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Germany

Ex-colonel given life jail term over torture and murder in Syria

Anwar Raslan was found guilty of crimes against humanity for his role in murder and torture committed by Bachar al-Assad's government.

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi: Ousted leader 'sentenced to four more years in jail'

A legal official speaking anonymously said the court found Suu Kyi guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions.

USA

Maxwell accuser says jury 'sent a strong message' on sexual abuse

The British socialite was found guilty on Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

Denmark

Denmark's ex-immigration minister convicted over asylum seeker policy

The rare impeachment case related to a 2016 order to separate asylum-seeking couples when one of the partners was a child.

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USA

Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell after a key accuser testified that Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein forced themselves on her.

USA

Maxwell trial: British teenager 'was groomed' by Jeffrey Epstein lover

The witness was the second woman to take the witness stand against Maxwell in federal court in Manhattan.

USA

Jeffrey Epstein: Trial of former lover Ghislaine Maxwell begins

The trial, taking place in the Thurgood Marshall US courthouse in lower Manhattan, is expected to continue into mid-January.

United Kingdom

'Life-changing': Revolutionary new HIV drug approved for use in the UK

Charities have welcomed the move as it offers an alternative to taking a daily cocktail of drugs.

Italy

Two tourists on trial in Italy over fatal Lake Garda boat crash

The collision on June 19 killed left two people dead.

Green News

Has the UN ‘failed to address’ the root causes of climate change?

As official proceedings took a break, activists, experts and campaigners came together to present four hours of evidence about the UNFCCC's inaction on climate change.

World News

Huge 'mega-trial' convicts 70 members of Italy's biggest mafia group

A huge Italian 'mega-trial' has convicted 70 people linked to Italy's most powerful mafia group, 'Ndrangheta with hundreds more due in court.

Myanmar

Myanmar: Suu Kyi trial 'seriously abridges free and fair standards'

Human Rights Watch says gag orders have been imposed on the deposed leader's lawyers and information on her trial is hard to come by.

World News

Second Hong Kong activist convicted under National Security Law

Ma Chun-man is the second person to be tried under the controversial law and the first to be convicted for non-violent offenses.

Germany

German jailed in one of first trials for war crimes against Yazidis

An estimated 7,000 Yazidi women and girls, some as young as nine, were enslaved and forcibly transferred to locations in Iraq and eastern Syria.

Italy

Italy's Berlusconi acquitted in corruption trial

Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian premier, say he has been acquitted by a court in Siena of corruption on Thursday.

Germany

Ex-Nazi camp secretary appears in court on war crimes charges

The 96-year-old woman faces more than 11,000 charges of accessory to murder.

Netherlands

Two men on trial accused of murdering Dutch crime reporter

Both suspects were present for Monday's preliminary hearing at Amsterdam District Court.

United Kingdom

Man admits organising footballer Emiliano Sala's fatal flight in court

David Henderson was accused of acting in a reckless or negligent manner that could have endangered the plane, which crashed into the English Channel in January 2019.

Italy

Four Egyptian police officers on trial over murder of Giulio Regeni

Four high-ranking Egyptian security officers are being tried in absence of the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo.

Germany

'Justice has no expiry date': Ex-Nazi camp guard, 100, goes on trial

A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will become the oldest person yet to go on trial for alleged Nazi-era crimes in Germany.