Qatar – World Justice News

Senator Bob Menendez found guilty in bribery scheme

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty on 16 counts tied to a scheme where he accepted bribes, including gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments. A jury convicted […]

Qatar Airways avoids Australian lawsuit over women’s invasive examinations

April 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have failed in their bid to sue Qatar Airways. They and other women were ordered off a flight and checked for whether they […]

Man wrongly accused due to CCTV image speaks out

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

In 2018, an Indian man spent 54 days in jail after being mistaken for a thief. Though his name was cleared in court later, he paid a heavy price and is still fighting for justice. […]

Four suspects charged in probe into European Parliament bribery by Gulf state

December 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

Four people have been charged in an investigation into suspected bribery at the European Parliament by a Gulf state – reportedly Qatar. Greek MEP and European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili was among those previously […]

Barclays Bank charged over Qatar loans

February 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays Bank PLC with “unlawful financial assistance” related to billions of pounds raised from Qatar in 2008. The same charges were bought against Barclays PLC in June last […]

Qatar World Cup 2022: Amnesty hits out at UK silence on human rights

November 9, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Amnesty International has criticised Greg Hands, the junior minister at the Department for International Trade, for travelling to Qatar to seek contracts for British companies ahead of the 2022 World Cup without apparently highlighting the […]

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 […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]