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Discord ordered to suspend livestreams in Brazil

August 16, 2026 World Justice News 0

Brazil’s data protection authority (ANPD) has ordered Discord to suspend its livestreaming feature after a teenage girl was allegedly encouraged to take her own life in a broadcast on the platform. The messaging service allows […]

FIFA World Cup Triggers a Global Anti-Piracy Crackdown

July 19, 2026 World Justice News 0

During the FIFA World Cup, law enforcement and private partners across multiple continents have seized or blocked well over a thousand pirate streaming domains, arrested suspects, and cut off advertising revenue. Taken together, “Operation Offsides” […]

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Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cord

June 16, 2026 World Justice News 0

A woman has died in what appears to be a tragic extreme sports accident in Brazil. Three men have been arrested over the incident, in which instructors failed to attach a rope to her before […]

Brazilian Criminal Court Convicts Yout.com Owner in Landmark Stream Ripping Case

December 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

The owner of popular U.S.-based stream-ripping site Yout.com has been found guilty of massive copyright infringement by a criminal court in Brazil. Last week, the court sentenced American citizen Johnathan Nader to a prison term […]

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro arrested after being deemed a flight risk

November 23, 2025 World Justice News 0

Jiar Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after being determined a “concrete flight risk” while under house arrest. The right-wing former Brazilian president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in September and sentenced to more […]

UK court finds mining firm liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster

November 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

Mining company BHP has been found liable for a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, known as the country’s worst-ever environmental disaster, by London’s High Court. The dam collapse killed 19 people, polluted the river and […]

Police Raid IPTV Pirates, Freeze $6m in Assets, Seize Vehicles & Real Estate

August 6, 2025 World Justice News 0

Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency has reported a significant operation targeting a group who smuggled pirate IPTV devices from neighboring Paraguay, for distribution and nationwide sale in Brazil. Thirty-eight police officers executed 12 warrants, seizing vehicles, […]

Court orders former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro to wear ankle tag and puts him under curfew

July 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

A court has ordered Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle tag and put him under curfew over fears he might abscond while standing trial. Bolsonaro – in power in 2019-22 – is […]

Amazon tribe sues New York Times over story it says led to porn addict claims

May 23, 2025 World Justice News 0

An Amazonian tribe has sued the New York Times (NYT) over a report about the community gaining access to high-speed internet, which it claims led to its members being labelled as porn addicts. The defamation […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]