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Ukraine war: The Russian student under arrest for an Instagram story

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

University student Olesya Krivtsova has been missing a lot of classes. That’s because 20-year-old Olesya is under house arrest. She has an electronic tag on her leg. Police can monitor her every move. Her alleged […]

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been jailed for six years for posting on social media about a deadly attack by Russian warplanes on a theatre in Ukraine. The court in Barnaul in Siberia found her […]

Woman guilty of lookalike cheesecake poisoning plot

February 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Russian woman living in New York city has been found guilty of attempting to murder her doppelgänger in a bizarre identity-theft plot. Viktoria Nasyrova tried to kill her beautician Olga Tsvyk in 2016 by […]

Putin approved supply of missile that shot down Flight MH17 in 2014, investigators say

February 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

There are strong indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to supply the missile that downed flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators say. The aircraft was hit by a Russian-made missile over Ukraine, killing nearly […]

Russian court shuts down country’s oldest rights group

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Wednesday ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization, in the latest move amid a months-long, relentless crackdown on independent media, rights groups and opposition activists. […]

MH17: Court ruling due on Dutch case against Russia

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

The European Court of Human Rights is set to announce whether it will hear a Dutch case against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014. All 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight […]

Royal Mail hit by Russia-linked ransomware attack

January 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

Severe disruption to Royal Mail’s overseas deliveries has been caused by ransomware linked to Russian criminals, the BBC has been told. The cyber-attack has affected the computer systems Royal Mail uses to despatch deliveries abroad. […]

Ukraine war: Putin should face trial this year, says top lawyer

January 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin should go on trial in Ukraine this year for war crimes committed there, says the man who led the prosecution of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Sir Geoffrey Nice told the […]

Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap with Russian ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer

December 9, 2022 World Justice News 0

The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years. President Joe Biden said Griner was safe and on […]

Kostroma: Deadly fire in Russian bar started by ‘flare gun’

November 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

A fire in a bar in the Russian city of Kostroma has killed at least 13 people. Authorities say it may have begun when a drunk customer at the nightclub fired a flare gun on […]

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 […]