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

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, […]

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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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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