May 2020 – Page 4 – World Justice News

Venezuela TV shows ‘US citizens confessing over failed coup’

May 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

Venezuela’s state TV has shown a video of a US citizen apparently confessing to plotting to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and bring him to the US. Luke Denman is one of 13 people arrested over […]

India gas leak: At least 13 dead after Visakhapatnam incident

May 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

At least 13 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with hundreds of others taken to hospital. The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the […]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court Justice returns to work from hospital bed

May 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has taken part in legal arguments from her hospital bed, just a day after she was admitted with a gallbladder condition. Ms Ginsburg, 87, participated in two cases […]

US store guard killed by family after mask enforcement row

May 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

A woman has been charged along with her husband and son with killing a security guard who refused her daughter entry to a shop because she was not wearing a face covering. Calvin Munerlyn, 43, […]

Venezuela prison riot leaves more than 40 dead

May 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

More than 40 people were reportedly killed after rioting broke out at a prison in Venezuela. Inmates at Los Llanos jail, near western Guanare city, were angry at a lack of food and water, according […]

Honduras ex-police chief faces US drug trafficking charges

May 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

A former chief of the Honduran National Police is facing drug trafficking charges in the US, the latest drug case against a top official of the country. Prosecutors said Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, known as […]

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation (FGM)

May 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

Sudan has criminalised carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14 and 49 have undergone some form of FGM, according to […]

US Women’s equal pay claim dismissed by court

May 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

The United States women’s football team’s bid for equal pay has been dismissed by a court, with the judge rejecting the players’ claims they were underpaid compared to the men. The lawsuit was filed by […]

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 kinds of assault weapons

May 1, 2020 World Justice News 0

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced a long-promised ban on assault-style weapons following the country’s worst gun massacre in April. New rules would make it illegal to sell, transport, import or use 1,500 varieties […]

Duchess of Sussex: Mail on Sunday wins first round in Meghan privacy case

May 1, 2020 World Justice News 0

The Mail on Sunday has won the first round of a legal battle against the Duchess of Sussex over the publication of a letter she wrote to her father. The duchess is suing for breach […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

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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Month: May 2020

Venezuela TV shows ‘US citizens confessing over failed coup’

India gas leak: At least 13 dead after Visakhapatnam incident

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court Justice returns to work from hospital bed

US store guard killed by family after mask enforcement row

Venezuela prison riot leaves more than 40 dead

Honduras ex-police chief faces US drug trafficking charges

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation (FGM)

US Women’s equal pay claim dismissed by court

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 kinds of assault weapons

Duchess of Sussex: Mail on Sunday wins first round in Meghan privacy case