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Bitcoin: El Salvador divided over legal tender law

September 5, 2021 World Justice News 0

There is growing scepticism in El Salvador as the country prepares to be the first in the world to recognise Bitcoin as legal tender on 7 September. The government has presented the measure as a […]

El Salvador: Bodies found in ex-policeman’s garden

May 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

The bodies of at least eight people have been recovered from a grave found at the home of a former police officer in El Salvador, officials say. The graves may hold more bodies, most of […]

El Salvador gangs: ‘No ray of sunlight for inmates’

April 28, 2020 World Justice News 0

The government of El Salvador has started sealing off the doors and windows of prison cells in which gang members are held. On Monday, security minister Osiris Luna said that “no ray of sunlight” would […]

Trump immigration plans: Supreme Court approves asylum curbs

September 12, 2019 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has allowed the government to severely limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum. The policy bars people arriving at the US southern border from seeking protection if they failed to […]

El Salvador to appeal against verdict that cleared mother of baby’s death

September 9, 2019 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors in El Salvador are appealing against a retrial verdict that cleared a young woman of murdering her newborn child. Evelyn Hernández, 21, was acquitted last month in a case which gained international attention. Her […]

El Salvador: Evelyn Hernández cleared over baby’s death in landmark case

August 19, 2019 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old woman in El Salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared during a retrial. Evelyn Hernández had always maintained she was innocent, saying that she […]

El Salvador: Woman faces retrial after baby died in toilet birth

July 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

A woman in El Salvador has pleaded not guilty at her retrial to charges of aggravated homicide after her baby died when she gave birth in a toilet. She has said the baby was stillborn, […]

El Salvador: Woman jailed over stillbirth is freed from 30-year sentence

February 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

A court in El Salvador has freed a woman who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she gave birth to a stillborn baby in a toilet. Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz, 20, had served […]

Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border

November 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

Mexico will deport almost 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border, according to its interior ministry. The group were rounded up after trying to cross the border “violently” and “illegally” on Sunday, the […]

El Salvador woman freed after 15 years in jail for abortion

March 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her 30-year sentence for aggravated murder was reduced. Abortion […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]