2020 – Page 32 – World Justice News

Flight MH17: Trial opens of four accused of murdering 298 over Ukraine

March 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

The trial has opened in the Netherlands of three Russians and a Ukrainian – still at large – for the murder of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine in 2014. […]

Piracy Trial Between Record Labels and ISP Grande Postponed

March 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The piracy liability trial between a group of RIAA labels and Texas ISP Grande Communications has been postponed until September. The trial was initially scheduled to start last week. However, it was pushed back because […]

Ronaldinho in court in Paraguay over fake passport claims

March 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

Former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho and his brother appeared in court on Saturday over allegations the pair used fake passports to enter Paraguay. Prosecutors say the brothers were given the false documents when they landed in […]

Police released this image of the vehicle involved in the abduction

Toronto teen home safe after brazen abduction

March 6, 2020 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old boy believed to have been abducted over his step-brother’s multi-million drug debt is home with his parents, Toronto Police say. The teenager was forced into a jeep on Wednesday in the city’s north […]

US orders deportation of former Nazi camp guard to Germany

March 6, 2020 World Justice News 0

A US judge has ordered the deportation of a former Nazi camp guard to Germany, where as a citizen he is still getting a pension for his “wartime service”. Immigration judge Rebecca Holt said Friedrich […]

UK High Court: Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife

March 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

Abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation. On Thursday the damning allegations made against the billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, by his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, became […]

Afghan conflict: Top court backs war crimes probe

March 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

An investigation of alleged war crimes by the US and others in the Afghan conflict can go ahead, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled. The ICC overturned on appeal a previous decision to block […]

Robert Durst: Jury shown The Jinx finale at murder trial

March 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

The murder trial of US millionaire Robert Durst, the subject of the documentary The Jinx, has started with the jury viewing clips from the series. Prosecutors allege that in 2000 the 76-year-old killed Susan Berman […]

US defence department linguist charged with espionage

March 4, 2020 World Justice News 0

A US defence department linguist has been charged with transmitting “highly sensitive classified” information to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah. Mariam Thompson, 61, is accused of endangering the lives […]

Spain plans ‘only yes means yes’ rape law

March 4, 2020 World Justice News 0

Spain’s government has backed a proposed change to its controversial rape laws that focuses on the importance of sexual consent. A series of court cases prompted outrage when men were convicted of sexual abuse, rather […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2020

Flight MH17: Trial opens of four accused of murdering 298 over Ukraine

Piracy Trial Between Record Labels and ISP Grande Postponed

Ronaldinho in court in Paraguay over fake passport claims

Toronto teen home safe after brazen abduction

US orders deportation of former Nazi camp guard to Germany

UK High Court: Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife

Afghan conflict: Top court backs war crimes probe

Robert Durst: Jury shown The Jinx finale at murder trial

US defence department linguist charged with espionage

Spain plans ‘only yes means yes’ rape law