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Gisèle Pelicot will return to court in Nîmes for Husamettin Dogan’s appeal

October 4, 2025 World Justice News 0

The first day Gisèle Pelicot walked up the steps of the courthouse in Avignon in September 2024, she was an anonymous retired grandmother. Within weeks, this diminutive 72-year-old – the victim at the centre of […]

Fathers entitled to equal parental leave, South Africa’s top court rules

October 4, 2025 World Justice News 0

South Africa’s highest court has unanimously ruled that all parents of new-borns are entitled to equal parental leave – a landmark judgment hailed as a major victory for gender equality and family rights. Under the […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison and fined $500,000

October 4, 2025 World Justice News 0

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to just over four years in prison on Friday after being convicted on prostitution-related charges involving his two ex-girlfriends. Combs’ attorneys argued for a 14-month sentence, saying their […]

Texas megachurch pastor pleads guilty to child abuse

October 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Texas pastor who founded one of the largest megachurch congregations in the country pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl of 12 in Oklahoma in the 1980s. Robert Morris, 64, entered the […]

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Senior member of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang arrested

October 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

The alleged leader of Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua’s armed wing has been captured in a joint operation involving Colombia, the US and the UK. Colombia’s National Police said José Antonio Márquez Morales – […]

Two Jewish people die in car ramming and stabbing attack at Manchester synagogue

October 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two Jewish people have died in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester. The attack came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, and is being treated […]

Chinese woman convicted after ‘world’s biggest’ bitcoin seizure

October 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Chinese national has been convicted following an international fraud investigation which resulted in what’s believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world. The Metropolitan Police says it recovered 61,000 bitcoin worth […]

Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption

September 29, 2025 World Justice News 0

Slovakia has changed its constitution, enshrining into law recognition of only two sexes – male and female. The legal change, which passed in a knife-edge vote in the central European nation’s parliament, also restricts adoption […]

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Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court

September 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would […]

Super-complaint launched against ‘broken’ home and travel insurance industry sectors

September 23, 2025 World Justice News 0

Making a claim to an insurance company can be worse than the distress of the original incident, according to Which?, as it launches a rare type of action against the sector. The group’s super-complaint – […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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 […]

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Articles by World Justice News

Gisèle Pelicot will return to court in Nîmes for Husamettin Dogan’s appeal

Fathers entitled to equal parental leave, South Africa’s top court rules

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison and fined $500,000

Texas megachurch pastor pleads guilty to child abuse

Senior member of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang arrested

Two Jewish people die in car ramming and stabbing attack at Manchester synagogue

Chinese woman convicted after ‘world’s biggest’ bitcoin seizure

Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption

Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court

Super-complaint launched against ‘broken’ home and travel insurance industry sectors