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Melbourne attack: Man shot dead after fire and fatal stabbing

November 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who set a car on fire and stabbed three people – one fatally – in the Australian city of Melbourne has died in hospital after being shot by police. Authorities now say they […]

Jury deciding if Gargasoulas fit for trial

October 22, 2018 zoshinuk 0

A driver accused of killing six people during a rampage through Melbourne’s Bourke Street believes God will exonerate him of guilt before a comet strikes earth, the Supreme Court has been told. James “Dimitrious” Gargasoulas […]

Australia sexual abuse: National apology delivered to victims

October 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given a national apology to victims of child sexual abuse. Hundreds of people gathered in Canberra on Monday to hear Mr Morrison deliver the emotional address in parliament. It […]

Email scam: Nigerian ‘ran ring from Sydney detention centre’

September 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian police have charged a man they say was running a multi-million dollar email scam from inside an immigration detention centre in Sydney. The Nigerian man, 43, headed a fraud ring which sent fake messages […]

Lynette Dawson: Police begin dig in podcast-highlighted mystery

September 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian police have begun digging at the former home of a Sydney woman whose disappearance in 1982 has recently attracted global attention. Lynette Dawson, a mother of two, vanished without a trace. Her husband, Chris […]

Australian rent-a-grave law to be reviewed

August 24, 2018 World Justice News 0

A controversial law in Australia’s New South Wales that allows graves to be “rented out” is going to a public inquiry, reports say. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the NSW government is going to review […]

Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses

May 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, now archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and […]

Margaret River deaths: Seven people found dead in Western Australia

May 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

Seven people have been found dead at a rural property near Margaret River in Western Australia (WA), police say. The bodies of four children and three adults were discovered in the town of Osmington, 280km […]

Horse trainers guilty in Australia’s ‘biggest’ racing scandal

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Eight horse racing professionals have been found guilty of doping offences in what has been called the biggest scandal to hit the sport in Australia. A tribunal found the five trainers and three stablehands had […]

Cardinal Pell ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges

May 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will stand trial on historical sexual assault charges, a court has ruled. Cardinal Pell formally pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing. An […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]