2023 – Page 9 – World Justice News

Google Sues Men Who Weaponized DMCA Notices to Crush Competition

November 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

Two men who allegedly used 65 Google accounts to bombard Google with fraudulent DMCA takedown notices targeting up to 620,000 URLs, have been named in a Google lawsuit filed in California on Monday. Google says […]

Russian convicted of journalist murder gets pardon

November 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

One of the men convicted over the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer says. Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, a former Moscow police officer, was jailed for 20 […]

International mafia bust shows US-Italy crime links still strong

November 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

Their names could have been ripped from the kind of Hollywood mafia script that once dominated US cinema. But when an indictment dropped on Wednesday, Joseph “Joe Brooklyn” Lanni, Angelo “Fifi” Gradilone, and Francesco “Uncle […]

Fourth man charged with murder after suspected ammonia attack in Gateshead

November 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A fourth person has been charged with murder following the death of a man in a suspected ammonia attack, police have said. Andy Foster, 26, was injured in the alleged incident when he opened the […]

Donald Trump: Legal experts see uphill battle in fraud case

November 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump’s New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to […]

Belgium detains two far-right terror suspects

November 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

Anti-terrorism police in Belgium have detained two suspected members of a far-right group accused of plotting bomb attacks and inciting violence. The pair, a man and a woman in their early 20s, were picked up […]

Man cleared of sexually assaulting child after 35 years in prison

November 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who spent 35 years behind bars in the US after being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl has been freed from prison thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Louis Wright, now aged […]

‘Cowardly’ man jailed after stealing hundreds from pensioner in fake ‘hug’

November 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who stole hundreds of pounds from a pensioner has been jailed for four years. Andrew Merritt, 34, stopped an 88-year-old man in the street in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in August and asked him if he […]

Prince Harry wins latest stage in case against Mail publisher

November 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Duke of Sussex can go ahead with claims against Associated Newspapers of unlawfully obtaining information, as a court ruling opens the way for a trial. The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday publishers wanted […]

Australia indefinite detention unlawful, High Court rules

November 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

Australia’s top court has ruled that the government’s power to hold a person indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful. The landmark ruling overturns a 20-year-old precedent that has shaped Australia’s border policies. It could trigger […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

World Justice News

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Year: 2023

Google Sues Men Who Weaponized DMCA Notices to Crush Competition

Russian convicted of journalist murder gets pardon

International mafia bust shows US-Italy crime links still strong

Fourth man charged with murder after suspected ammonia attack in Gateshead

Donald Trump: Legal experts see uphill battle in fraud case

Belgium detains two far-right terror suspects

Man cleared of sexually assaulting child after 35 years in prison

‘Cowardly’ man jailed after stealing hundreds from pensioner in fake ‘hug’

Prince Harry wins latest stage in case against Mail publisher

Australia indefinite detention unlawful, High Court rules