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Biden expected to nominate first black woman to Supreme Court

January 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

President Joe Biden will honour his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House says. She would replace the liberal justice, Stephen Breyer, who is expected to […]

Prince Andrew wants to go before a jury to contest Virginia Giuffre claim

January 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

Prince Andrew has denied being a close friend of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, in a legal response to the woman who is suing him in the US for sexual assault. Lawyers for the prince […]

Guatemala convicts ex-soldiers for raping indigenous women

January 25, 2022 World Justice News 0

Guatemala’s highest court has sentenced five former paramilitaries to 30 years in prison for raping dozens of indigenous Mayan women during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. The men were members of so-called Civil […]

US black man mistaken for older white suspect – lawsuit

January 25, 2022 World Justice News 0

A black man in Nevada spent six days in jail after police mistook him for a suspect with the same name who is white and twice his age, a lawsuit says. Shane Lee Brown, 25, […]

Julian Assange wins right to ask Supreme Court to consider case against US extradition

January 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won the right to ask the Supreme Court to block his extradition to the US. The High Court ruled on Monday he could have raised a legal point that Supreme […]

Georgia Shooting: British man Matthew Willson shot through wall

January 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

An English astrophysicist was killed by a stray bullet that travelled through a wall and hit him in his bed, US authorities have said. Dr Matthew Willson, 31, from Chertsey, Surrey, was found with a […]

Gabby Petito: Boyfriend of blogger ‘responsible’ for her murder

January 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

The boyfriend of killed blogger Gabby Petito “admitted responsibility” for her murder in a journal found with his body, according to the FBI. Brian Laundrie, 23, shot himself after Petito was found in September strangled […]

Two Canadians shot dead at upscale Mexican resort

January 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Two Canadians have been shot dead and another injured after a dispute among guests at a hotel resort near Cancún, Mexico, local security officials say. Gunfire erupted on Friday at the Hotel Xcaret Mexico in […]

EU Adopts Digital Services Act – ‘Dumb’ Upload Filters and Site Blocking not banned

January 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

The European Parliament has approved the Digital Services Act (DSA), including several key changes. The proposed legislation adds a right for people to use and pay for online services anonymously. However, the amendments to ban […]

George Floyd: Federal civil rights trial of three ex-officers begins

January 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

A federal civil rights trial for three US ex-police officers indicted in the murder of George Floyd has begun in Minneapolis. J Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao helped senior officer Derek Chauvin detain […]

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

Biden expected to nominate first black woman to Supreme Court

Prince Andrew wants to go before a jury to contest Virginia Giuffre claim

Guatemala convicts ex-soldiers for raping indigenous women

US black man mistaken for older white suspect – lawsuit

Julian Assange wins right to ask Supreme Court to consider case against US extradition

Georgia Shooting: British man Matthew Willson shot through wall

Gabby Petito: Boyfriend of blogger ‘responsible’ for her murder

Two Canadians shot dead at upscale Mexican resort

EU Adopts Digital Services Act – ‘Dumb’ Upload Filters and Site Blocking not banned

George Floyd: Federal civil rights trial of three ex-officers begins