Category Archives: Justice
UN agency begins probe into Belarus’s ‘forced diversion’ of journalist’s flight
OTTAWA — A United Nations agency is launching an investigation into Belarus's arrest of a dissident journalist after his flight was diverted on dubious pretences last Sunday. The governing body of the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organiz...
Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a challenge of the former Alberta government's decision to call an election in 2015. A general election was held in Alberta in 2012 and based on the province's Election Act, the next
Tennessee bathroom law sponsor now says it has penalties
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The sponsor of Tennessee’s new law requiring businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use the bathrooms of their choice now says owners and officials who refuse could face up to
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of sentencing in mosque shooter case
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The examination of Alexandre Bissonnette's case is expected to determine the constitutionality of
Judge orders mediation in transgender rant beer toss case
GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge is turning to community mediation to try to resolve the case of a middle school vice principal who threw beer at people who were filming his wife's rant against a transgender woman's
Report: Woman drove through vaccination tent to protest
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman accused of driving through a COVID-19 vaccine distribution tent as a form of protest has been charged with seven counts of felony reckless endangerment, according to a police report.
Indonesia court sentences firebrand cleric to 8 months’ jail
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court sentenced a politically influential firebrand cleric to eight months in prison on Thursday for violating health protocols by holding gatherings attended by thousands of supporters during the coronavirus out...
Big cheese no more: UK drug dealer caught out by cheese pic
LONDON (AP) — A drug dealer in the English city of Liverpool thought he was the big cheese — until police got all the evidence they needed to arrest him from a picture he shared of himself holding a small
EU weighs Belarus sanctions at sectors close to leader
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — European Union nations sketched out plans Thursday for new sanctions against Belarus, targeting economic sectors close to its authoritarian leader, as they sought to strike back at him for the diversion of a passenger jet to
EU calls on Iran to review sentencing of female activist
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The European Union on Thursday called on Iran to review a case of a prominent female human rights activist who was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 80 lashes on charges of protesting
