July 2020 – Page 3 – World Justice News

How the US caught flashy Nigerian Instagrammers ‘with $40m’

July 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The day after his 29th birthday in May, Olalekan Jacob Ponle posted a picture on his Instagram standing next to a bright yellow Lamborghini in Dubai. “Stop letting people make you feel guilty for the […]

Russian space official Safronov arrested for treason

July 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

A spokesman for the head of the Russian space agency has been arrested for treason, the agency says. Roscosmos said in a statement (in Russian) that former journalist Ivan Safronov’s arrest was not linked to his […]

UK imposes sanctions against human rights abusers

July 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

The UK is imposing sanctions on 49 people and organisations behind the most “notorious” human rights abuses of recent years. Individuals implicated in the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 will have their […]

Khashoggi murder: Turkish absentia trial of 20 Saudis opens

July 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

Twenty Saudi nationals have gone on trial in absentia in Turkey over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Those being tried include […]

Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked

July 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency. The NCA worked with forces across Europe on the UK’s “biggest and most significant” […]

Jeffrey Epstein ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI

July 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, an ex-girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is facing charges in the US after being arrested by the FBI. The six charges include enticing a minor to travel to engage in […]

Human Rights

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. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]

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Month: July 2020

How the US caught flashy Nigerian Instagrammers ‘with $40m’

Russian space official Safronov arrested for treason

UK imposes sanctions against human rights abusers

Khashoggi murder: Turkish absentia trial of 20 Saudis opens

Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked

Jeffrey Epstein ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI