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French ‘Doctor Death’ who poisoned patients jailed for life

December 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, including 12 who died. A court in the city of Besançon in eastern France found Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags […]

Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

France’s highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign. He was found guilty of overspending on his campaign, then hiring a PR […]

Several critically injured after driver rams into 10 people on French island

November 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

A driver has rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the Ile d’Oléron, off the west coast of France, leaving 10 people hurt including several in a critical condition. A local man in his […]

Five new suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery theft

October 30, 2025 World Justice News 0

Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris’ public prosecutor has said. They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Laure Beccuau’s office said. A main suspect was […]

Ten on trial over ‘malicious’ online comments claiming Brigitte Macron is a man

October 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

Ten people accused of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron are going on trial in Paris after allegedly making “malicious” comments claiming the French first lady is a man. Emmanuel Macron‘s wife has long been the subject of […]

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Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris

October 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say. The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he […]

Gisèle Pelicot will return to court in Nîmes for Husamettin Dogan’s appeal

October 4, 2025 World Justice News 0

The first day Gisèle Pelicot walked up the steps of the courthouse in Avignon in September 2024, she was an anonymous retired grandmother. Within weeks, this diminutive 72-year-old – the victim at the centre of […]

The International Criminal Court ‘deplores’ new US sanctions on judges and prosecutors

August 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it “deplores” new US sanctions on its judges and prosecutors. On Wednesday, the US State Department announced new sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors in the ICC […]

Crackdown on Channel crossing social media adverts

August 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

People advertising illegal Channel crossings online could face up to five years in prison under a new offence the government plans to introduce. The offence, which the government is seeking to create under the Border […]

Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law

June 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday. It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps […]

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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, […]

Human Rights

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 […]