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Judge cuts Menendez brothers’ sentences giving them chance of freedom

May 14, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Los Angeles judge has reduced the sentence of Erik and Lyle Menendez, making them eligible for parole more than 30 years after they killed their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion. Judge Michael Jesic […]

Gérard Depardieu found guilty in sexual assault trial

May 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

French film star Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexual assaulting two women on a film set at a trial in Paris and given a suspended jail term of 18 months. The 76-year-old actor […]

Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus

May 10, 2025 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump’s administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus – the right of a person to challenge their detention in court – one of the US president’s top aides has said. Stephen Miller, the […]

Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya

May 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced four men to one year in prison or pay a fine of $7,700 (£5,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of live queen ants out of the country. The four suspects […]

Men found guilty of violent murder of Aboriginal schoolboy

May 8, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two men have been found guilty of the murder of Cassius Turvey, an Aboriginal schoolboy who was chased down by a vigilante gang and beaten, in a case which outraged Australia. The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji […]

Attorneys try to block the deportations of migrants told they will be sent to Libya

May 8, 2025 World Justice News 0

U.S. authorities informed some migrants of plans to deport them to Libya, a country they are not from and that has a history of human rights violations, attorneys said Wednesday. A judge said they can’t be […]

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More jail time for English and Welsh criminals who refuse to attend sentencing hearings

May 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

English and Welsh criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing hearings will face further punishment under a new law. The government is introducing the Victims and Courts Bill to parliament today, which will include more […]

International Court of Justice rejects Sudan’s bid to sue UAE for genocide

May 6, 2025 World Justice News 0

The UN’s top court has dismissed Sudan’s case against the UAE accusing the Gulf state of complicity in genocide. Sudan alleged the UAE supported the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudanese civil war, […]

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Eight men arrested in two separate anti-terror operations

May 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Seven Iranian nationals are among eight men arrested in two major counter-terrorism investigations that took place separately on Saturday. Five of the arrests were part of a “pre-planned” investigation into an alleged plot to “target […]

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Police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga’s biggest-ever show on Copacabana beach

May 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Brazilian police say they foiled a bomb attack planned for a Lady Gaga concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach that attracted an estimated 2.1 million people. The plot was orchestrated by a group promoting […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Judge cuts Menendez brothers’ sentences giving them chance of freedom

Gérard Depardieu found guilty in sexual assault trial

Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus

Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya

Men found guilty of violent murder of Aboriginal schoolboy

Attorneys try to block the deportations of migrants told they will be sent to Libya

More jail time for English and Welsh criminals who refuse to attend sentencing hearings

International Court of Justice rejects Sudan’s bid to sue UAE for genocide

Eight men arrested in two separate anti-terror operations

Police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga’s biggest-ever show on Copacabana beach