World news about “Justice”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Meredith murder: Prosecution calls for life Italian prosecutors have called for a life sentence for American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele… 21/11/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice
Oil giant Total cleared over factory blastThe French oil giant Total and one of its operators have been cleared of direct responsibility for a blast at a… 19/11/2009 - tags: France, Justice
New lead in hunt for Emanuela OrlandiPolice in Italy are following a crucial new lead in the hunt for Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who went missing… 19/11/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice
Brazil President to have final say on extradition caseBrazil’s top court has ruled to extradite former Italian guerilla Chesare Battisti on murder charges but after a debate… 19/11/2009 - tags: Brazil, Italy, Justice
French national freed pending Tehran trial verdictFrench teaching assistant Clotilde Reiss has been has been released on bail pending a final verdict in her trial on… 17/11/2009 - tags: France, Iran, Justice
Swiss trial begins for ski guides after deadly avalancheThe trial of two mountain guides charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of six army recruits has opened in… 17/11/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Justice, Military
British police charge suspected serial rapistPolice hunting Britain’s most wanted serial rapist say they have charged a man. For more than a decade detectives… 16/11/2009 - tags: Justice, United Kingdom
Obama urges Myanmar to free Aung San Suu KyiBarack Obama has urged the leader of Myanmar’s military government to free pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi… 15/11/2009 - tags: Myanmar, Justice, Aung San Suu Kyi
US to try 9/11 suspects close to Ground ZeroThe Obama administration’s decision to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others in a civilian… 14/11/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Guantanamo, Justice
9/11 suspects to stand trial in New YorkThe five suspected plotters of the 9/11 2001 attacks in the US, including the alleged mastermind, Khalid Sheikh… 13/11/2009 - tags: Al-Qaeda, Justice
Australia to extradite nazi war crime suspectAustralia has given the green light to the extradition of one of the world’s most wanted nazi war crimes suspects… 13/11/2009 - tags: Australia, Justice, Holocaust
Former French president implicated in AngolagateFormer French Interior Minister, Charles Pasqua, is claiming that Jacques Chirac is one of many top politicians who… 13/11/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Scandal
Fort Hood suspect chargedA US army major is to face initial murder charges for allegedly gunning down 13 of his colleagues at a military base in… 12/11/2009 - tags: USA, Justice, Military
German gets life for courtroom stabbingA life sentence given to a man by a German court for the murder of an Egyptian woman has been widely welcomed by the… 12/11/2009 - tags: Germany, Justice, Racism
Life for the killer of ‘the headscarf martyr’A German man who killed a pregnant Egyptian woman and injured her husband has been sentenced to life in prison by a… 11/11/2009 - tags: Germany, Justice, Racism
Life sentence for “headscarf martyr” killerA man who stabbed a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in a German courtroom in front of her husband and three-year old… 11/11/2009 - tags: Germany, Justice
Total begins appeal in Erika oil-spill caseProsecutors in an oil spill case dating back ten years are to seek a maximum fine against the company Total, as the oil… 11/11/2009 - tags: France, Oil, Justice
China executes nine people for ethnic riotsChina says it has executed nine people for their part in ethnic rioting that left almost 200 people dead in its western… 09/11/2009 - tags: China, Death penalty, Justice
Karadzic war crimes trial adjournedThe war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been adjourned until March next year… 05/11/2009 - tags: Justice, War crimes, Radovan Karadžić
Karadzic to attend war crimes trial on TuesdayThe former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has boycotted his war crimes trial since it started last week… 02/11/2009 - tags: Justice, War crimes, Radovan Karadžić
Naples crime boss arrested after 14 years on the runA leading boss of the Camorra organised crime syndicate has been arrested in Italy. Salvatore Russo, 51, regarded… 31/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Mafia
France divided over move to try ChiracThe announcement that former French President Jacques Chirac is to stand trial over corruption charges has provoked… 31/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Jacques Chirac
Chirac ordered to stand trialHe may be one of France’s most popular former presidents, but Jacques Chirac has a rendezvous with justice. Two… 30/10/2009 - tags: France, Politics, Justice
Dutch teen still banned from sailing tripA Dutch girl’s dream of becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the world is to remain just that – for now… 30/10/2009 - tag: Justice
Varied reaction to Chirac trialJacques Chirac was, in several polls, thought the worst president in the history of the Fifth Republic when he left… 30/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Chirac ordered to face embezzlement trialFrance’s former president Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial on embezzlement charges. The… 30/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Corruption
