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Rayshard Brooks: No charges in police killing that sparked protests

August 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

The 2020 police killing of a motorist in the car park of a Georgia fast-food restaurant was legally justified, a special prosecutor has ruled. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was fatally shot about three weeks after the […]

Spain: Gunman euthanised before he can stand trial

August 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

A man in Spain who was paralysed in a police shootout after opening fire on workmates has been euthanised in prison before he could face trial. Marin Eugen Sabau, 46, shot and injured three former […]

Liverpool shooting: Victim named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A nine-year-old girl was fatally shot when a man being chased by a gunman forced his way into her Liverpool home. Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot in the chest as her mother struggled with the men […]

Nick Kyrgios: Wimbledon fan to take legal action against Australian

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A fan who Nick Kyrgios said was “drunk out of her mind” during the Wimbledon final is taking legal action against the Australian tennis player. Kyrgios, who lost the final to Novak Djokovic in July, said the […]

Liverpool shooting: Girl, 9, shot dead and two injured

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A nine-year-old girl has died after being shot in Liverpool. A man was reported to have fired a gun in a house on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot at 22:00 BST on Monday. The girl was […]

Donald Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search

August 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed […]

Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote to go on all-out strike

August 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

Barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in England and Wales from next month. The walkout by members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) will begin on 5 September. Until now, members […]

Imran Khan: Pakistan police charge ex-PM under terrorism act

August 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

Pakistan’s police have charged the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide. Tensions are high in […]

Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton ‘Isis Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison

August 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

An Islamic State group militant from the UK has been sentenced to life in prison by a US court for his involvement with a terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, was convicted in April of […]

Mexico missing students: Former top official arrested over probe

August 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

Mexico’s former attorney general has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. Jesús Murillo Karam, who led an inquiry into the atrocity, has been charged with forced disappearance, torture and […]

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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Rayshard Brooks: No charges in police killing that sparked protests

Spain: Gunman euthanised before he can stand trial

Liverpool shooting: Victim named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Nick Kyrgios: Wimbledon fan to take legal action against Australian

Liverpool shooting: Girl, 9, shot dead and two injured

Donald Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search

Criminal barristers in England and Wales vote to go on all-out strike

Imran Khan: Pakistan police charge ex-PM under terrorism act

Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton ‘Isis Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison

Mexico missing students: Former top official arrested over probe