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Australia: Perth police shoot dead boy, 16, after he stabs man in attack with ‘hallmarks’ of terrorism

May 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

Police have shot dead a 16-year-old boy after he stabbed a man in the back in Australia in a possible terrorist attack. The boy called police on Saturday night to say he was going to […]

Police in Paris shoot woman after she ‘threatened to blow herself up’ and allegedly made death threats on a train

November 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police shot a woman in Paris after she allegedly threatened to blow herself up and made death threats on a train. Two police officers together fired eight shots, seriously injuring the woman, after stopping her […]

Chris Kaba: Met Police officer to be charged with murder

September 20, 2023 World Justice News 0

A police officer is to be charged with the murder of Chris Kaba, who was shot in south London last year. Mr Kaba, 24, died after a police operation in Streatham Hill on 5 September […]

Boy, 11, ‘shot in the chest’ by police officer he had called for help

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

An 11-year-old boy who was shot by a police officer has returned home from hospital after almost a week of treatment. Aderrien Murry spent five days in hospital with a collapsed lung, lacerated liver, and […]

Milton Keynes: Police shoot man dead after finding injured child

June 27, 2021 World Justice News 0

A man has been shot dead by police who had discovered the body of another man and a seriously injured child at a property. Thames Valley Police officers were called to Denmead in Two Mile […]

Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-officer Kim Potter charged over killing

April 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A white former police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Kim Potter was arrested and later released on $100,000 (£72,000) bail. Police say Mrs […]

FBI probes police killing of boy on family’s drive

September 25, 2020 World Justice News 0

The FBI is to investigate the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy as he reversed a vehicle out his family’s garage in the US state of Kansas. A police officer fired 13 shots, killing […]

Jacob Blake makes court appearance from hospital bed

September 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

Jacob Blake, the black man whose shooting by police triggered protests, has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges filed prior to the incident. Mr Blake, who is in hospital paralysed, is accused of criminal trespass, […]

Rayshard Brooks shooting: US policeman faces murder charge

June 19, 2020 World Justice News 0

A police officer who fatally shot a fleeing black man in the back last week in Atlanta, Georgia, will be charged with murder and assault, officials say. Garrett Rolfe, who has already been fired, faces […]

Atlanta police chief resigns over shooting of Rayshard Brooks

June 13, 2020 World Justice News 0

Atlanta’s Police Chief has resigned after the fatal shooting of an African-American who had fallen asleep in his car at a drive-through restaurant. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot by a police officer during a struggle […]

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 […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]