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Frédérick Silva
Canada

Hitman offered $71,000 for Canadian reporter’s assassination

December 1, 2024 World Justice News 0
A hitman offered C$100,000 ($71,400; £56,000) for the assassination of a crime reporter at Montreal newspaper La Presse, the outlet has reported. Convicted killer Frédérick Silva confessed to La Presse that he had offered the […]
Belgium sex worker 'Mel'
Human Rights

Belgium’s sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law

December 1, 2024 World Justice News 0
Warning – contains descriptions of a sexual nature Some names have been changed to protect people’s safety. “I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I […]
Spanish beach resort
News

Spain hotel check-in delay fears as new data rules begin

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
Visitors to Spain will face more paperwork from Monday when a new law requiring hotel owners and car hire firms to send personal information about their customers to the government comes into effect. The rules, […]
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Australia

Australia approves social media ban on under-16s

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its parliament approved the world’s strictest laws. The ban, which will not take effect for at least 12 months, could see tech companies fined […]
Ashley Paul Griffith
Australia

Childcare worker who abused more than 60 girls jailed for life

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
A former childcare worker dubbed “one of Australia’s worst paedophiles” has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually abusing almost 70 girls. Ashley Paul Griffith, 47, confessed to 307 offences committed at […]
Rokia Traoré
News

Malian singer detained in Belgium in child custody row

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
One of Africa’s best known musicians – the Malian singer Rokia Traoré – has reportedly been imprisoned in Belgium as part of an ongoing child custody dispute. The 50-year-old is being held after being extradited […]
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News

Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation. Harry Seager’s picture of the confectionery generated interest from thousands of members on […]
Kim Leadbeater outside parliament
Human Rights

UK MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying

November 30, 2024 World Justice News 0
UK MPs have backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales in a historic vote which paves the way for a change in the law. In the first Commons vote on the issue […]
UK assisted dying poster
Human Rights

UK Parliament to debate and vote on Assisted Dying – The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

November 29, 2024 World Justice News 0
This is a day like few others at Westminster. MPs have a free vote on an issue of profound social change, an issue of conscience where many have wrestled with questions ranging from morality to […]
Daniel Khalife
Lead Story

Daniel Khalife: Former soldier who escaped from Wandsworth Prison guilty of spying for Iran

November 28, 2024 World Justice News 0
A former British soldier who escaped from Wandsworth Prison has been found guilty of spying for Iran. Daniel Khalife, 23, who was a lance corporal in the Royal Signals, used a sling made from trousers […]

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Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0
A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]
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Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

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A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]
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War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

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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 […]
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