Murder trial of Nazi stormtrooper opens in GermanyThe trial of a former SS soldier, who confessed to having killed three Dutch civilians has got underway in the German… 28/10/2009 - tags: Justice, World War II, Holocaust
Prison sentences in French arms scandalThe guilty verdicts handed down on Tuesday in France’s “Angolagate” arms scandal have lobbed a bomb into the political… 27/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Scandal
Fines but no ban in French Scientology fraud rulingFour of the six leaders of the Scientology Church in France have been found guilty of fraud in a case that has… 27/10/2009 - tags: France, Religion, Justice
British lawyer faces jail after Berlusconi briberyBritish lawyer David Mills is facing jail in Italy after losing an appeal against a bribery conviction. The court has… 27/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
“Angolagate” trial jails former Interior MinisterOne of the biggest arms dealing trials in history has wound up in France with prison terms for some former high-ranking… 27/10/2009 - tags: Angola, France, Justice
Scientologists may appeal French fraud convictionFour of the six leaders of the Scientology Church in France have been found guilty of fraud in a case that has… 27/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Paedophile trial fuels castration debate in FranceThe rape trial of a French paedophile who has asked to be physically castrated begins today. Francis Evrard, who has… 26/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Swiss justify tip-off to US over Polanski visitThe Swiss authorities have admitted they tipped off their US counterparts that director Roman Polanski was travelling… 22/10/2009 - tags: Switzerland, USA, Justice, Roman Polanski
Villepin accuses Sarkozy of political vendettaFormer French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of hanging him on a “butcher’s… 21/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique de Villepin, Clearstream scandal
Prosecution concludes case in Clearstream trialThe prosecution is demanding an 18-month suspended prison term and a 45,000 euro fine in the trial of former French… 20/10/2009 - tags: Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique de Villepin, Clearstream scandal
Second Polanski bail appeal rejectedFranco-Polish film director Roman Polanski has had his appeal against a Swiss court’s ruling that he must remain in… 20/10/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Justice, Roman Polanski
Swiss court rejects bail for PolanskiIn Switzerland, the film director Roman Polanski has lost an appeal against being held in custody pending extradition… 20/10/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Justice, Roman Polanski
Britain ordered to release ‘torture’ papersThe British government has failed in its legal attempt to prevent the release of details of the alleged torture of a… 17/10/2009 - tags: Guantanamo, Justice, United Kingdom
Paris metro bomb plotter loses appealThe Algerian Rachid Ramda has lost his appeal against a life sentence for plotting the Paris Metro bombings. In… 13/10/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Paris, France, Justice
Two Somali pirates put before Spanish judgeTwo of the 36 pirates who were captured earlier this month have appeared in a Madrid court facing hijacking charges… 13/10/2009 - tags: Justice, Piracy
Somali appear in Madrid court on piracy chargesTwo Somalis suspected of taking part in hijacking a Spanish fishing boat have appeared before a judge in Madrid on… 13/10/2009 - tags: Justice, Piracy
Silvio looses immunity but vows to fight onUnder-fire Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has come out fighting after the country’s Constitutional Court… 08/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Immunity ruling stokes political tensions in ItalyItaly is in the grip of growing uncertainty about the fate of Silvio Berlusconi after the country’s top court ruled he… 08/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Berlusconi rejects immunity ruling as ‘farce’The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has dismissed the loss of his legal immunity as a politically-motivated… 08/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Politics, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Rights groups cheer Italian migrant decisionHuman rights groups have welcomed the acquittal in Italy of German charity workers charged with helping illegal… 08/10/2009 - tags: Germany, Justice, Immigrants
The legal flood gates open on BerlusconiThe verdict by Italy’s top court means a number of trials against the 73-year-old Berlusconi will reopen. The… 08/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Politics, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Berlusconi no longer above the lawItaly’s top court has ruled that a law giving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution is… 07/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Berlusconi waits on immunity rulingJudges in Italy ruling on whether prime minister Silvio Berlusconi should have legal immunity have asked for more time… 07/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Roman Polanski denied bail by Swiss authorities… Office of Justice to reconsider … for the Swiss Justice Ministry. … 06/10/2009 - tags: Justice, Roman Polanski
