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Top Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses war crimes defamation case as judge calls actions ‘callous and inhumane’

June 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

One of Australia’s most decorated living war veterans has lost a defamation lawsuit against three newspapers which accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith had launched legal proceedings against The Sydney Morning Herald, […]

Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits

May 31, 2023 World Justice News 0

The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma will be protected from lawsuits linked to the US opioid crisis in exchange for a $6bn (£4.85bn) settlement. Purdue, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019 amid thousands of lawsuits, […]

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

May 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five men who illegally streamed Premier League football matches to tens of thousands of people have been jailed. The gang sold cut-price £10-a-month subscriptions, bragging they made money showing games not otherwise available to watch […]

Mother pleads guilty to murder after six-year-old son starves to death in Arizona

May 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

A mother has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse over the death of her six-year-old son in Arizona. Elizabeth Archibeque, 26, reached a plea deal with prosecutors this month and could face life in […]

Lindsey Graham: Russia issues arrest warrant for top Republican

May 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

Russia has issued an arrest warrant for US Senator Lindsey Graham, after an edited video appeared to show him celebrating Russian troops’ deaths. The footage, which spliced together two separate moments, was posted by President […]

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Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

The High Court in Bombay, India, has ordered Instagram to share the personal details of copyright-infringing users with a media company. Through a broad dynamic injunction, the social media giant is further required to terminate […]

Man wrongly accused due to CCTV image speaks out

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

In 2018, an Indian man spent 54 days in jail after being mistaken for a thief. Though his name was cleared in court later, he paid a heavy price and is still fighting for justice. […]

Man accused of raping 15-year-old girl in sea on summer day at Bournemouth beach

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A 19-year-old man has been charged by police with the alleged rape of a schoolgirl in the sea on a busy summer day at a popular beach resort. Dorset Police received a report that a […]

Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death was overturned, will not be retried

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A father from Georgia will not face another trial over his toddler’s death in a hot car, prosecutors said, after the Georgia Supreme Court last year reversed his murder and child cruelty convictions. READ THE FULL […]

First look inside £85m women-only jail HMP Stirling built without bars on its windows and cells

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Scotland’s new £85m women’s prison is set to open this summer. HMP Stirling will house around 100 inmates and has been designed with a trauma-informed approach – which takes account of gender – to better […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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 […]

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Top Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses war crimes defamation case as judge calls actions ‘callous and inhumane’

Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

Mother pleads guilty to murder after six-year-old son starves to death in Arizona

Lindsey Graham: Russia issues arrest warrant for top Republican

Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

Man wrongly accused due to CCTV image speaks out

Man accused of raping 15-year-old girl in sea on summer day at Bournemouth beach

Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death was overturned, will not be retried

First look inside £85m women-only jail HMP Stirling built without bars on its windows and cells