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Tunisia jails ex-prime minister on terrorism charges

May 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

A court in Tunisia has sentenced former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh to 34 years in prison on a raft of terrorism charges. He is the latest high-profile critic of the president to be jailed as […]

Immigration Judge rules Palestinian student activist can be deported from US

April 12, 2025 World Justice News 0

Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the US, an immigration judge has ruled. Mr Khalil, a postgraduate student at Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs, has been a prominent figure […]

Anjem Choudary leader of the banned terror group al-Muhajiroun jailed for life

July 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned terror group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. He was found guilty of directing the group and encouraging support for it through […]

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Russian court jails theatre figures over IS wives play

July 9, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Russian playwright and a theatre director have been found guilty of “justifying terrorism” by a military court in Moscow. Director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petrichuk were sentenced to six years each for the […]

Shamima Begum: East London schoolgirl loses appeal against removal of UK citizenship

February 23, 2024 World Justice News 0

Shamima Begum has lost an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship. The east London schoolgirl, now 24, travelled to Syria in 2015 at the age of 15, before her citizenship was revoked on national […]

France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s President Assad over alleged war crimes

November 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al Assad over the alleged use of banned chemical weapons against civilians. It is the first international arrest warrant issued for the Syrian head of state, […]

Shamima Begum bid to regain UK citizenship rejected

February 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a credible case she was trafficked. Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her […]

Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton ‘Isis Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison

August 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

An Islamic State group militant from the UK has been sentenced to life in prison by a US court for his involvement with a terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, was convicted in April of […]

Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria

June 8, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil. Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing […]

Jury selection starts in IS Beatle jihadist trial

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

A British-born man who was one of the so-called Islamic State Beatles is on trial in a US federal court, accused of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder several Western journalists and aid workers. El Shafee […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]