January 2024 – World Justice News

Police officers guard the Vladimir Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia

Trial opens in Serbia for parents of a teenager who fatally shot 10 people at a school last year

January 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A trial started Monday in Serbia for the parents of a teenager who is accused of killing 10 people and injuring six in a mass shooting at his school last May […]

Iranian man and two Canadians charged over plot to kill defector from Tehran in the US

January 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Iranian man has been charged alongside two Canadians with plotting to kill two people, including a defector from Iran, who had fled to the United States. Prosecutors say Naji Sharifi Zindashti operates a criminal […]

HSBC fined £57.4m for customer deposit protection failings

January 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

HSBC has been fined £57.4m by the Bank of England for “serious failings” over its measures to protect customer deposits. The bank failed to accurately identify deposits eligible for Britain’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the […]

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets

January 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets. Khan’s former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also given a 10-year jail sentence as part of […]

Alabama lethal injection chamber Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore

Alabama prisoner ‘struggled for his life’ in nitrogen gas execution

January 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

A prisoner in Alabama has become the first inmate in the world to be executed with nitrogen gas. Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, 58, was put to death after the US Supreme Court declined a legal […]

Donald Trump leaving for Defamation case

Donald Trump must pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m for calling her sex assault claim a lie

January 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3m (£65.5m) in a defamation case against a woman he was found liable for sexually assaulting – with the former US president branding it all a “witch hunt”. […]

US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals

January 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court declined […]

Billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading

January 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

UK billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur football club, has pleaded guilty to insider trading in a US court. Lewis, 86, was accused of passing on information about his companies to his […]

Kaylin Gillis: Householder guilty of killing woman in driveway wrong turn

January 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

A householder has been convicted of murder for shooting a 20-year-old woman as the car she was in took a wrong turn up his driveway in rural New York. Kaylin Gillis was shot in the […]

Mexico illegal arms trafficking from USA

US appeals court revives Mexico’s $10bn lawsuit against gunmakers

January 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

A US appeals court has ruled that a $10bn lawsuit filed by Mexico against US gun manufacturers can go ahead, reviving a long-running legal battle. Mexico’s government argues that the “flood” of illegal guns across […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Month: January 2024

Trial opens in Serbia for parents of a teenager who fatally shot 10 people at a school last year

Iranian man and two Canadians charged over plot to kill defector from Tehran in the US

HSBC fined £57.4m for customer deposit protection failings

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets

Alabama prisoner ‘struggled for his life’ in nitrogen gas execution

Donald Trump must pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m for calling her sex assault claim a lie

US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals

Billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading

Kaylin Gillis: Householder guilty of killing woman in driveway wrong turn

US appeals court revives Mexico’s $10bn lawsuit against gunmakers