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Ex-police officer Kim Potter jailed for killing Daunte Wright

February 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

A veteran former Minnesota police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist last April. In December, a jury convicted Kim Potter, 49, of manslaughter after […]

Kuwait overturns law criminalising ‘imitation of opposite sex’

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Kuwait’s constitutional court has overturned a law that criminalised “imitation of the opposite sex” and was used to prosecute transgender people. The Gulf state’s parliament amended Article 198 of the penal code in 2007 to […]

Canada protests: Police arrest leaders of trucker convoy

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Police in Ottawa have detained two leaders of the trucker convoy in the Canadian capital as they move to break up the last stronghold of the protests against the nation’s Covid rules. Tamara Lich was […]

Met officers charged over WhatsApp messages

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and a former officer have been charged with sending grossly offensive messages on WhatsApp. They will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 March. The Independent Office for Police Conduct […]

Judge rules Donald Trump must testify in New York investigation

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former US President Donald Trump and two of his children must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into their business practices, a judge has ruled. New York’s attorney general has accused the […]

Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts and Ghislaine Maxwell

Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions […]

Kentucky mayoral candidate survives being targeted by a gunman

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

A local politician in the US state of Kentucky has survived a shooting inside his office on Monday morning. Police have now apprehended the individual who shot Craig Greenberg, running to be Louisville’s next Democratic […]

Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters’ bank accounts

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on anti-vaccine mandate protests. Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be “time-limited”, “reasonable and […]

RIAA Wins $83 Million in Piracy Damages From YouTube Ripper

February 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

The RIAA has secured a multi-million dollar victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. A Virginia federal approved the damages request after a hard-fought legal battle that took place over several years. […]

Mexico violence: Gunmen attack wake, then target funeral

February 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

Gunmen in Mexico have killed nine people mourning the death of a man who died in jail last week, officials say. The nine were killed in two attacks in the northern city of Ciudad Juárez. […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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Articles by World Justice News

Ex-police officer Kim Potter jailed for killing Daunte Wright

Kuwait overturns law criminalising ‘imitation of opposite sex’

Canada protests: Police arrest leaders of trucker convoy

Met officers charged over WhatsApp messages

Judge rules Donald Trump must testify in New York investigation

Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre

Kentucky mayoral candidate survives being targeted by a gunman

Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters’ bank accounts

RIAA Wins $83 Million in Piracy Damages From YouTube Ripper

Mexico violence: Gunmen attack wake, then target funeral