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Migrants tortured in El Salvador, Venezuela says

July 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Venezuela has announced an investigation into claims migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador from the US suffered human rights abuses. More than 250 Venezuelans were repatriated to near Caracas on Friday. They had […]

Kenya U-turn over charging prominent activist with terror offences

July 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been charged with illegal possession of ammunition linked to protests last month in which at least 19 people were killed. He denied the charge and has been released on […]

Powerful Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to US

July 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the US to face charges of drug and arms trafficking. Known as “Fito”, he was recaptured in June, more than a year after he […]

Court orders former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew

July 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

A court has ordered Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle tag and put him under curfew over fears he might abscond while standing trial. Bolsonaro – in power in 2019-22 – is […]

US seeks one-day prison for officer convicted in Breonna Taylor shooting

July 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

The Trump administration is asking for a one-day prison sentence for a former Kentucky police officer convicted in connection with a raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor, a black woman, in her […]

Prosecutor in Diddy and Epstein cases fired by US Department of Justice

July 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice has fired a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. It is not […]

Helix IPTV Owner Sentenced to 3 Years Prison For Piracy & Money Laundering

July 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

Arrested in 2019 following an investigation by the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, the former owner of pirate IPTV service Helix Hosting has just been sentenced to three years in prison by a court […]

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon guilty of gross negligence manslaughter of their baby

July 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

A couple who went on the run with their newborn daughter have been found guilty of her manslaughter by gross negligence. Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, were convicted on Monday following a lengthy […]

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order after Supreme Court ruling

July 11, 2025 World Justice News 0

A US judge has once again blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order ending birthright citizenship for some US residents as a legal challenge moves forward. A New Hampshire judge approved a class […]

Canadian Armed Forces members plotted ‘anti-government militia’, police say

July 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

Four men, including two members of the Canadian Armed Forces, are facing charges in Canada over an alleged plot to create an “anti-government militia” and “forcibly” seize land, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) says. […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2025

Migrants tortured in El Salvador, Venezuela says

Powerful Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to US

Court orders former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew

US seeks one-day prison for officer convicted in Breonna Taylor shooting

Prosecutor in Diddy and Epstein cases fired by US Department of Justice

Helix IPTV Owner Sentenced to 3 Years Prison For Piracy & Money Laundering

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon guilty of gross negligence manslaughter of their baby

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order after Supreme Court ruling

Canadian Armed Forces members plotted ‘anti-government militia’, police say