Freedom of Information – World Justice News

Thousands of UK criminal cases collapsing due to missing or lost police evidence

June 6, 2025 World Justice News 0

Thousands of criminal cases – including some of the most serious violent and sexual offences – are collapsing every year because of lost, damaged or missing evidence, the BBC has found. More than 30,000 prosecutions […]

US court rules Prince Harry immigration files must be made public

March 16, 2025 World Justice News 0

Prince Harry’s immigration files must be made public by this Tuesday, a US court has ruled. Judge Carl Nichols ordered documents relating to the Duke of Sussex‘s US visa application to be released as part of […]

Wikipedia ban: Top court calls for Turkey to lift block

December 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s block on accessing Wikipedia is unconstitutional. The court said the ban violated rights concerning freedom of expression, and ordered it be lifted. The Turkish government barred the […]

Honour Based Violence Reports To Police Reveal Only Minority Of Alleged Crimes Result In Charge

November 14, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to British police forces has revealed only 3% of reported incidents of so-called ‘honour’ based violence resulted in charges, in some areas and that police and the Crown Prosecution Service […]

Human Rights

Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

June 11, 2026 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 […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]