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France Télécom suicides: Three former bosses jailed

December 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

The ex-boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a moral harassment policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s. Didier Lombard was jailed for a year, as were Louis-Pierre […]

Japan’s Dentsu advertising agency charged over employee suicide

July 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

One of Japan’s leading advertising agencies has been charged over the death of an employee from overwork. Dentsu is accused of violating labour standards after Matsuri Takahashi, 24, killed herself in 2015. Her friends said […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]