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Criminology graduate student held in Idaho student murders

December 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago. Police named the suspect as Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28. […]

Twitter in data-protection probe after ‘400 million’ user details up for sale

December 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts. The hacker, “Ryushi”, is demanding $200,000 (£166,000) to hand over the data – reported […]

Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years

December 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years. The country’s former democratically-elected leader has been under house arrest […]

Analysis of U.S. Pirate Site Domain Seizures During FIFA World Cup 2022

December 28, 2022 World Justice News 0

After the FIFA World Cup 2022 got underway early this month, United States law enforcement agencies began seizing live sports streaming domains at an unusually fast rate. Pirate site domain seizures of this type are […]

U.S. Marshals Will Sell Pirate IPTV Owner’s House, ‘Only’ $99m Still to Pay

December 28, 2022 World Justice News 0

In June 2022, a court in the United States awarded DISH Network, Sling, and NagraStar, more than $100m in damages against pirate IPTV service, Nitro TV. While the plaintiffs are unlikely to recover the full […]

Gretchen Whitmer kidnap ringleader, Adam Fox, sentenced to 16 years

December 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

The ringleader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adam Fox, 39, appeared in front of US District Court Judge Richard Jonker in Grand Rapids […]

Man stabbed to death on Birmingham nightclub dance floor

December 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

A murder investigation is under way after a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death on the dance floor of a Birmingham nightclub. The man was fatally injured at The Crane on Adderley Street, Digbeth just […]

Woman dead and three men in hospital after Christmas Eve village pub shooting

December 25, 2022 World Justice News 0

A murder investigation is under way after a woman was fatally shot at a Merseyside village pub on Christmas Eve. She and three men were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after the incident at […]

Paris shooting: Three dead and several injured in attack

December 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding three others. The attacker targeted a Kurdish cultural centre and shot members of the local community. A possible racist motive is being […]

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UK Govt: Netflix Password Sharing is Illegal & Potentially Criminal Fraud

December 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office published new piracy guidance today, and it contains a small, easily missed detail. People who share their Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Disney+ passwords are violators of copyright law. And […]

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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Criminology graduate student held in Idaho student murders

Twitter in data-protection probe after ‘400 million’ user details up for sale

Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years

Analysis of U.S. Pirate Site Domain Seizures During FIFA World Cup 2022

U.S. Marshals Will Sell Pirate IPTV Owner’s House, ‘Only’ $99m Still to Pay

Gretchen Whitmer kidnap ringleader, Adam Fox, sentenced to 16 years

Man stabbed to death on Birmingham nightclub dance floor

Woman dead and three men in hospital after Christmas Eve village pub shooting

Paris shooting: Three dead and several injured in attack