July 2024 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Video shows Illinois police fatally shoot woman in her home

July 23, 2024 World Justice News 0

Illinois police have released bodycam footage that shows the chaotic moments that led to the fatal shooting of a woman who had called 911 to report a suspected intruder at her home. The killing of […]

Fined for yellow and blue shoes: How Russian laws smother dissent

July 21, 2024 World Justice News 0

Dissent is not tolerated in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. For years Kremlin critics have faced a host of laws which could be used against them, and since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that toolbox of measures […]

Russia jails US journalist Gershkovich for 16 years

July 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of espionage by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after a secretive trial decried as a “sham” by his employer, […]

Entire Zambia anti-corruption board fired for alleged corruption

July 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

Zambia’s President Hakinde Hichilema has taken the extraordinary step of firing the entire board of the country’s corruption-busting body, after they themselves were accused of corruption, which they deny. It comes days after the head […]

Attorneys for ‘Rust’ armorer file for dismissal of her case or new trial after collapse of Alec Baldwin case

July 17, 2024 World Justice News 0

Attorneys for “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed – convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 on-set fatal shooting of a cinematographer – have filed a motion for a new trial or to have her case thrown […]

Biden considering major Supreme Court reform

July 17, 2024 World Justice News 0

Joe Biden is considering backing a host of reforms to the US Supreme Court including ending lifetime appointments, according to US media. Backing such changes would mark a major reversal for the Democratic president. It […]

Senator Bob Menendez found guilty in bribery scheme

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty on 16 counts tied to a scheme where he accepted bribes, including gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments. A jury convicted […]

US citizen arrested in America a year after UK car crash which left nurse Elizabeth Donowho unable to walk

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

A US citizen who allegedly left a British nurse temporarily unable to walk after a car crash has been arrested in Texas a year after the collision. Issac Calderon is due to appear in a […]

Head of Colombian Football Federation arrested on battery charge

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

The head of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and his son have been arrested, following a brawl at Sunday’s Copa América final in Miami. Mr Jesurún, 71, and Ramón Jamil Jesurún, 43, were held […]

‘Serial killer’ arrested after bodies found in Kenya dump

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]

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Month: July 2024

Video shows Illinois police fatally shoot woman in her home

Fined for yellow and blue shoes: How Russian laws smother dissent

Russia jails US journalist Gershkovich for 16 years

Entire Zambia anti-corruption board fired for alleged corruption

Attorneys for ‘Rust’ armorer file for dismissal of her case or new trial after collapse of Alec Baldwin case

Biden considering major Supreme Court reform

Senator Bob Menendez found guilty in bribery scheme

US citizen arrested in America a year after UK car crash which left nurse Elizabeth Donowho unable to walk

Head of Colombian Football Federation arrested on battery charge

‘Serial killer’ arrested after bodies found in Kenya dump