2020 – Page 24 – World Justice News

Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn charges of lying to FBI dropped

May 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice is moving to drop the criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn was among the former aides to President Donald Trump convicted during the special counsel’s investigation […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2020

Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn charges of lying to FBI dropped

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