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Venezuela

Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez sentenced to nearly 14 years

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is sentenced to nearly 14 years on charges of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014.

France

Monsanto guilty of chemically poisoning French farmer

A court in Lyon, France has upheld a 2012 ruling finding US biotech company Monsanto guilty of chemically poisoning a French farmer. Grain grower

USA

US judge rejects bid to drop charges against police officers over Freddie Gray death

A judge in the US has rejected a defence bid to drop charges against six police officers, accused over the death of a black man, and ordered separate

Hungary

Suspects in Austria migrant lorry tragedy appear in Hungary court

Four men accused of involvement in the trafficking of 71 migrants found dead in a lorry in Austria have been brought before a court in Hungary. The

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Egypt

Al Jazeera journalists given three year jail term by Egyptian court

Three journalists with the TV channel Al Jazeera have been sentenced to three years in prison by a Egyptian court. The verdict in their retrial on

France

France: journalists arrested for allegedly blackmailing the King of Morocco

Two French journalists have been arrested in Paris for allegedly trying to blackmail King Mohammed the 6th of Morocco. It is claimed they were

USA

Colorado cinema gunman gets 12 life sentences plus 3,318 years

The man who was convicted of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others inside a Colorado cinema has been formally sentenced to life in prison. James

South Africa

Mandela's grandson granted bail in trial over rape charge

A South African court has granted bail to one of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons who was charged with raping a 15-year-old girl. The 24-year-old is

Russia

Sentsov sings Ukrainian anthem as jail sentence is read out in Russia

A Russian court has sentenced Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison on terror charges.

Russia

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov gets 20 years for "terrorism"

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Russian military court. Sentsov was arrested shortly after the Crimean

USA

Police foil drone plot to smuggle contraband into US prisons

Officials in the US state of Maryland said on Monday (August 24) they foiled a plot to use a drone to sneak contraband items into maximum-security

Democratic Republic Of Congo

DRC to investigate rape allegations against its UN peacekeepers

The government of the Democratic of Republic Congo (DRC) said on Thursday that it would investigate three of its soldiers accused of rape while

Israel

Israeli court suspends Palestinian hunger striker's detention

Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended the detention of a Palestinian hunger striker who has sustained brain damage after 65 days without food. The

South Africa

No parole for Oscar Pistorius

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius will not be released from prison on Friday. He was expected to be transfered into house arrest after serving

South Africa

Is time running out for Pistorius? Prosecutors appeal for murder charge

Oscar Pistorius could be released from prison as early as Friday, August 21, but his ordeal far from being over. Following ten months in jail for

Iraq

Iraq's parliament demands al-Maliki goes on trial

Iraq’s parliament has referred to the judiciary a report by the Committee of Defence and Security. It calls for the trial of former

Iraq

Iraq parliamentary probe blames ex-PM Maliki for the fall of Mosul

Ex-PM Maliki is blamed along with 35 officials for last year's fall of the city of Mosul to ISIL militants.

United Kingdom

British Lord appears in court over historical child sex abuse charges

Lord Janner has appeared in court for the first time over historical child sex abuse charges. The British peer faces 22 charges spanning the

Sweden

Sweden drops two sexual assault cases against WikiLeaks' Assange

Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped two sexual assault cases against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Five years since two women made the allegations

Germany

Sea Shepherd activists convicted of disrupting whale hunt

A Faroe Islands court has convicted five members of the Sea Shepherd conservation group of disrupting a regional whale hunt. They were arrested in