Chile – World Justice News

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” […]

Chilean woman accused of Pinochet-era kidnaps loses extradition battle

April 8, 2026 World Justice News 0

A 72-year-old Chilean woman suspected of having kidnapped and tortured dissidents during the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet has lost her lengthy legal battle against being extradited from Australia. Adriana Rivas moved to Australia […]

Brother of Arturo Suarez now most likely in El Salvador jail says his brother’s only ‘crime’ is being Venezuelan and having tattoos

April 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

Until five weeks ago, Arturo Suarez was a professional singer, performing in the United States as he waited for his asylum claim to be processed. Originally from Venezuela, he had entered the US through proper, legal […]

Pope Francis ‘slander’ comment angers Chile abuse victims

January 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

Pope Francis has triggered anger in Chile after accusing victims of a paedophile priest of slander. Francis said there was “no proof” for their claims that abuse by Father Fernando Karadima had been covered up […]

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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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 […]