excruciating pain has begun a fresh legal challenge to the law that criminalises assisted suicide. Paul Lamb, 63, was paralysed from the neck down following a car crash […]

Texas bartender charged for serving gunman before mass shooting

May 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Texas bartender who served a man the night he shot his estranged wife and seven others in 2017 has been charged with criminal negligence. Lindsey Glass was arrested in Plano last month, accused of […]

British man rearrested in Canada over mum and baby deaths

May 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British man has been rearrested after the bodies of a woman and her one-year-old daughter were found in Canada. Robert Leeming, 34, was first arrested days after Jasmine Lovett, 25, and her daughter Aliyah […]

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo: Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar

May 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed. Wa Lone, 33 and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29 were released after a presidential amnesty. They spent more than 500 […]

France Telecom suicides: Former bosses go on trial

May 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

The ex-boss of France Telecom and six other former executives have gone on trial in Paris, accused of moral harassment linked to a spate of suicides among employees. Didier Lombard and his fellow defendants deny […]

YouTuber Austin Jones gets 10 year prison sentence

May 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

A former YouTube star has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the US after pleading guilty to a charge of receiving indecent images of children. Austin Jones admitted encouraging six underage girls to […]

Joseph McCann arrested after new abductions

May 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police hunting a fugitive over the abduction and rapes of three women in and around London have arrested a man after two others were abducted in Cheshire. In the latest attack on Sunday, two women […]

Leyton High Road shooting: Three men injured

May 5, 2019 World Justice News 0

Three men have been shot in an attack on a street in east London. Police were called to reports of a shooting on High Road in Leyton at about 20.50 BST on Saturday. The victims […]

Wrongly convicted man who served 30 years faces new rape charge

May 5, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man whose rape conviction was quashed after he had served 30 years in jail has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman this year, reports say. George Perrot, 50, is due to appear in […]

Algeria protests: Police ‘arrest Bouteflika’s brother’

May 5, 2019 World Justice News 0

The brother of ousted Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and two former intelligence chiefs have been arrested by police, reports say. The men were apparently were taken into custody on Saturday after an “investigation into their […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Month: May 2019

Assisted suicide: Paul Lamb renews bid for right to die

Texas bartender charged for serving gunman before mass shooting

British man rearrested in Canada over mum and baby deaths

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo: Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar

France Telecom suicides: Former bosses go on trial

YouTuber Austin Jones gets 10 year prison sentence

Joseph McCann arrested after new abductions

Leyton High Road shooting: Three men injured

Wrongly convicted man who served 30 years faces new rape charge

Algeria protests: Police ‘arrest Bouteflika’s brother’