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Children investigated in bomb hoaxes against black US colleges

February 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

Six children are suspected of orchestrating a nationwide campaign of bomb threats against black colleges, law enforcement officials have said. More than a dozen universities and places of worship have been targeted by hoax calls, […]

Insulate Britain activists jailed over M25 protest

February 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

Five Insulate Britain campaigners have been jailed for defying a court order preventing them from protesting on the M25. The activists, who held a demonstration on the motorway in September, were all charged with contempt […]

Swansea riot: 27 people charged over Mayhill disorder

February 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

Twenty-seven people have been charged over large scale disorder which broke out in part of Swansea last May. Defendants aged between 15 and 44 face charges for the offence of riot, while two were also […]

Uefa drops legal threat over pizza name

February 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

Uefa has decided not to take legal action against a German restaurant and its ‘Champignons League’ pizza. European football’s governing body says its prestigious Champions League competition can “happily live alongside” the inventively-named pizza. Champignons […]

All US federal prisons in lockdown after deadly gang fight

February 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

All federal prisons in the US have been placed on lockdown after a gang fight left two inmates dead at a facility in Texas. Two other prisoners were seriously hurt in the violence at the […]

Ahmaud Arbery: Hate crime plea deal rejected by US judge in murder case

February 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US judge has rejected a plea deal between federal prosecutors and two of the three white men convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. District Judge Lisa Wood said she was not willing to […]

Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts and Ghislaine Maxwell

Prince Andrew: US judge seeks statement from former assistant

January 31, 2022 World Justice News 0

Prince Andrew’s former assistant could give a sworn statement as part of the the civil sexual assault case against the duke, after a formal request from a New York judge. Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre – […]

Liberia prisons: Where inmates are short of food, space and uniforms

January 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

When the food ran out for inmates at Liberia’s main prison earlier this month it exposed the terrible conditions that have long existed in the country’s jails. The lack of supplies affected all of the […]

HP wins multibillion-dollar fraud case over Autonomy sale

January 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Hewlett Packard (HP) has won a multibillion-dollar fraud case over its acquisition of a British software company. Cambridge-based Autonomy was sold to the US tech giant for $11bn in 2011. HP sued its founder and […]

Maida Vale deaths: Driver who hit stalker stabbing ex to death seeks de-arrest

January 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

The driver of a car who says he tried to stop a woman being stabbed to death by her ex-husband in the street has urged the Met Police to de-arrest him. Leon McCaskre, 41, died […]

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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Articles by World Justice News

Children investigated in bomb hoaxes against black US colleges

Insulate Britain activists jailed over M25 protest

Swansea riot: 27 people charged over Mayhill disorder

Uefa drops legal threat over pizza name

All US federal prisons in lockdown after deadly gang fight

Ahmaud Arbery: Hate crime plea deal rejected by US judge in murder case

Prince Andrew: US judge seeks statement from former assistant

Liberia prisons: Where inmates are short of food, space and uniforms

HP wins multibillion-dollar fraud case over Autonomy sale

Maida Vale deaths: Driver who hit stalker stabbing ex to death seeks de-arrest