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Cheng Lei: Australian journalist on trial in China for spy charge

April 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei, in a high-profile diplomatic case. Ms Cheng is accused of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. Her family maintains […]

Radlett anaesthetist jailed for arranging child sex abuse

April 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

An NHS consultant anaesthetist who was caught by police while arranging to sexually abuse a seven-year-old girl has been jailed for 28 months. Mark Carrington, 49, of Radlett, Hertfordshire, admitted arranging the commission of a […]

Ghislaine Maxwell bid for retrial denied

April 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US judge has upheld Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction, denying her bid for a new trial. Maxwell, 60, had complained that one of the jurors falsely stated before the trial that he had never […]

Canada’s Supreme Court upholds C$9m fine on maple syrup thief

April 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canada’s top court has imposed a C$9.1m ($7.3m; £5.5m) fine on a man behind one of the country’s stickiest crimes – the theft of 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup. The so-called Great Canadian Maple Syrup […]

National Lottery: Camelot launches legal challenge over licence loss

April 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

The company that currently runs the National Lottery is taking legal action after losing out on the next licence. Camelot has started legal proceedings against the Gambling Commission after rival Allwyn was selected as the […]

Jury selection starts in IS Beatle jihadist trial

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

A British-born man who was one of the so-called Islamic State Beatles is on trial in a US federal court, accused of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder several Western journalists and aid workers. El Shafee […]

Donald Trump’s 6 January call logs show seven-hour gap

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Official White House logs from 6 January, 2021 – the day the US Capitol was breached by a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters – show a seven hour and 37-minute gap in presidential phone activity […]

Twenty fines to be issued over No 10 lockdown parties

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that breached Covid rules. The police will not be saying who is fined or confirming which events the fixed penalty […]

Court Denies Cox’s Challenge of $1 Billion Music Piracy Verdict

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Cox Communications believes that key information was held back during the 2019 piracy lawsuit filed by several record labels, which led to a $1 billion verdict in their favor. While the court recognizes that some […]

Mexico shooting: At least 19 killed at cockfighting pit

March 28, 2022 World Justice News 0

At least 19 people have been killed in an armed attack in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, officials say. Gunmen swooped down on an illegal cockfighting pit in the community of Las Tinajas […]

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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Cheng Lei: Australian journalist on trial in China for spy charge

Radlett anaesthetist jailed for arranging child sex abuse

Ghislaine Maxwell bid for retrial denied

Canada’s Supreme Court upholds C$9m fine on maple syrup thief

National Lottery: Camelot launches legal challenge over licence loss

Jury selection starts in IS Beatle jihadist trial

Donald Trump’s 6 January call logs show seven-hour gap

Twenty fines to be issued over No 10 lockdown parties

Court Denies Cox’s Challenge of $1 Billion Music Piracy Verdict

Mexico shooting: At least 19 killed at cockfighting pit