UK – World Justice News

Trial starts of man accused of inciting teenagers to harm themselves online

January 10, 2026 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old man has gone on trial in Hamburg, charged with committing multiple crimes online, including coercing a 13-year-old to die by suicide on the internet. The man, who used the pseudonym White Tiger, is […]

Police text 70,000 victims in UK’s biggest anti-fraud operation

November 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

Detectives have begun contacting 70,000 people suspected of being victims of a sophisticated banking scam. The Metropolitan Police is sending text messages to mobile phone users it believes spoke with fraudsters pretending to be their […]

Arrests shut down illegal TV streaming gang

March 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police raids across Europe have broken up a sophisticated operation that pirated and resold net-based TV (IPTV) channels. Five people have been arrested and dozens of servers shut down as a result of raids in […]

Darren Osborne “The Finsbury Park Mosque Terror Attacker” guilty of murder and attempted murder

February 1, 2018 WHUsBubbles 0

Darren Osborne is facing jail after being convicted of driving a van into Islamic worshippers outside a north London mosque. A man who vowed to “kill all the Muslims” has been found guilty of murder […]

Scottish Parliament says YES to second Independence Referendum – but not for at least 18 months

March 28, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The Scottish Parliament has backed Nicola Sturgeon’s call for the powers to hold a second independence referendum. MSPs voted 69 to 59 to mandate the First Minister to seek permission from the UK Government for […]

Press penalties breach European Convention on Human Rights

October 14, 2016 zoshinuk 0

UK The publisher of the Daily Mail (and Mail on Sunday) has claimed that the penalties for newspapers that do not sign up to government-backed press regulation breach the European Convention on Human Rights. The […]

Alleged serial killer Stephen Port ‘hid body in flat’

October 13, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

An alleged serial killer told his sister there was a dead man in his bedroom, a court has heard. Stephen Port, 41, is accused of murdering four men with lethal doses of drugs after luring […]

British military opt-out of human rights?

October 12, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Glasgow, United Kingdom The 1998 Human Rights Act enshrined into UK law the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a treaty to which Britain has been a signatory since 1951, but which – until […]

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 […]