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Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

June 11, 2026 World Justice News 0

A court in Thailand has found two men guilty of carrying out the country’s worst ever terrorist attack and sentenced them to death. The two men, both from China’s Uyghur minority, were convicted of planning […]

Nigeria sentences four to death for church killings

Four sentenced to death for killing worshippers at Catholic church in Nigeria

June 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

A court in Nigeria has sentenced four men to death for attacking a church in the south-western Ondo state in 2022 in a case which sent shockwaves across the nation. Forty-one worshippers were killed and […]

Ousted former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

November 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, has been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes against humanity. It follows a months-long trial in the country that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown […]

Five sentenced to death in Nigeria over ‘witchcraft’ murder

February 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working […]

Vietnamese tycoon must find $9bn to avoid death penalty after appeal fails

December 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in […]

Questions surround German man sentenced to death in Belarus

July 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

A German man who has been sentenced to death in Belarus for terrorism has been shown in a heavily choreographed interview on state-controlled television, apparently confessing to planting explosives near a railway line. There is […]

Chad Daybell sentenced to death in the sex, money and dark spirits doomsday murders trial

June 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

Self-styled prophet Chad Daybell told the world the apocalypse was coming and spoke of dark spirits, but prosecutors say he lusted for sex, money and power. Now the former gravedigger has been sentenced to death […]

Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan sentenced to death for $44bn fraud

April 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh […]

Former Yoozoo Games executive sentenced to death over fatal poisoning of one of richest men in China

March 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former Yoozoo Games executive has been sentenced to death over the poisoning of the company’s founder. Xu Yao poisoned Lin Qi’s food in December 2020 because they disagreed over how to run the business, […]

DR Congo soldiers get death sentence for cowardice against rebels

February 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A court in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced seven soldiers to death for cowardice in the face of the enemy and murder. They were found to have fled advancing M23 […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]