2022 – Page 51 – World Justice News

Police are hunting a masked gunman targeting homeless people while they sleep

March 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

A masked gunman has struck five times in nine days – shooting homeless people as they slept on the streets of New York and Washington DC. Police say the “modus operandi” is the same in […]

Julian Assange denied permission to appeal against extradition

March 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

The Supreme Court has refused to allow Julian Assange his latest appeal against extradition to the US. A court spokesman said Mr Assange’s application did not raise “an arguable point of law”. The decision is […]

Raif Badawi: Saudi blogger freed after decade in prison

March 13, 2022 World Justice News 0

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi – jailed and sentenced to 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam online” – has been freed, his wife says. “Raif called me. He is free,” Ensaf Haidar told AFP news agency from […]

Bitcoin cash machines ordered to shut down in UK

March 12, 2022 World Justice News 0

All UK crypto-currency cash machines (ATMs) are operating illegally and must be shut down, the Financial Conduct Authority has announced. Crypto-ATMs look like regular cash machines and let people buy crypto-currency, such as Bitcoin, using […]

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: 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 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2022

Police are hunting a masked gunman targeting homeless people while they sleep

Julian Assange denied permission to appeal against extradition

Raif Badawi: Saudi blogger freed after decade in prison

Bitcoin cash machines ordered to shut down in UK

Transgender children: Texas plan to probe parents halted

Anthony Russell: Triple killer given whole-life prison sentence

Katy Perry wins in Dark Horse copyright appeal

Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in attack hoax case

Mariupol hospital bombing ‘was a war crime’

Black Panther Ryan Coogler director mistaken for bank robber