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Russian sentenced to life for war crimes in Ukraine

March 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Finnish court for committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Voislav Torden, 38, a senior member of the Russian far-right mercenary group Rusich, […]

Questions surround German man sentenced to death in Belarus

July 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

A German man who has been sentenced to death in Belarus for terrorism has been shown in a heavily choreographed interview on state-controlled television, apparently confessing to planting explosives near a railway line. There is […]

Spanish pensioner gets 18 years for letter bomb campaign

July 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 76-year-old retired Spanish civil servant who sent six letters containing explosives in 2022 in a bid to stop Madrid supplying arms to Ukraine has been given an 18-year jail term. Pompeyo González Pascual was […]

Interpol, FBI and NCA thwart criminal gang trying to sabotage Red Notice system

June 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

A joint operation by Interpol, the FBI and British anticrime officials has thwarted attempts by criminals in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency’s key tools – the Red Notice system. Four people […]

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Russian commander

March 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, an army lieutenant general and a navy admiral, are the two […]

Human Rights

The International Court of Justice can rule on Ukraine case against Russia

February 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

The UN’s top court has said it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought against Russia by Ukraine. Kyiv brought the case at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), days after Russia’s full-scale invasion […]

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to nine federal tax charges

January 12, 2024 World Justice News 0

US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has pleaded not guilty to tax offences in a California federal court. He was indicted last month on nine criminal counts, including for failing to pay his taxes on […]

Russian diamonds set for ban under new EU sanctions

November 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

Diamonds may be forever, but not when it comes to imports from Russia into the European Union. Russia is the biggest producer of rough diamonds cut from hundreds of mines beneath the Siberian permafrost, where […]

Russian convicted of journalist murder gets pardon

November 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

One of the men convicted over the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer says. Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, a former Moscow police officer, was jailed for 20 […]

Jack Teixeira: National Guard airman arrested over leaked Pentagon documents

April 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard member has been arrested over the leak of classified documents. Jack Teixeira is reported to be the leader of an online gaming chat group where the files were […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]