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Waukesha: Five dead and more than 40 injured after car ploughs into Wisconsin parade

November 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

At least five people have been killed and more than 40 injured after a car ploughed into a parade in the US state of Wisconsin, police say. Footage shows a red SUV driving through a […]

Malaysian transgender woman Nur Sajat: ‘I had to run away’

November 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

In September, news leaked that the Thai immigration authorities had made an unusual arrest in Bangkok. The detainee was Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman, a glamorous, 36-year-old Malaysian cosmetics entrepreneur with a huge social media following. The […]

Theranos trial: Elizabeth Holmes makes surprise testimony

November 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

An entrepreneur accused of scamming investors for millions of dollars with a bogus blood test has surprised a US court by testifying in her defence. Elizabeth Holmes is accused of making false claims about her […]

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork sent back to prison

November 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has been arrested and recalled to prison, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. He was released two months ago after spending 33 years in jail for murdering two teenage girls in […]

Kyle Rittenhouse: Biden ‘angry’ after teen cleared of shootings

November 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

US President Joe Biden has said he is “angry” after a teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared. The president expressed dismay at the verdict in a […]

Julius Jones: Oklahoma prisoner’s execution halted at last minute

November 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

Oklahoma’s governor has halted the execution of prisoner Julius Jones hours before he was due to be put to death. Kevin Stitt said he was commuting the sentence to life imprisonment without parole. Hundreds of […]

Cleo Smith: Man wrongly identified as abduction suspect sues TV station

November 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

An Australian man has launched a defamation case against one of the nation’s biggest news channels after it wrongly identified him as an alleged child abductor. In a missing child case that gripped the nation, […]

Kenyan policemen jailed over UK aristocrat’s death

November 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan court has jailed four police officers for the manslaughter of British aristocrat Alexander Monson, who died in custody after being arrested near Mombasa in 2012. Judge Eric Ogola ruled that Monson was brutally […]

UK Court Hands Down Suspended Jail Sentence to eBay Seller of Pirate IPTV Boxes

November 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

A 57-year-old man who sold hundreds of pirate IPTV boxes through eBay in the UK has received a two-year suspended prison sentence. The prosecution, brought by Westminster City Council’s Trading Standards team with help from […]

Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68

November 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

At least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, officials say. The riot at the Litoral […]

Human Rights

British Government to impose some form of social media age or functionality restrictions

April 28, 2026 0

The government will “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media for under-16s even if it stops short of an outright ban, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Ministers proposed further amendments […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

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Waukesha: Five dead and more than 40 injured after car ploughs into Wisconsin parade

Theranos trial: Elizabeth Holmes makes surprise testimony

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork sent back to prison

Kyle Rittenhouse: Biden ‘angry’ after teen cleared of shootings

Julius Jones: Oklahoma prisoner’s execution halted at last minute

Cleo Smith: Man wrongly identified as abduction suspect sues TV station

Kenyan policemen jailed over UK aristocrat’s death

UK Court Hands Down Suspended Jail Sentence to eBay Seller of Pirate IPTV Boxes

Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68