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Judge in Diego Maradona case steps down after being accused of behaving like an ‘actress’

May 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A judge in Argentina has stood down from the trial of Diego Maradona’s medical staff after being criticised for taking part in a documentary about the case. Seven members of the legendary footballer’s medical team […]

French rugby players charged with raping woman in Argentina

July 13, 2024 World Justice News 0

Two French international rugby players have been charged with the aggravated rape of a woman following a match in Argentina, prosecutors in the South American country say. Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, are […]

Court Orders SportsBay to Pay Almost Half a Billion Dollars For Violating DMCA

August 20, 2023 World Justice News 0

In the summer of 2021, DISH Network and Sling filed a copyright lawsuit against four unlicensed sports streaming sites, among them the popular SportsBay.org. After the plaintiffs named two alleged operators of the sites, this […]

Argentina abortion: Senate votes in favour of legalisation

December 30, 2020 World Justice News 0

Argentina’s Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking law for a region that has some of the world’s most restrictive termination laws. Senators voted in favour of the bill […]

Pirate Site Operators Facing Six Years Prison, Six Million Euros in Damages

December 29, 2020 World Justice News 0

In 2015, authorities in Spain launched an investigation into pirate site Descargasmix.com and around 15 associated domains. At the time the sites were considered to be the most important platforms targeting Spanish-speaking audiences. Two men, […]

Orangutan with human rights to begin new life in Florida

September 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

An orangutan which spent 20 years in an Argentine zoo is being moved to a US animal sanctuary after being granted the same legal rights as humans. Lawyers won a landmark appeal for Sandra in […]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina ex-president, goes on trial

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

The corruption trial of Argentina’s former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has begun in Buenos Aires. Ms Fernández is accused of accepting bribes from construction firms in exchange for lucrative government contracts while in power. […]

Girl’s Rape and Death in Argentina Causes Mass Protests

October 20, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

After the rape and death of a teenage girl, tens of thousands of women have demonstrated across Latin America. Sixteen year old Lucia Perez was drugged, tortured and repeatedly raped before dying of a heart attack in […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]