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Tunisian Judges Continue Strike Against Mass Firings

June 27, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Tunisian judges have been on strike for three straight weeks to protest against the firing of 57 of their colleagues earlier this month. The Tunisian judges argued that President Kais …

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Germany Begins Trial of Syrian Doctor Over Torture In Military Hospitals

January 19, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

A court in the German city of Frankfurt began on Wednesday the trial of a Syrian doctor, Alaa Mousa, 36, for his alleged role in crimes against humanity. According to …

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Court Rules in Favor of Jakarta Residents in Landmark Pollution Case

September 16, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

An Indonesian court ruled on Thursday that President Joko Widodo and six other top officials failed to protect and fulfill the citizens’ right to clean air, Bloomberg reported. In the …

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Thai Court Shelves Banning of “False Messages” Dissemination

August 6, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A civil court in Thailand ordered on Friday the suspension of the government’s directive to criminalize the dissemination of “false news” or stories that could prompt public panic. The ruling …

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U.S. Charges 22 People for Creating Fake Businesses to Steal from Payment Protection Program Fund

July 23, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The U.S. Justice Department said that it has charged a total of 22 individuals for their involvement in a fraudulent scheme to acquire about $11.2 million from the government’s Paycheck …

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Trafficking Trial Delayed

May 4, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A United States judge has postponed until autumn the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of trafficking teenage girls for late financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in …

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Paris Court Punishes French Pharma Firm Servier for Selling Deadly Weight-Loss Pill

March 29, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The drug-maker was found guilty of manslaughter, involuntary wounding and aggravated deception for permitting the drug to be prescribed and sold as a weight loss medication, despite the risks and …

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Court Employee in Waterloo, Iowa Embezzles More than $100K

March 3, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A juvenile court employee has been arrested upon allegedly embezzling more than $100,000.  The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s department arrested Nicole Sue Foelske, 36, on Tuesday for ongoing criminal conduct, …

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Swedish Court Sentences Russian Man and Woman to Prison for Hammer Attack on Chechen Leader’s Critic

January 11, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A Russian man and a woman were sentenced to 10 years and eight years in prison respectively for attempting to kill a prominent blogger and critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Sweden last year, a Swedish district court ruled on Monday.

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Vietnamese Court Jails Three Bloggers over Anti-State Propaganda

January 5, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A Vietnamese court sentenced a freelance blogger and his two accomplices to jail terms between 11 and 15 years after finding them guilty of promoting anti-state propaganda.

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