2019 – Page 7 – World Justice News

Movie Pirate Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison, Forfeits Millions of Dollars

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man who ran several US-based ‘pirate’ websites has pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal copyright infringement and tax evasion. Talon White, 29, faces up to five years in prison and must pay […]

Court of Appeal Denies Kim Dotcom Access to Illegal Spy Recordings

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has refused to grant Kim Dotcom access to his private communications captured illegally by the country’s spy agency. The Court found that while the intercepted communications, which formed part […]

Award for Canada woman handcuffed for not holding escalator

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with a woman who was handcuffed and fined for refusing to hold an escalator handrail in a public transit station. Bela Kosoian was arrested in 2009 and fined […]

London Bridge: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

A number of people have been stabbed and a man has been shot dead by police in an attack at London Bridge. The Met Police has declared the stabbing attack a terrorist incident. The suspect, […]

Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sudan has repealed a restrictive public order law that controlled how women acted and dressed in public. On Twitter, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok paid tribute to women who had “endured the atrocities that resulted from […]

Hillsborough police chief David Duckenfield cleared of manslaughter

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield has been found not guilty of the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in the 1989 disaster. The former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent, 75, was in charge of […]

Bangladesh Islamists sentenced to death for 2016 attack

November 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Seven Islamists have been sentenced to death for a 2016 attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed. The attack on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka […]

Maryland trio set free after being wrongfully jailed for 36 years

November 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Three men falsely convicted of murder in the US state of Maryland have been set free after 36 years in prison. Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins had been sentenced to life in 1984 […]

Chinese woman jailed for trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

November 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Chinese national has been sentenced to eight months in prison for trespassing at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. It was feared Yujing Zhang, a 33-year-old businesswoman from Shanghai, was a spy […]

Egyptian woman ‘wins court battle’ over unequal inheritance laws

November 25, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Coptic Christian woman in Egypt says she has won a legal battle to receive the same inheritance as her brothers. Under the Islamic Sharia inheritance laws the country mainly relies on, female heirs inherit […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Istanbul’s ex-mayor to stand trial on corruption charges

March 9, 2026 0

The former mayor of Istanbul is due to become the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges […]

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Year: 2019

Movie Pirate Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison, Forfeits Millions of Dollars

Court of Appeal Denies Kim Dotcom Access to Illegal Spy Recordings

Award for Canada woman handcuffed for not holding escalator

London Bridge: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed

Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law

Hillsborough police chief David Duckenfield cleared of manslaughter

Bangladesh Islamists sentenced to death for 2016 attack

Maryland trio set free after being wrongfully jailed for 36 years

Chinese woman jailed for trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Egyptian woman ‘wins court battle’ over unequal inheritance laws