2019 – Page 26 – World Justice News

The children sent to a DR Congo ‘holiday camp’ never to come back

August 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they […]

Bell and Rogers to Request ‘Pirate’ Site Blocking Order in Canada

August 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

A lawsuit against the alleged ‘pirate’ IPTV provider GoldTV is gearing up to be a test case for pirate site blocking in Canada. A group of major broadcasters and telco giants, including Rogers and Bell, […]

Australia drug bust: Four UK men arrested over huge MDMA haul

August 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

Six people including four British men have been arrested in Australia and New Zealand in one of the region’s largest-ever drug seizures. Australian police said the bust was connected to a UK-based organised crime syndicate […]

Brexit: Legal bid to stop Westminster shutdown

August 13, 2019 World Justice News 0

A legal challenge to try to prevent Boris Johnson shutting down parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is to get under way later. The aim is to get the Court of Session in Edinburgh […]

Trump targets legal migrants who get food aid

August 12, 2019 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump’s administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card). The rule targets migrants who rely on public […]

Woman crushed in London between cars in ‘road-rage attack’

August 12, 2019 World Justice News 0

A woman was badly injured when she was crushed between two cars in a possible road-rage attack in central London. The Met said officers were looking into claims a Land Rover was driven at the […]

Canada cable car cord severed in likely act of sabotage, police say

August 11, 2019 World Justice News 0

Canadian police are investigating after a cable car gondola was sabotaged in an apparent act of vandalism. Almost all of the 30 cars on the Sea-to-Sky gondola in Squamish, north of Vancouver, fell to the […]

Jeffrey Epstein: Financier ‘found dead in cell’ in New York

August 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

Financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, US media report. His body was discovered at 07:30 local time (11:30 GMT) on Saturday at the […]

Man charged in Las Vegas over bomb-making materials

August 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Las Vegas security guard has been charged after bomb-making materials were found in his home and he promoted white supremacist ideologies online, the Department of Justice says. Conor Climo, 23, had been discussing attacking […]

Former Panama President Martinelli not guilty of corruption

August 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, has been acquitted of corruption and illegal wiretapping. Prosecutors had accused Mr Martinelli of using public funds to record private conversations in order to intimidate rival politicians while in office. […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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Year: 2019

The children sent to a DR Congo ‘holiday camp’ never to come back

Bell and Rogers to Request ‘Pirate’ Site Blocking Order in Canada

Australia drug bust: Four UK men arrested over huge MDMA haul

Brexit: Legal bid to stop Westminster shutdown

Trump targets legal migrants who get food aid

Woman crushed in London between cars in ‘road-rage attack’

Canada cable car cord severed in likely act of sabotage, police say

Jeffrey Epstein: Financier ‘found dead in cell’ in New York

Man charged in Las Vegas over bomb-making materials

Former Panama President Martinelli not guilty of corruption