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Uruguay legalises euthanasia after 10-hour debate

October 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide. The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate on Wednesday, with 20 out of 31 […]

Australian Bishop charged with rape

February 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

Australian bishop Christopher Saunders has been charged with rape and a string of historical sex offences – some against children. The 74-year-old was arrested in Broome on Wednesday, after parallel investigations ordered by Western Australia […]

Cardinal George Pell sued by father of Australian choirboy

July 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

The father of a choirboy who prosecutors alleged was sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell has launched a lawsuit against the cleric and the Catholic Church. The man is seeking damages for mental injury that […]

Mexico decriminalises abortion in landmark ruling

September 7, 2021 World Justice News 0

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies are unconstitutional. The ruling, for the northern state of Coahuila, prevents women from being prosecuted for getting an abortion. Abortion is currently severely restricted […]

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 […]

George Pell: Court reserves ruling in cardinal’s sexual abuse case

March 12, 2020 World Justice News 0

Australia’s top court has reserved its ruling on whether Cardinal George Pell’s bid to quash his sexual abuse convictions has been successful. The ex-Vatican treasurer is serving a six-year jail sentence after a jury found […]

Cardinal Pell granted final chance to challenge sexual abuse convictions

November 12, 2019 World Justice News 0

Cardinal George Pell will be allowed a final chance to challenge his child sexual abuse convictions, Australia’s top court has ruled. Pell was granted leave to appeal the verdict in the High Court of Australia. […]

Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against sexual abuse convictions

August 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia. Pell was jailed for six years in March after […]

George Pell: Cardinal found guilty of sexual offences in Australia

February 25, 2019 World Justice News 0

Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexual offences in Australia, making him the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction. Pell abused two choir boys in the rooms of a Melbourne cathedral […]

Pope admits clerical abuse of nuns including sexual slavery

February 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case they were kept as sex slaves. He said in that case his predecessor, Pope Benedict, was forced to shut down an […]

Human Rights

British Government to impose some form of social media age or functionality restrictions

April 28, 2026 0

The government will “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media for under-16s even if it stops short of an outright ban, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Ministers proposed further amendments […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]