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Montana congressman sentenced for assaulting journalist

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Montana congressman who “body slammed” a reporter has been fined and sentenced to community service and anger management counselling. Greg Gianforte, 56, pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist from the UK’s Guardian newspaper on […]

Mother who faked DNA paternity test jailed

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

A woman who faked a paternity test to fool an ex-partner into believing he was her baby’s father has been jailed. Danielle Morris, from Seaforth, Merseyside, initially told Jamie Somers in May 2014 that he […]

Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

A US appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Trump’s revised “travel ban” on people from six mainly Muslim nations. A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was […]

Maryland and Washington DC suing Trump over foreign payments

June 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

Officials in Maryland and Washington DC are suing Donald Trump for accepting payments from foreign governments via his business empire. The lawsuit cites the US constitution’s emoluments clause, which says no federal official should receive […]

Ex-BBC presenters guilty of sex offences

June 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Two former BBC radio presenters have been found guilty of indecently assaulting under-age boys in the 1990s. Husband and wife Tony and Julie Wadsworth were found guilty by a majority verdict of encouraging boys to […]

Comey: Trump administration’s comments were “lies plain and simple”

June 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

Ex-FBI chief James Comey told Congress that the Trump administration’s comments about him and the FBI were “lies plain and simple”. Mr Comey told a Senate committee they were wrong to denigrate the agency and […]

Charlie Gard: Parents’ appeal for US treatment bid fails

June 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

The UK Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the parents of sick baby Charlie Gard, over plans to take him to the US for treatment. Chris Gard and Connie Yates want the 10-month old, […]

Rights group asks Germany to arrest CIA deputy director Gina Haspel

June 7, 2017 World Justice News 0

The nonprofit European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights submitted a legal brief to German federal prosecutors Tuesday, alleging that Gina Haspel allowed the waterboarding of prisoners at a secret U.S. detention center in Thailand. […]

Japanese fugitive on the run for 45 years is arrested

June 7, 2017 World Justice News 0

For one suspected murderer in Japan, it has been a case of being able to run but not being able to hide. Left-wing revolutionary Masaaki Osaka has been arrested and charged for murdering a police […]

Outrage after rapist jailed with victim

June 7, 2017 World Justice News 0

Canadian officials have expressed outrage over the case of a homeless woman who was jailed after being raped and kept in prison with her attacker. The indigenous woman, who is not being named, was brutally […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Under-16s in UK will be banned from social media from early 2027

June 16, 2026 0

Millions of children in the UK will be forced off social media after the government announced it would ban under-16s from accessing a range of platforms. Apps including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram will become inaccessible […]

Human Rights

Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

June 11, 2026 0

A court in Thailand has found two men guilty of carrying out the country’s worst ever terrorist attack and sentenced them to death. The two men, both from China’s Uyghur minority, were convicted of planning […]

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Montana congressman sentenced for assaulting journalist

Mother who faked DNA paternity test jailed

Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat

Maryland and Washington DC suing Trump over foreign payments

Ex-BBC presenters guilty of sex offences

Comey: Trump administration’s comments were “lies plain and simple”

Charlie Gard: Parents’ appeal for US treatment bid fails

Rights group asks Germany to arrest CIA deputy director Gina Haspel

Japanese fugitive on the run for 45 years is arrested

Outrage after rapist jailed with victim