2021 – Page 28 – World Justice News

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 […]

Portland riots: Police crowd-control team resigns after officer indicted

June 18, 2021 World Justice News 0

Every member of a police crowd-control unit in the US city of Portland has resigned after one of its officers was indicted on an assault charge. The charge stemmed from violent anti-racism protests that rocked […]

Phoenix shooting spree: 1 dead, 12 injured in West Valley shooting incidents

June 18, 2021 World Justice News 0

A suspect is in custody after one person was killed and 12 others were injured in eight different locations throughout West Valley cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area on Thursday. One person was killed and […]

South Carolina court halts executions until firing squad is available

June 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A high court in the US state of South Carolina has blocked two executions until the inmates are given the choice of death by electrocution or firing squad. A new law requires inmates on death […]

Guy who bragged on Triller owner’s Instagram that he pirated Jake Paul fight gets sued

June 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Triller has followed up on its threat to sue someone for simply watching a pirated stream of the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight. Triller previously gave pirates the opportunity to pay a settlement fee […]

Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi man executed for crimes committed as a minor

June 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences that rights groups say he committed while aged 17, despite the kingdom’s assurance that it had abolished the death penalty for minors. Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was arrested […]

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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 […]

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: 2021

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

Portland riots: Police crowd-control team resigns after officer indicted

Phoenix shooting spree: 1 dead, 12 injured in West Valley shooting incidents

South Carolina court halts executions until firing squad is available

Guy who bragged on Triller owner’s Instagram that he pirated Jake Paul fight gets sued

Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi man executed for crimes committed as a minor