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Cameras in courts has been a ‘big success’

July 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Head of the Judiciary in England and Wales has told Sky News the first year of allowing cameras crown court rooms has been a “complete success”. A year ago today, the first cameras were allowed […]

Singapore executes a woman for the first time in 19 years

July 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in 19 years. Saridewi Djamani, 45, was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking nearly 31 grams (1.09 ounces) of heroin, the Central Narcotics Bureau said. […]

Donald Trump accused of asking employee to delete footage in classified documents case as new charges announced

July 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has been accused of asking an employee to delete security footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the classified documents case. The updated indictment, which added […]

Trump lawyers meet federal prosecutors in election probe

July 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump have met federal prosecutors, fuelling speculation he is about to be charged over efforts to overturn the 2020 US election result. Mr Trump’s attorneys John Lauro and Todd […]

Ecuador police find dozens of bodies during jail sweep

July 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police and soldiers who stormed a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil following days of unrest say they have come across dozens of bodies. Officials said 31 inmates had been killed since Saturday, when […]

Joe Lewis: Tottenham Hotspur owner charged over alleged insider trading

July 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has been charged in the US with hatching a “brazen insider trader scheme”. New York prosecutors accuse the billionaire of tipping off friends, associates and employees with non-public information about […]

Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial

July 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A court in Brussels has found six men guilty of terrorist murder, more than seven years after suicide bomb attacks killed 32 people at the city’s airport and a metro station in March 2016. After […]

Carlee Russell: Woman whose kidnapping sparked nationwide search admits she wasn’t abducted

July 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A woman has admitted that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama. Carlee Russell had claimed she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler who was walking on the side of a busy […]

Justice department sues Texas over floating barrier in Rio Grande river

July 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Biden administration has sued Texas over a floating barrier installed by the state in the Rio Grande river to deter migrants on the US-Mexico border. The barrier, made partly of orange buoys attached by […]

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How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat

July 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

As temperatures rise, prisoners locked in cells without air conditioning – and the staff guarding them – are struggling. Calvin Johnson spent 37 years in a Texas state prison, including 37 summers in a jail […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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Articles by World Justice News

Cameras in courts has been a ‘big success’

Singapore executes a woman for the first time in 19 years

Donald Trump accused of asking employee to delete footage in classified documents case as new charges announced

Trump lawyers meet federal prosecutors in election probe

Ecuador police find dozens of bodies during jail sweep

Joe Lewis: Tottenham Hotspur owner charged over alleged insider trading

Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial

Carlee Russell: Woman whose kidnapping sparked nationwide search admits she wasn’t abducted

Justice department sues Texas over floating barrier in Rio Grande river

How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat