June 2022 – Page 2 – World Justice News

Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights

June 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

Millions of women in the US will lose the legal right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned a 50-year-old ruling that legalised it nationwide. The court struck down the landmark Roe v Wade decision, […]

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

June 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. It imposes tougher checks on young buyers and encourages states to remove guns from people considered […]

Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights

June 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights, in its most important judgement on guns in over a decade. It expands gun rights amid a fierce national debate […]

French Banksy: Eight guilty in theft of Bataclan mural

June 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Three years after an artwork by graffiti artist Banksy was stolen from a door at the Bataclan music hall in Paris, eight people have been convicted of theft or handling stolen goods. The mural “sad […]

Megaupload Pair Plead Guilty, Kim Dotcom Turns Anger on Former Friends

June 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

In May, former Megaupload executives Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk revealed a deal to avoid extradition to the US by being charged with crimes in New Zealand. Today the men pleaded guilty and […]

US gun control: Bill clears first hurdle in US Senate

June 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

The US Senate has taken a first step towards passing what has been called the most significant new gun controls in a generation. Senators voted to speed up the passage of the bipartisan bill, meaning […]

Bill Cosby assaulted teen at Playboy Mansion, jury finds

June 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

Comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1975, a jury has found. Judy Huth testified to the civil trial that Cosby, 84, had forced her to perform […]

Bayer: US Supreme Court rejects chemical maker’s weedkiller appeal

June 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

America’s highest court has delivered a setback to German chemical maker Bayer AG, which is battling thousands of US lawsuits over its weedkiller Roundup. Bayer is defending against claims that it did not adequately warn […]

Ex-soldier Collin Reeves jailed for life for murdering neighbours

June 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

A former soldier has been jailed for at least 38 years for murdering his neighbours after a long-running dispute about parking. Collin Reeves, 35, killed Jennifer and Stephen Chapple in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset on 21 […]

Uvalde mass shooting: Photos show armed police waiting in school hallway

June 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

The first images showing armed police waiting in a corridor during last month’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas have emerged. Officers arrived earlier in the attack and with more powerful weapons than previously reported, according […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: June 2022

Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights

French Banksy: Eight guilty in theft of Bataclan mural

Megaupload Pair Plead Guilty, Kim Dotcom Turns Anger on Former Friends

US gun control: Bill clears first hurdle in US Senate

Bill Cosby assaulted teen at Playboy Mansion, jury finds

Bayer: US Supreme Court rejects chemical maker’s weedkiller appeal

Ex-soldier Collin Reeves jailed for life for murdering neighbours

Uvalde mass shooting: Photos show armed police waiting in school hallway