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Spying tools website taken down after UK raids

November 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

A website selling hacking tools that let attackers take over victims’ computers has been closed down after an international investigation. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said 14,500 people had bought spying tools from the […]

Movie Pirate Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison, Forfeits Millions of Dollars

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man who ran several US-based ‘pirate’ websites has pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal copyright infringement and tax evasion. Talon White, 29, faces up to five years in prison and must pay […]

Court of Appeal Denies Kim Dotcom Access to Illegal Spy Recordings

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has refused to grant Kim Dotcom access to his private communications captured illegally by the country’s spy agency. The Court found that while the intercepted communications, which formed part […]

Award for Canada woman handcuffed for not holding escalator

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with a woman who was handcuffed and fined for refusing to hold an escalator handrail in a public transit station. Bela Kosoian was arrested in 2009 and fined […]

London Bridge: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

A number of people have been stabbed and a man has been shot dead by police in an attack at London Bridge. The Met Police has declared the stabbing attack a terrorist incident. The suspect, […]

Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sudan has repealed a restrictive public order law that controlled how women acted and dressed in public. On Twitter, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok paid tribute to women who had “endured the atrocities that resulted from […]

Hillsborough police chief David Duckenfield cleared of manslaughter

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield has been found not guilty of the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in the 1989 disaster. The former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent, 75, was in charge of […]

Bangladesh Islamists sentenced to death for 2016 attack

November 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Seven Islamists have been sentenced to death for a 2016 attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed. The attack on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka […]

Maryland trio set free after being wrongfully jailed for 36 years

November 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Three men falsely convicted of murder in the US state of Maryland have been set free after 36 years in prison. Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins had been sentenced to life in 1984 […]

Chinese woman jailed for trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

November 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Chinese national has been sentenced to eight months in prison for trespassing at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. It was feared Yujing Zhang, a 33-year-old businesswoman from Shanghai, was a spy […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Spying tools website taken down after UK raids

Movie Pirate Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison, Forfeits Millions of Dollars

Court of Appeal Denies Kim Dotcom Access to Illegal Spy Recordings

Award for Canada woman handcuffed for not holding escalator

London Bridge: Man shot dead by police after several stabbed

Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law

Hillsborough police chief David Duckenfield cleared of manslaughter

Bangladesh Islamists sentenced to death for 2016 attack

Maryland trio set free after being wrongfully jailed for 36 years

Chinese woman jailed for trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago