February 2022 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Her boyfriend killed her son but she went to jail

February 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

Rebecca Hogue’s boyfriend beat her toddler son to death while she was at work. So why is she the one being called a murderer? This story contains details of domestic and child abuse that may […]

University of California in $250m payout for doctor’s sex abuse

February 9, 2022 World Justice News 0

The University of California has agreed to pay nearly $250m (£185m) to over 200 women who allege they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist. Multiple women accuse the university’s Los Angeles site (UCLA) of […]

Cryptocurrency worth $3.6bn linked to 2016 Bitfinex Exchange hacking seized

February 9, 2022 World Justice News 0

US officials have seized $3.6bn (£2.65bn) in bitcoin and arrested a colourful rapper and her partner. The Department of Justice said the action represents its largest-ever financial seizure. Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein […]

Search Engines Will Deindex All Domains With Over 99 Links to Pirated Content

February 8, 2022 World Justice News 0

Major rightsholders and internet companies in Russia have signed a new memorandum of cooperation designed to make pirated movies, TV shows and other content harder to find. In addition to automatically removing reported infringing links […]

Levi Bellfield confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says

February 6, 2022 World Justice News 0

The man serving life for the murder of schoolgirl Millie Dowler has confessed to killing mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, a lawyer has said. Another man, Michael Stone, has twice been found guilty […]

Largest Dutch Pirate IPTV Supplier Chased Around The World

February 6, 2022 World Justice News 0

Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN is leaving no stone unturned to hold the one-time largest pirate IPTV trader in the Netherlands to account. After investigations in the UK and Portugal, BREIN says it has now tracked […]

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February 6, 2022 World Justice News 0

A federal jury in New York has found celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti guilty of defrauding his former client, the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti, 50, represented Ms Daniels in lawsuits against then-president Donald Trump […]

Freedom Convoy: GoFundMe seizes funds of Canada ‘occupation’

February 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

GoFundMe says it will withhold millions of dollars raised for Canadian truckers protesting against vaccine mandates, citing police reports of violence. The Freedom Convoy has been rallying since last weekend, and more protests are expected […]

Harmful messaging offences added to online safety bill

February 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

Sending “genuinely threatening” or “knowingly false” messages are among new criminal offences being added to proposed online safety laws. If passed, the government’s online safety bill could see social networks fined 10% of their global […]

Lord Ahmed: Ex-Labour peer jailed for child sex offences

February 4, 2022 World Justice News 0

A former Labour peer convicted of sexually abusing two children has been jailed for five years and six months. Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, 64, was found guilty in January of a serious sexual assault against […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Month: February 2022

Her boyfriend killed her son but she went to jail

University of California in $250m payout for doctor’s sex abuse

Cryptocurrency worth $3.6bn linked to 2016 Bitfinex Exchange hacking seized

Search Engines Will Deindex All Domains With Over 99 Links to Pirated Content

Levi Bellfield confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says

Largest Dutch Pirate IPTV Supplier Chased Around The World

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Freedom Convoy: GoFundMe seizes funds of Canada ‘occupation’

Lord Ahmed: Ex-Labour peer jailed for child sex offences