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Fat Leonard: Malaysian businessman linked to US Navy scandal escapes

September 6, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Malaysian businessman at the heart of a massive bribery scandal involving the US Navy has escaped house arrest, the US Marshals Service has said. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” cut his ankle […]

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Canada stabbings: One suspect found dead

September 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canada police have said that one of the two suspects in Sunday’s mass stabbings in Saskatchewan has been found dead. The body of Damien Sanderson, 31, was found in the James Smith Cree Nation, home […]

Iran sentences two LGBT activists to death

September 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

Two LGBT activists have been sentenced to death in Iran, a rights group says. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported that a court in Urmia had found Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Choubdar, 24, […]

Nice attack: Trial for Bastille Day massacre which killed 86 begins

September 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

Eight suspects have gone on trial in Paris for links to a deadly lorry attack in the southern French city of Nice in 2016 which killed 86 people. The suspects – who face between five […]

Trump allowed ‘special master’ in case over handling of classified documents

September 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

A judge has granted Donald Trump’s demand for a “special master” to oversee the case into his handling of classified materials. Mr Trump is being investigated for allegedly taking documents with him when he left […]

Court IT system ‘putting justice at risk’, staff claim

September 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

An IT system is causing key information about court cases in England and Wales to change or disappear and is putting justice at risk, the BBC has been told. One legal adviser revealed how he […]

Canada rocked by multiple deadly stabbings in Saskatchewan

September 4, 2022 World Justice News 0

At least 10 people have been killed and another 15 injured in a stabbing rampage in Canada’s central Saskatchewan province, police say. The victims were found in 13 locations, including in James Smith Cree Nation […]

Trump investigation: US court unseals list of seized Mar-a-Lago material

September 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

FBI agents found dozens of empty folders marked as classified during a search of Donald Trump’s home last month, a court document shows. The document, made public by a Florida court, provides an inventory of […]

Hackers target politicians with fake news website

September 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

Hackers created a fake news website to harvest data from Australian government officials, journalists and others, according to a top US security company. The targets received emails claiming to be from Australian news outlets, which […]

Young Thug: How rap lyrics put a rapper behind bars

August 31, 2022 World Justice News 0

Was a Grammy-winning rapper singing about crimes he committed or simply expressing himself as an artist? New legislation in the US sets guardrails on the use of lyrics as evidence in criminal cases. Under the […]

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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Fat Leonard: Malaysian businessman linked to US Navy scandal escapes

Canada stabbings: One suspect found dead

Iran sentences two LGBT activists to death

Nice attack: Trial for Bastille Day massacre which killed 86 begins

Trump allowed ‘special master’ in case over handling of classified documents

Court IT system ‘putting justice at risk’, staff claim

Canada rocked by multiple deadly stabbings in Saskatchewan

Trump investigation: US court unseals list of seized Mar-a-Lago material

Hackers target politicians with fake news website

Young Thug: How rap lyrics put a rapper behind bars