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France train attack: Four stand trial over foiled Thalys shooting

November 16, 2020 World Justice News 0

Four people have gone on trial in France over an August 2015 plot to attack Americans on a high-speed train. Ayoub El-Khazzani is accused of opening fire on board a train travelling from Amsterdam to […]

Charlie Hebdo trial suspended as suspect catches Covid-19

November 1, 2020 World Justice News 0

The main suspect in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack in France has tested positive for Covid-19 and his trial has been suspended, lawyers say. Ali Reza Polat is accused of helping the militant Islamist attackers […]

Mozambique: Army to investigate ‘horrific killing’ video

September 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

The authorities in Mozambique have promised to investigate a video showing people dressed in army uniforms beating and killing a naked woman in the restive gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. The defence ministry condemned the footage […]

Charlie Hebdo: Fourteen suspects to face trial over Paris massacre

September 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

Fourteen people are to go on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo more than five years ago. Most of the alleged accomplices will stand trial in Paris on […]

Timbuktu’s jihadist police chief before International Criminal Court for war crimes

July 14, 2020 World Justice News 0

The war crimes trial of the former head of the Islamic police in the Malian city of Timbuktu has started at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mali Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud headed […]

Human Rights

British Government to impose some form of social media age or functionality restrictions

April 28, 2026 0

The government will “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media for under-16s even if it stops short of an outright ban, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Ministers proposed further amendments […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]