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Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia’s top soldier appeals over war crimes defamation trial

July 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge last month ruled articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four Afghans were […]

Tewkesbury School stabbing: Boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of teacher

July 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A boy has been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a teacher who was stabbed at a secondary school in Gloucestershire. Armed officers detained the teenager an hour after the stabbing in Stoke Orchard, about […]

Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya wins human rights court appeal over athletics testosterone rules

July 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya has won a human rights court appeal over the rules governing testosterone in female athletes in competitions. The European Court of Human Rights ruled the South African 800m gold medallist […]

Sex offender Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison

July 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

Former US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times in prison on Sunday during a fight with another inmate, the BBC’s US partner CBS News reports. Nassar, 59, was sentenced to up […]

Farmer fined $61,000 for using thumbs-up emoji

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

You may want to rethink the next thumbs-up emoji you send, as it could be interpreted as a digital signature. A farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada was fined a hefty sum for using the emoji after […]

Elle Edwards murderer Connor Chapman jailed for at least 48 years

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

The gunman who shot dead Elle Edwards outside a pub on Christmas Eve has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 48 years. Ms Edwards was an innocent bystander when Connor Chapman opened […]

Michael Burnham: US inmate with ‘survivalist skills’ in Pennsylvania jail break

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

A suspected murderer with “survivalist skills” has broken out of a Pennsylvania jail by climbing on exercise equipment and is now the subject of a multi-state manhunt. Michael Burnham escaped from a jail in Warren, […]

El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison

July 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison. The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty after federal prosecutors said they would not […]

Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app

July 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads. Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a “friendly” […]

£130m worth of cannabis, £636,000 of cash and 20 guns seized in UK-wide crackdown

July 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police have seized up to £130m worth of cannabis as part of a nationwide crackdown, described as the “most significant” operation of its kind in UK law enforcement history. Officers discovered more than 180,000 cannabis […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia’s top soldier appeals over war crimes defamation trial

Tewkesbury School stabbing: Boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of teacher

Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya wins human rights court appeal over athletics testosterone rules

Sex offender Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison

Farmer fined $61,000 for using thumbs-up emoji

Elle Edwards murderer Connor Chapman jailed for at least 48 years

Michael Burnham: US inmate with ‘survivalist skills’ in Pennsylvania jail break

El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison

Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app

£130m worth of cannabis, £636,000 of cash and 20 guns seized in UK-wide crackdown