2020 – Page 4 – World Justice News

Possible deal for arrested Huawei finance chief

December 4, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice is discussing a possible deal with Huawei’s finance chief Meng Wanzhou, according to reports. The deal would reportedly let Ms Meng return to China from Canada, where she was arrested […]

Conception boat fire: Captain charged over 34 deaths in California

December 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

The captain of a scuba-diving boat that was destroyed by fire last year off California has been charged with 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter. Jerry Nehl Boylan caused the deaths of those aboard the Conception […]

Sri Lanka: Eight die in prison riot over Covid panic

November 30, 2020 World Justice News 0

At least eight people have been killed and 52 injured after a prison riot in Sri Lanka which saw guards clash with inmates, officials have said. The inmates had launched protests amid a surge of […]

Quebec City mosque shooter: Canada court reduces sentence

November 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Canadian court has reduced the sentence of the man behind a 2017 shooting at a Quebec City mosque. Alexandre Bissonnette was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences last year for killing six people and […]

Citgo 6: US oil executives convicted of corruption in Venezuela

November 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

Six US oil executives have been jailed after being found guilty of corruption by a court in Venezuela. The men all worked for Citgo, a US refining company owned by Venezuela’s state oil firm, and […]

Iran diplomat to stand trial in Belgium over ‘France bomb plot’

November 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

An Iranian diplomat and a Belgian couple are due to go on trial in Belgium on Friday in connection with an alleged plot to bomb a rally held by an exiled Iranian opposition group in […]

Turkey court jails hundreds for life for 2016 coup plot against Erdogan

November 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

A court in Turkey has given life sentences to 337 military officers and others, in one of the biggest trials linked to the 2016 coup attempt. Air force pilots and army commanders were among the […]

Mexico ambush: Arrest over Mormon massacre

November 24, 2020 World Justice News 0

Federal prosecutors in Mexico have arrested a suspect in the killing of nine members of a Mormon community in northern Mexico last year. Three women and six children, all dual US-Mexican citizens, were driving through […]

Harry Dunn’s parents lose High Court immunity review

November 24, 2020 World Justice News 0

Harry Dunn’s parents have lost their High Court battle against the Foreign Office over whether their son’s alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. Mr Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike was in a crash with a […]

Trans teen in legal action over gender clinic wait

November 23, 2020 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old transgender boy is starting legal proceedings against NHS England over delays to gender reassignment treatment. The teenager has waited over a year for referral to the only NHS gender clinic for children and […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2020

Possible deal for arrested Huawei finance chief

Conception boat fire: Captain charged over 34 deaths in California

Sri Lanka: Eight die in prison riot over Covid panic

Quebec City mosque shooter: Canada court reduces sentence

Citgo 6: US oil executives convicted of corruption in Venezuela

Iran diplomat to stand trial in Belgium over ‘France bomb plot’

Turkey court jails hundreds for life for 2016 coup plot against Erdogan

Mexico ambush: Arrest over Mormon massacre

Harry Dunn’s parents lose High Court immunity review

Trans teen in legal action over gender clinic wait