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Ukraine war: The Russian student under arrest for an Instagram story

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

University student Olesya Krivtsova has been missing a lot of classes. That’s because 20-year-old Olesya is under house arrest. She has an electronic tag on her leg. Police can monitor her every move. Her alleged […]

Lamar Johnson freed 28 years after wrongful murder conviction

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

A US man who spent nearly 28 years behind bars for a murder he has always denied committing has had the conviction overturned in Missouri. Lamar Johnson, 50, walked out of the St Louis’ courtroom […]

Chagos Islands: UK should pay reparations, says Human Rights Watch

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

Britain should pay reparations to people removed from the Chagos Islands, a British territory in the Indian Ocean, a human rights group has said. Human Rights Watch also called on Britain to allow Chagossians to […]

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been jailed for six years for posting on social media about a deadly attack by Russian warplanes on a theatre in Ukraine. The court in Barnaul in Siberia found her […]

Michigan State University shooting: Three killed and 5 others in life-threatening condition – shooter dead

February 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

At least three people have been killed after a shooting at a US university – with the gunman apparently dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A manhunt was launched for the attacker who was described […]

‘Six arrested, seven to go’: National Crime Agency’s new warning about the UK’s most wanted

February 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

Seven of the UK’s most wanted fugitives are still on the run, the public have been warned. The National Crime Agency (NCA) – dubbed the “UK’s FBI” – says it is still hunting for seven […]

DR Congo soldiers get death sentence for cowardice against rebels

February 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A court in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced seven soldiers to death for cowardice in the face of the enemy and murder. They were found to have fled advancing M23 […]

One-legged British crime boss Richard Wakeling on NCA “most wanted” list arrested in Thailand

February 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A one-legged British organised crime boss has been arrested in Thailand after five years on the run. Richard Wakeling, 55, from Brentwood, Essex, tried to import £8m of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April […]

Woman guilty of lookalike cheesecake poisoning plot

February 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Russian woman living in New York city has been found guilty of attempting to murder her doppelgänger in a bizarre identity-theft plot. Viktoria Nasyrova tried to kill her beautician Olga Tsvyk in 2016 by […]

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Teenage girl who was missing for more than a year found alive in wardrobe

February 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in 2021 has been found pregnant in the closet of a Michigan home. A US Marshals fugitive team found the teen – who was in a distraught state […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Lamar Johnson freed 28 years after wrongful murder conviction

Chagos Islands: UK should pay reparations, says Human Rights Watch

Michigan State University shooting: Three killed and 5 others in life-threatening condition – shooter dead

‘Six arrested, seven to go’: National Crime Agency’s new warning about the UK’s most wanted

DR Congo soldiers get death sentence for cowardice against rebels

One-legged British crime boss Richard Wakeling on NCA “most wanted” list arrested in Thailand

Woman guilty of lookalike cheesecake poisoning plot

Teenage girl who was missing for more than a year found alive in wardrobe