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New Mexico compound gang arrested by FBI

September 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Five adults at a desert compound in New Mexico have been arrested by the FBI weeks after a judge received death threats for granting them bail. The two men and three women, residents at a […]

New Mexico compound judge receives death threats

August 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A New Mexico judge has received death threats after granting bail to five adults arrested at a desert compound. Judge Sarah Backus said the prosecution had not convinced her the defendants were a threat to […]

US suspect was ‘training children to commit school shootings’

August 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man arrested after 11 malnourished children were found in a remote desert compound was training them to commit school shootings, US media report. According to prosecutors’ documents, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was teaching some of […]

New Mexico: Police find young boy’s remains at compound

August 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

The remains of a young boy have been found at a remote desert compound in New Mexico, police say. They made the announcement the day after rescuing 11 malnourished children who were being held at […]

New Mexico: Police find 11 starving children in compound

August 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound. They said the children, aged one to 15, had no […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]