2024 – Page 46 – World Justice News

Should courts sit 24/7 for protest hearings – and will it tackle the backlog?

February 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

Policing across the country is facing “chronic challenges” due to protests, according to a senior officer from the Metropolitan Police. Assistant commissioner Matt Twist told a Policy Exchange event the force was dealing with “protests, […]

Notorious cybercrime gang Lockbit disrupted by NCA, FBI and international coalition

February 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

An infamous cybercrime gang that holds victims’ data to ransom has been disrupted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and a coalition of international police agencies. A post on Lockbit’s extortion website on Monday said: […]

Father jailed for life for two-year-old adopted daughter murder

February 17, 2024 World Justice News 0

The adoptive father of a two-year-old girl has been jailed for life for her murder. Zahra Ghulami sustained head injuries at their home in Gravesend on the 27 May 2020 and died two days later. Medical evidence […]

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Donald Trump fined $354.9m and banned from running businesses in New York for three years

February 17, 2024 World Justice News 0

Former US president Donald Trump has been fined $354.9m (£281.6m) after a civil fraud trial in New York. With interest included, he will have to hand over at least $453.5m (£359.9m). The judge also banned […]

FBI disrupts hacking network ‘linked to Russian intelligence services’

February 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

US officials say they have disrupted a hacking network linked to Russian intelligence services. They say the hackers – believed to be from the secretive hacking arm of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (better known as the GRU) […]

Mechanic from Cheshire jailed for 16 years for role in child sex abuse website

February 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

A mechanic who helped run one of the dark web’s biggest child sex abuse websites has been jailed for 16 years after he was convicted under organised crime laws in the first case of its […]

Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade shooting leaves one dead and 21 injured

February 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

One person has been killed and 21 others were injured, including eight children, after a shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. The team and their supporters had been […]

Greece on the brink of legalising same-sex marriage

February 13, 2024 World Justice News 0

In her garden in northern Athens, four-year-old Niovi plays make-believe, selling cakes from her imaginary shop. For her two mums, Christina Leimoni and Victoria Kalfaki, their dream may soon become real, as Greece stands on […]

Deobra Redden, who leapt at Las Vegas judge during sentencing, faces attempted murder charge

February 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

A man who attacked the judge about to sentence him by leaping at her in the courtroom has been charged with attempted murder. Deobra Redden, 30, jumped over the judicial bench at Clark County District Court towards […]

Baby dies after mother mistakenly put her in oven

February 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

A baby died after her mother mistakenly put her down for a nap in the oven, a US prosecutor has said. Mariah Thomas of Kansas City, Missouri, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a […]

Human Rights

Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

June 11, 2026 0

A court in Thailand has found two men guilty of carrying out the country’s worst ever terrorist attack and sentenced them to death. The two men, both from China’s Uyghur minority, were convicted of planning […]

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 […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

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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