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German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market

May 3, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police in western Germany have arrested three men suspected of running the world’s second-largest dark net marketplace for illegal drugs, stolen data and malicious software. The FBI took part in the investigation and arrested two […]

Shana Grice murder: PC resigns before misconduct hearing

May 3, 2019 World Justice News 0

A police officer accused of failing a woman murdered by her stalker has resigned before a disciplinary hearing. Shana Grice, 19, reported ex-boyfriend Michael Lane five times before he slit her throat and tried to […]

Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor convicted in US opioid case

May 3, 2019 World Justice News 0

The founder of Insys Therapeutics John Kapoor has become the first pharmaceutical boss to be convicted in a case linked to the US opioid crisis. A Boston jury found Kapoor and four colleagues conspired to […]

John Worboys charged with sex offences

May 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

John Worboys has been charged with four sexual offences, the Metropolitan Police has said. The 62-year-old, who has changed his name to John Radford, was charged on 1 May with two counts of administering a […]

Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach

May 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail conditions. The 47-year-old was found guilty of breaching the Bail Act last month after his arrest at the Ecuadorian […]

Athlete Caster Semenya loses Cas appeal over new IAAF testosterone rules

May 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

Caster Semenya has lost a landmark case against athletics’ governing body meaning it will be allowed to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) rejected the South African’s challenge […]

Justine Damond: US policeman guilty of Australian’s murder

May 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

A former policeman in the US state of Minnesota has been found guilty of murdering an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond as she approached his patrol car to report a possible […]

China sentences second Canadian to death

April 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

A court in China has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death for producing and trafficking methamphetamine. Fan Wei, whose gender was not specified, is the second Canadian to be sentenced to death this year. Ten […]

Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One over Democrat subpoenas

April 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has sued two banks in a bid to stop them handing over his financial records to Congress. The lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One was filed after Democrat-led committees issued […]

Rape victims among those to be asked to hand phones to police

April 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

Victims of crimes, including those alleging rape, are to be asked to hand their phones over to police – or risk prosecutions not going ahead. Consent forms asking for permission to access information including emails, […]

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

German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market

Shana Grice murder: PC resigns before misconduct hearing

Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor convicted in US opioid case

John Worboys charged with sex offences

Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach

Athlete Caster Semenya loses Cas appeal over new IAAF testosterone rules

Justine Damond: US policeman guilty of Australian’s murder

China sentences second Canadian to death

Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One over Democrat subpoenas

Rape victims among those to be asked to hand phones to police