June 2021 – Page 2 – World Justice News

US Justice Department sues Georgia over election laws

June 25, 2021 World Justice News 0

The Biden Justice Department has announced that it will sue the state of Georgia over new voting laws passed in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the laws were “enacted […]

Rudy Giuliani has New York law licence suspended

June 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Rudy Giuliani has had his law licence suspended in New York for making “demonstrably false and misleading” claims around the 2020 US election. Mr Giuliani, 77, has been a mayor of New York City and […]

US cheerleader wins free speech case against her former school

June 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a teenager who was kicked off her school cheerleading squad over a profane social media post. In an 8-1 ruling, it concluded that the Mahanoy Area […]

Dalian Atkinson: PC guilty of former footballer’s manslaughter

June 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

A police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson. The former Aston Villa striker died after a stand-off with West Mercia police officers outside his father’s home in Telford, Shropshire […]

Spain pardons Catalan leaders over independence bid

June 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

The Spanish government has formally pardoned nine Catalan separatists who were convicted over a failed independence bid in 2017. The leaders were imprisoned after being found guilty of sedition in 2019. Three others were convicted […]

Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king

June 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

A court in Cambodia has charged three environmental activists with plotting against the government and insulting the king. The members of the group Mother Nature were arrested after they documented waste run-off into Phnom Penh’s […]

New protest bill may breach Human Rights

June 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

The government should drop its “disproportionate” plan to ban noisy protests in England and Wales, a parliamentary committee has warned. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would also introduce powers to deal with demonstrations […]

US Supreme Court sides with college athletes against NCAA

June 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of student athletes in a compensation row with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In a unanimous decision, the court said limits on education-related benefits for athletes […]

The cyclists were doing a 58-mile bike ride to raise money for a local school

Arizona police shoot driver who crashed into charity bike ride

June 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

A man in a pick-up truck drove into cyclists taking part in a charity bike ride in Arizona, leaving six of them in a critical condition. The incident happened at about 07:25 (14:25 GMT) in […]

Imran Ahmad Khan: Wakefield MP charged with sex assault on boy

June 18, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Conservative MP is to stand trial charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. Imran Ahmad Khan, MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire, denies sexually touching the teenager in Staffordshire. The 47-year-old appeared […]

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: June 2021

US Justice Department sues Georgia over election laws

Rudy Giuliani has New York law licence suspended

US cheerleader wins free speech case against her former school

Dalian Atkinson: PC guilty of former footballer’s manslaughter

Spain pardons Catalan leaders over independence bid

Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king

New protest bill may breach Human Rights

US Supreme Court sides with college athletes against NCAA

Arizona police shoot driver who crashed into charity bike ride

Imran Ahmad Khan: Wakefield MP charged with sex assault on boy