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Judge Amy Clark Meachum
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Transgender children: Texas plan to probe parents halted

March 12, 2022 World Justice News 0
A Texas judge has extended an order to prevent state officials from investigating allegations of so-called “abuse” against parents seeking gender-transitioning care for their children. In February, officials declared some gender reassignment therapies “child abuse” […]
Anthony Russell
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Anthony Russell: Triple killer given whole-life prison sentence

March 11, 2022 World Justice News 0
A triple killer, who raped a pregnant woman moments before strangling her, has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term. Anthony Russell, 39, murdered Julie Williams, her son David Williams and Nicole McGregor, whose body […]
Katy Perry
News

Katy Perry wins in Dark Horse copyright appeal

March 11, 2022 World Justice News 0
Katy Perry will no longer have to pay $2.8m (£2.1m) to a rapper who said she stole his song on her hit Dark Horse. Marcus Gray sued Perry in 2014, saying she had plagiarised an […]
Jussie Smollett sentenced
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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in attack hoax case

March 11, 2022 World Justice News 0
US actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after a jury found he lied to police about being the victim of a hate crime. The former Empire star, 39, was found […]
Lead Story

Mariupol hospital bombing ‘was a war crime’

March 10, 2022 World Justice News 0
The governor of Donetsk region said 17 people, including women in labour, were wounded in a airstrike which he claimed happened during an agreed ceasefire period to allow civilians to safely escape. Children have been […]
Ryan Coogler
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Black Panther Ryan Coogler director mistaken for bank robber

March 10, 2022 World Justice News 0
The director of hit superhero film Black Panther was mistaken for a bank robber as he tried to take money out of his own account in the US, a police report has revealed. Ryan Coogler […]
Scotty David
Lead Story

Ghislaine Maxwell: Juror admits ‘mistake’ not revealing abuse

March 9, 2022 World Justice News 0
A juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial has told a hearing it was an “inadvertent mistake”, not a lie, to fail to disclose on a questionnaire that he was an abuse victim himself. Maxwell […]
Gretchen Whitmer
Lead Story

Gretchen Whitmer: Trial due to begin in US governor kidnapping plot

March 8, 2022 World Justice News 0
The trial of four men accused of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor is due to begin with jury selection on Tuesday. Prosecutors say the men, some of whom are alleged militia members, targeted […]
Ed Sheeran
Lead Story

Ed Sheeran denies Shape of You copyright claim at High Court trial

March 7, 2022 World Justice News 0
Ed Sheeran has told the High Court he does not “borrow” ideas from unknown songwriters without credit. The singer-songwriter has been accused by two other songwriters of copying parts of his 2017 hit Shape Of […]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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US Supreme Court reimposes death penalty for Boston bomber

March 5, 2022 World Justice News 0
The US Supreme Court has re-imposed the death sentence for convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reversing an earlier appeals court ruling to void it. Justices voted 6-3 to reject defence claims Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial […]

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Vincent Bajinya (Brown)
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First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0
A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]
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UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

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A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]
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Zambian opposition leader detained by police over treason allegations

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Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who had gone into hiding after disputing the recent presidential election result, has been detained over allegations of treason. The official results from the 13 August poll showed that incumbent […]
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