Italy’s top court reviews Berlusconi’s legal immunityDoes the immunity from prosecution that Silvio Berlusconi enjoys violate Italy’s constitution? That is the… 06/10/2009 - tags: Politics, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Italy’s Berlusconi awaits immunity rulingLegislation shielding Silvio Berlusconi from prosecution because he is Italy’s Prime Minister is being reviewed by the… 06/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Clearstream witness damages de VillepinThe corruption trial involving an alleged attempt to smear French President Nicolas Sarkozy has heard sensational… 06/10/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Scandal
More legal pressure on BerlusconiItaly’s embattled Prime Minister is bracing himself for a legal verdict that could further weaken his position… 05/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Silvio Berlusconi
Italian lawyers seek jail for CIA agentsPublic prosecutors in Italy have urged a court in Milan to jail 26 Americans for the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect… 01/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Terrorism, USA, Justice
De Villepin protests Clearstream innocenceThe former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin has rejected accusations of guilt in a corruption scandal… 30/09/2009 - tags: Justice, Dominique de Villepin, Clearstream scandal
Detained Polanski fights extradition to USThe arrested film director Roman Polanski has said he will fight any attempt by the Swiss authorities to extradite him… 29/09/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Justice, Roman Polanski
Furore over Polanski’s arrest over under-age sexProsecutors in Los Angeles have said they will demand the extradition from Switzerland of French movie director Roman… 28/09/2009 - tags: Switzerland, USA, Justice, Roman Polanski
Polanski held on unlawful sex chargesThe cultural and political elite in France has come out in support of Roman Polanski now under arrest in Switzerland… 28/09/2009 - tags: Switzerland, USA, Justice
Polanski arrested over under-aged sex warrantFilm director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody, according to the organisers of the Zurich Film Festival. … 27/09/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Festival, Justice
Polanski in Swiss custodyFilm director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody, according to organisers of the Zurich Film Festival. They… 27/09/2009 - tags: Switzerland, Justice
Poland first in Europe to castrate sex offendersPaedophiles and those found guilty of incest in Poland will soon be getting obligatory medical treatment, including… 25/09/2009 - tags: Poland, Justice, Pedophilia
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister on TrialThe trial of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges has begun in Jerusalem. Mr Olmert… 25/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Politics, Justice
Ex Israelie Prime Minister On TrialThe trial of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges has begun in Jerusalem. Mr… 25/09/2009 - tags: Justice, Ehud Olmert
Air France crash relatives’ anger over investigationThe agonising wait for information goes on for relatives of the victims of the Air France crash three months ago… 25/09/2009 - tags: Justice, Air France
Sarkozy muddies Clearstream caseFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of interfering in the trial of former prime minister Dominique de… 24/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy
Google gains on trade-mark caseBased on the expert advice it has received, the EU’s top court is likely to rule that search engine Google has not… 22/09/2009 - tags: Internet, Justice
Ex-French PM goes on trial in Sarkozy smear caseSparks have been flying as France’s most explosive political trial in years got underway in Paris, pitting a former… 21/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarko versus Villepin in French ‘trial of the century’Their rivalry in politics was legendary. And today Dominque de Villepin and Nicolas Sarkozy begin a legal showdown in… 21/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy
France’s political trial of the decade beginsIn Paris, a long-awaited trial gets underway today – pitting two of the most senior figures in French politics against… 21/09/2009 - tags: Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy, Scandal
Police question suspected terrorist in USFederal agents in the United States are involved in an intensive investigation into a suspected terrorist cell in… 20/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, USA, Justice
Deal close in Ivorian toxic waste caseA UK-based oil trading company appears close to a settlement in a court case over the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory… 17/09/2009 - tags: Health, Ivory Coast, Justice, Pollution
French row over reprieve for ScientologistsThere is a reprieve for the French branch of the Church of Scientology after a clause in a new law in France states it… 16/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice
Iraqi shoe thrower says he was torturedThe Iraqi journalist who shot to global fame after throwing his shoes at US president George Bush claims he was… 15/09/2009 - tags: Iraq, Justice, Muntadhar al-Zaidi
