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Rayshard Brooks: No charges in police killing that sparked protests

August 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

The 2020 police killing of a motorist in the car park of a Georgia fast-food restaurant was legally justified, a special prosecutor has ruled. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was fatally shot about three weeks after the […]

Spain: Gunman euthanised before he can stand trial

August 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

A man in Spain who was paralysed in a police shootout after opening fire on workmates has been euthanised in prison before he could face trial. Marin Eugen Sabau, 46, shot and injured three former […]

Liverpool shooting: Victim named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A nine-year-old girl was fatally shot when a man being chased by a gunman forced his way into her Liverpool home. Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot in the chest as her mother struggled with the men […]

Nick Kyrgios: Wimbledon fan to take legal action against Australian

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A fan who Nick Kyrgios said was “drunk out of her mind” during the Wimbledon final is taking legal action against the Australian tennis player. Kyrgios, who lost the final to Novak Djokovic in July, said the […]

Liverpool shooting: Girl, 9, shot dead and two injured

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A nine-year-old girl has died after being shot in Liverpool. A man was reported to have fired a gun in a house on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot at 22:00 BST on Monday. The girl was […]

Donald Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed […]

Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote to go on all-out strike

August 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

Barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in England and Wales from next month. The walkout by members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) will begin on 5 September. Until now, members […]

Imran Khan: Pakistan police charge ex-PM under terrorism act

August 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

Pakistan’s police have charged the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide. Tensions are high in […]

Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton ‘Isis Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison

August 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

An Islamic State group militant from the UK has been sentenced to life in prison by a US court for his involvement with a terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, was convicted in April of […]

Mexico missing students: Former top official arrested over probe

August 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

Mexico’s former attorney general has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. Jesús Murillo Karam, who led an inquiry into the atrocity, has been charged with forced disappearance, torture and […]

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, […]

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 […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2022

Rayshard Brooks: No charges in police killing that sparked protests

Spain: Gunman euthanised before he can stand trial

Liverpool shooting: Victim named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Nick Kyrgios: Wimbledon fan to take legal action against Australian

Liverpool shooting: Girl, 9, shot dead and two injured

Donald Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search

Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote to go on all-out strike

Imran Khan: Pakistan police charge ex-PM under terrorism act

Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton ‘Isis Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison

Mexico missing students: Former top official arrested over probe