Crime & Justice
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Detained Pakistan Rights Activist Ends Hunger Strike
Mahrang and four other detained activists from her organisation, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), had stopped eating on Thursday in protest against alleged misconduct by police and ill-treatment the activists claim to have been subjected…
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Brazil’s Ex-President Collor de Mello Reportedly Arrested in Corruption Case
Collor de Mello, Brazil’s first democratically elected president, was forced to resign in 1992, halfway through his term, after congress launched impeachment proceedings against him for allegedly taking bribes.
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Swedish Journalist Charged in Turkey Risks 12 years: employer
Medin was detained as he arrived in Turkey to cover the mass street protests sparked by the detention and jailing of Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Wafuasi wa Chadema Mwanza wapigwa marufuku kufanya mikusanyiko kesho Lissu akifikishwa mahakamani
Jeshi la Polisi mkoa wa Mwanza limetoa tahadhari kwa wananchi na wafuasi wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) wanaopanga kufanya mikusanyiko na maandamano ya kuishinikiza Serikali kuachiwa huru Mwenyekiti wa chama hicho Taifa ambaye…
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Drone Strike on Ukraine Bus Reportedly Kills at Least Nine
The attacks came as envoys from the United States, Ukraine and European countries were due to hold a new round of talks in Britain on Wednesday aimed at ending the more than three-year conflict.
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Jailed Egyptian-UK Activist, Abdel Fattah Sick on Hunger Strike
Abdel Fattah went on hunger strike on March 1, after learning that his mother Laila Soueif had been hospitalised on her own hunger strike in London, where she has campaigned for his release.
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At least 24 Reportedly Killed in Kashmir Attack on Tourists
The attack targeted tourists in Pahalgam, which lies about 90 kilometres (55 miles) by road from the key city of Srinagar.
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UK Top Court Rules Definition of ‘Woman’ Based on Sex at Birth
It is the culmination of a years-long battle between the Scottish government and the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) — which launched an appeal to the Supreme Court after losing pleas in Scottish courts…
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Latvia Parliament Votes to Withdraw from Landmines Treaty
The EU and NATO member and other countries in the region have ramped up defence spending and training since Moscow’s troops invaded Ukraine in 2022, on fears that Russia could target them next.
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Tanzania Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu Charged with Treason
Lissu has consistently called for electoral reforms and warned that Chadema would oppose the elections unless changes are made to ensure free and fair voting.