Iraqi shoe thrower freed from jailThe Iraqi reporter who found fame after hurling his shoe at former US President George Bush has been freed from jail… 15/09/2009 - tags: Iraq, Justice
Liquid bomb plotters jailed for more than 100 yearsThree British Muslims who plotted to murder hundreds, possibly thousands, of people by blowing up transatlantic flights… 14/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Justice, United Kingdom
China sentences needle attackersA court in far-west China has jailed three people for a series of needle attacks. One 19-year-old was sentenced… 12/09/2009 - tags: China, Justice
Court case against top Spanish judgeSpain’s top court is hearing a complaint against one of the country’s most prominent judges. Baltasar Garzon, who… 09/09/2009 - tag: Justice
EU court backs Portugal’s gambling monopolyA decision by the EU’s top court means the Portuguese state betting monopoly operated by the national charity Santa… 08/09/2009 - tags: Portugal, Justice, Gambling
Russia reopens inquiry into politician’s murderMoscow has agreed to reopen an investigation into the murder of a high-profile liberal politician 10 years ago… 08/09/2009 - tags: Russia, Justice, Crime
Sudanese woman jailed in trousers caseA Sudanese journalist convicted of indecency for wearing trousers is spending the night in prison after refusing to pay… 07/09/2009 - tags: Religion, Justice, Women
Fine but no lashes in sudan indecency caseA Sudanese journalist has been found guilty of indecency for wearing trousers, but given a fine instead of the usual… 07/09/2009 - tags: Justice, Women
Homicide inquiry into California wildfireUS investigators have launched a homicide inquiry after a massive wildfire in California left two firemen dead… 04/09/2009 - tags: USA, Los Angeles, Justice, fires
Drugmaker Pfizer slapped with record fine for fraudThe world’s biggest drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to pay a record fine of over 1.6 billion euros in one of the… 03/09/2009 - tags: pharmaceutical companies, USA, Justice
Former Israeli president on trial for rapeThe trial has begun of the former Israeli president, accused of rape and sexual harrassment. Moshe Katzav declined to… 01/09/2009 - tags: Israel, Justice
Red faces as ETA suspect is freed by mistakeA Europe-wide arrest warrant has been issued after a suspected Basque terrorist was set free by mistake. Maite Aranalde… 01/09/2009 - tags: France, Justice, ETA
Former Israeli PM charged with corruptionThe former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been formally charged with corruption. He is accused of taking cash… 30/08/2009 - tags: Justice, Ehud Olmert, Corruption, Scandal
Dutch girl sailor’s round the world bid wreckedA 13-year-old Dutch girl’s bid to sail solo around the world has hit the rocks after three judges put her under state… 28/08/2009 - tags: Netherlands, Justice
Italian PM takes legal action over sexual misconduct claimsItaly’s prime minister is suing an Italian newspaper for a million euros in damages for defamation. La Repubblica… 28/08/2009 - tags: Italy, Justice, Scandal
Former ministers face mass trial in IranThe fourth mass trial of those accused of planning and involvement in the riots following Iran’s disputed election has… 25/08/2009 - tags: Iran, Justice, Elections
CIA under fire for prisoner abuse in Washington… after the Justice Department's … The Justice Department now … 25/08/2009 - tags: Justice, CIA, Torture
US launches probe into CIA prisoner abuseA special US prosecutor has been appointed to head a criminal probe into alleged CIA abuse of terrorist suspects… 25/08/2009 - tags: USA, Justice, CIA
Young Afghan released from GitmoOne of the youngest detainees held at Guantanamo Bay has been released and is now home with his family in Afghanistan… 25/08/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Justice
Pressure increases on CIA over torture claims… by a Justice Department … details of a Justice department … 24/08/2009 - tags: USA, Justice, CIA
Britain denies deal on Lockerbie releaseThe British Government is under pressure after allegations of an alleged trade deal behind the release of Lockerbie… 22/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, Diplomacy, United Kingdom
Britain denies deal made for Lockerbie releaseBritain is strongly denying Libyan claims that the Lockerbie bomber’s release was linked to trade deals. Last… 22/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Justice, Lockerbie
UK denies trade eased al-Megrahi releaseBritain has denied claims from Libya that secret trade deals helped win freedom for the Lockerbie bomber. Colonel… 22/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Justice, Lockerbie
Anger as Lockerbie bomber gets hero’s welcomeThe British government has condemned celebrations in Tripoli to mark the release and return of the Lockerbie bomber… 21/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Justice, Lockerbie
Hero’s homecoming for Libyan Lockerbie bomberFar from his prison cell in Scotland, the convicted Lockerbie bomber has been given a hero’s welcome as he arrived back… 21/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Justice, Scotland, Lockerbie
Lockerbie bomber heads homeThe only man ever convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been granted compassionate release from his prison in… 20/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, Scotland, Lockerbie
