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French police hold ex-president Sarkozy over ‘Gaddafi funding’

March 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. Police are investigating alleged irregularities over the […]

Trump urges death penalty for drug dealers

March 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the US painkiller-addiction epidemic. He outlined the proposal during a speech in New Hampshire, […]

Cambridge Analytica: Warrant sought to inspect company

March 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK’s Information Commissioner says she will seek a warrant to look at the databases and servers used by British firm Cambridge Analytica. The company is accused of using the personal data of 50 million […]

‘Flawed’ Army abuse trial hated

March 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

One of the biggest investigations into the alleged abuse of teenage Army recruits in Britain has collapsed. Sixteen instructors at the Army Foundation College, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, were accused of slapping and punching 28 recruits. […]

Serial killer Stephen Port: Report into Met’s handling of case ‘will be damning’

March 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

Families of serial killer Stephen Port’s victims have been told a report into the Met Police’s initial response to the four murders “will be damning”, according to solicitors. Lawyers representing the families met the Independent […]

US boy, 9, ‘kills sister, 13, over controller’

March 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

A 13-year-old girl in Mississippi has died after allegedly being shot by her nine-year-old brother over a video game, police say. They said the boy grabbed a gun on Saturday afternoon after his sister would […]

Man jailed for 30 years over Aldi murder

March 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man has been jailed for at least 30 years for stabbing to death a woman at an Aldi supermarket. Neville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering Jodie Willsher at the store where she worked […]

Oklahoma to use nitrogen gas for executions

March 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

Oklahoma plans to use nitrogen gas as its preferred method of execution when it resumes using the death penalty, the first US state to do so. The announcement was made by State Attorney General Mike […]

YouTube prankster jailed for shooting boyfriend dead

March 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A US woman has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for shooting dead her boyfriend in a botched stunt they hoped would go viral on YouTube. Monalisa Perez, now 20, was asked by Pedro Ruiz, […]

El Salvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion

March 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her 30-year sentence for aggravated murder was reduced. Abortion […]

Human Rights

British Government to impose some form of social media age or functionality restrictions

April 28, 2026 0

The government will “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media for under-16s even if it stops short of an outright ban, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Ministers proposed further amendments […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

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French police hold ex-president Sarkozy over ‘Gaddafi funding’

Trump urges death penalty for drug dealers

Cambridge Analytica: Warrant sought to inspect company

‘Flawed’ Army abuse trial hated

Serial killer Stephen Port: Report into Met’s handling of case ‘will be damning’

US boy, 9, ‘kills sister, 13, over controller’

Man jailed for 30 years over Aldi murder

Oklahoma to use nitrogen gas for executions

YouTube prankster jailed for shooting boyfriend dead

El Salvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion