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Dani Alves trial: Ex-Brazil soccer star player guilty of nightclub rape in Spain

February 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The […]

Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Police in Rio de Janeiro are searching for more than 250 prisoners who failed to return to jail after being allowed to spend Christmas with their families. The inmates had been released on Christmas Eve, […]

Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison just a week after being sentenced to life for murder

September 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

A massive manhunt is under way in Pennsylvania for a prison inmate who escaped just a week after being sentenced to life in prison for murder. Brazilian national Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County […]

Bolsonaro: Trial which could bar Brazil ex-leader from office starts

June 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

The trial of Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro before the Supreme Electoral Court has started in Brasilia. Mr Bolsonaro is accused of abusing his power and spreading false information about Brazil’s electoral system ahead of last […]

Alejandro Toledo: Peru ex-president to be extradited from US

April 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo has surrendered himself to US authorities, in order to be extradited to Lima. Mr Toledo, 77, is accused of taking $20m (£15m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company while […]

Trigger IX: $5bn of drugs seized in Latin American operation

April 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police in Latin America have seized cocaine and other drugs worth $5bn (£4bn) in an operation lasting three weeks and spanning 15 countries. They also seized more than 8,000 illicit firearms and carried out almost […]

Fugitive Gillespie brothers may have been killed in Brazil

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

Detectives have confirmed for the first time that two of Scotland’s most wanted men may have been killed while on the run in Brazil. Speculation about the fate of James and Barry Gillespie, who previously […]

Brazil riots: Brasília’s ex-security chief arrested on return to city

January 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

Brasília’s former public security chief Anderson Torres has been arrested by Brazil’s Federal Police on his return from the US. Mr Torres was the capital city’s security chief when rioters stormed Brazil’s Congress, the presidential […]

Flordelis de Souza: The lawmaker who had her husband killed

November 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

A gospel singer turned politician has been sentenced for ordering her children to kill her pastor husband in a case which has shocked Brazil. A court sentenced ex-Congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos de Souza to 50 […]

Brazil woman and psychic con mum out of $140m in art and cash

August 13, 2022 World Justice News 0

A woman in Brazil has been arrested on suspicion of using a psychic to swindle her mother out of more than $140m (£114m) in art, cash and jewellery. The alleged victim is reportedly the widow […]

Human Rights

First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]

Human Rights

UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

September 14, 2026 0

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]

Human Rights

Zambian opposition leader detained by police over treason allegations

August 30, 2026 0

Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who had gone into hiding after disputing the recent presidential election result, has been detained over allegations of treason. The official results from the 13 August poll showed that incumbent […]