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Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor: China charges Canadians with spying

June 19, 2020 World Justice News 0

China has charged two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were detained. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, have been held in China since December 2018. Their arrests […]

Spying tools website taken down after UK raids

November 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

A website selling hacking tools that let attackers take over victims’ computers has been closed down after an international investigation. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said 14,500 people had bought spying tools from the […]

Court of Appeal Denies Kim Dotcom Access to Illegal Spy Recordings

November 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has refused to grant Kim Dotcom access to his private communications captured illegally by the country’s spy agency. The Court found that while the intercepted communications, which formed part […]

Chinese woman jailed for trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

November 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Chinese national has been sentenced to eight months in prison for trespassing at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. It was feared Yujing Zhang, a 33-year-old businesswoman from Shanghai, was a spy […]

Iran ‘convicts British-Iranian woman of spying for Israel’

August 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Iran’s judiciary says it has sentenced a British-Iranian woman and an Iranian man to 10 years in prison after convicting them of spying for Israel. The woman, who was named as Anousheh Ashouri, was also […]

Former Panama President Martinelli not guilty of corruption

August 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, has been acquitted of corruption and illegal wiretapping. Prosecutors had accused Mr Martinelli of using public funds to record private conversations in order to intimidate rival politicians while in office. […]

Russia jails Norwegian Frode Berg for spying on submarines

April 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Moscow court has sentenced a 63-year-old Norwegian, Frode Berg, to 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp for spying on Russian navy submarines. Berg, arrested in Moscow in 2017, denied the accusation. He formerly […]

Briton Matthew Hedges jailed for life on UAE spy charge

November 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for spying. Matthew Hedges, 31, of Durham University, has said he is innocent, and that he had been […]

Spy Agencies Are Spying On Phones In Planes

December 9, 2016 World Justice News 0

BitTorrent users all around the globe are well aware that they’re probably being monitored as they share files from home or workplace. However, it now appears that spy agencies are spying on phones in planes. […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]