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Denmark Facebook sex video: More than 1,000 young people charged

January 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

More than 1,000 young people have been charged by police in Denmark with distributing sexually explicit material. They are accused of using Facebook Messenger to share indecent video clips of two 15-year-olds having sex. Police […]

Kim Wall case: Murder charge sought for Peter Madsen

August 24, 2017 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors in Denmark say they will bring murder charges against the inventor suspected of killing a Swedish journalist on board his submarine. They are expected to ask for the new charges when Mr Madsen appears […]

Isis ‘offers $1m reward’ for murder of woman who dropped out of university to fight them

December 19, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Bethan McKernan Beirut Isis has reportedly offered a $1 million reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the extremist group in Syria and Iraq. […]

Father convicted of raping daughter walks free ‘because judge fell asleep’

November 24, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

PETER WALKER A Danish man convicted of raping his 14-year-old daughter has avoided jail after a sleeping judge prompted a retrial. The result of an initial trial was quashed on Tuesday after two prison guards […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]