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Ahmaud Arbery: Hate crime plea deal rejected by US judge in murder case

February 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US judge has rejected a plea deal between federal prosecutors and two of the three white men convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. District Judge Lisa Wood said she was not willing to […]

Georgia Shooting: British man Matthew Willson shot through wall

January 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

An English astrophysicist was killed by a stray bullet that travelled through a wall and hit him in his bed, US authorities have said. Dr Matthew Willson, 31, from Chertsey, Surrey, was found with a […]

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Ahmaud Arbery: Jogger’s murderers sentenced to life in prison

January 7, 2022 World Justice News 0

A white father and son convicted of killing a black jogger have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour, William Bryan, […]

Ahmaud Arbery: Three US men guilty of murdering black jogger

November 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Three white men accused of killing a black jogger, Ahmaud Arbery, last year have been found guilty of murder in a trial that has gripped the US. Arbery, 25, was shot on 23 February 2020 […]

Ahmaud Arbery murder trial: Prosecutors reveal full footage of black jogger’s death

November 6, 2021 World Justice News 0

Georgia prosecutors have shown the full footage of the fatal shooting of a black jogger at the trial of three white men accused of his murder. The prosecutors argued 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was attacked by […]

US Justice Department sues Georgia over election laws

June 25, 2021 World Justice News 0

The Biden Justice Department has announced that it will sue the state of Georgia over new voting laws passed in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the laws were “enacted […]

Ahmaud Arbery: Suspects face federal hate crime charges over killing

April 29, 2021 World Justice News 0

Three men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of hate crimes and attempted kidnap over the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and neighbour William Bryan […]

Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three spas

March 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Eight people, many of them women of Asian descent, have been killed in shootings at spas in the US state of Georgia. Police said the shootings took place at a massage parlour in Acworth, a […]

US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to ‘find’ votes to overturn Biden win

January 3, 2021 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn the election result. “I just want to find 11,780 votes,” Mr Trump told Republican Secretary of State […]

US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

December 12, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]