Above photo: The Star’s (from left to right) sports editor Kadeem Simmonds, international editor Steve Sweeney and web editor Ben Cowles. Steve Sweeney, the international editor of the British socialist newspaper, was detained in Mexico City on Friday as he traveled to Nicaragua to cover the presidential election being held today. Sweeney is anti-imperialist and a founder of Media Workers for Palestine. Well, who would have thought that Mexico, of all countries, would collude to block the only journalist from a British newspaper from covering the Nicaraguan elections from the ground? — Steve Sweeney (@SweeneySteve) November 7, 2021 His detention follows […]
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Following the 2014 coup and the establishment of a military government, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha granted himself sweeping powers to curb opposition. The 2019 election saw the former officer returned to office while opposition groups dispute the legitimacy of the poll. Thousands of activists marked the fourth day of anti-government protests by occupying key areas of Bangkok on Sunday in opposition to a ban on demonstrations. The crowds chanted “down with dictatorship”, “reform the monarchy”, and “free out friends” as they stood in the rain holding aloft photos of detain opposition activists “I cannot let the students fight alone,” said 24-year-old Phat, a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080738835_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_19871c180d22b937a1ed59f34aadbb52.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010181080806380-nearly-60-people-detained-at-saturday-protests-across-belarus-interior-ministry-says/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Almost 60 people have been detained during unauthorized opposition protests across Belarus on Saturday, including 43 participants in students’ demonstration in Minsk, the Belarusian Interior Ministry’s spokeswoman, Olga Chemodanova, said on Sunday. The opposition march of more than 100 people began at around 12:50 local time (09:50 GMT) on Saturday near a Minsk university, but was soon dispersed by police in riot gear. According to the Minsk-based Viasna human rights center, at least 30 people, including three reporters, have been detained. In addition, several dozen opposition supporters held a traditional women’s […]
Authorities in France say they’ve detained nine people in connection with the decapitation of a history teacher in a Paris suburb on Friday. The teacher had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his class, authorities said. Michel Euler/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Euler/AP Authorities in France say they’ve detained nine people in connection with the decapitation of a history teacher in a Paris suburb on Friday. The teacher had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his class, authorities said. Michel Euler/AP Officials in France say they’ve detained nine people in connection to the brutal beheading of a teacher […]
OKEx is denying that the ongoing inquiry of its founder is related to an anti-money laundering investigation. “We are not at liberty to discuss any matters that are under investigation but can reveal that it is not related in any way to AML or to OKEx,” a spokesperson from the exchange told CoinDesk. The exchange informed its users it would suspend crypto withdrawals at 03:00 UTC on Friday and claimed a key holder, later revealed to be OKEx founder “Star” Xu, was out of touch and cooperating with the police for a personal issue. The exchange might have violated anti-money laundering […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080735421_0:0:1243:700_1200x675_80_0_0_69f11cb2ad5cff063231f4c089b6d6ce.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010111080735322-video-one-person-killed-amid-opposing-rallies-in-denver-two-suspects-detained/ On Saturday afternoon, the US city of Denver, Colorado, witnessed two opposing rallies at the same time at the city’s Civic Center Park – one pro-police and the other anti-police. Police had a large presence in the area to prevent potential violence or clashes between the two groups. A resident of Denver, Colorado, was killed on Saturday in the wake of a shooting that took place during two opposing rallies at the city’s Civic Center Park, one pro-police and one anti-police, the Denver Police Department said. The two sides were reported by […]
Former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev has been detained “in relation to riots” after he accused the secret services of plotting to kill him. He was released from prison when his supporters surrounded it on Tuesday. Atambayev is being held in relation to a criminal case about staging mass riots, according to the State Committee for National Security (GKNB). There were also reports that the former president’s two sons were detained as well, but the GKNB denied this. On Friday, Atambayev spoke at a rally in the center of the country’s capital, Bishkek. The event spiraled into scuffles between his supporters […]
Two Daily Caller journalists, as well as other reporters, sustained injuries from police officers while covering protests in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and were detained for breaking curfew, despite identifying themselves as press. In video footage from the incident, Daily Caller Chief Video Director Richie McGinnis is filming an arrest being made by officers when he is asked to show his press badge, which he does. He is then told to leave the area, an order he complies with. “Don’t let me catch you!” an officer yells as the journalist is walking away. “I’m out,” McGinnis says, making his way to a car […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080664157_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_3f797695cd8a42baf7e06898d1d3c91c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080664192-armenias-national-security-service-says-foreign-citizens-detained-on-espionage-claims/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – The National Security Service of Armenia has said on Sunday evening that several foreign citizens have been detained on suspicion of espionage. “We have received factual information on foreign citizens’ collection of data about military equipment belonging to the Armenian armed forces, the transportation of weapons, the location of military units, as well as those mobilized under martial law and their size. On October 2, several foreign citizens were detained on suspicion of espionage and inciting Armenian citizens to conduct espionage,” a statement on the National Security Service’s website read. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1b/1080589803_0:0:2234:1257_1200x675_80_0_0_d3f1b8e9d5059c2bcacf23a6b0fc5165.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009271080589850-nearly-200-detained-across-belarus-at-sunday-opposition-rallies-interior-ministry-says/ MINSK (Sputnik) – The number of people detained at protests across Belarus this Sunday has approached 200 in total, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Olga Chemodanova said. “According to updated information, the number of detainees has approached 200,” Chemodanova said. A list of detained individuals posted on the website of the Viasna human rights centre shows that detentions have taken place in many cities in Belarus, including Minsk, Grodno, Mogilev, Vitebsk and others. Weekend opposition rallies have become commonplace across the nation following the disputed August 9 presidential election, in which longtime President Alexander Lukashenko claimed […]
An officer has been shot dead inside a police station in Croydon after their colleagues failed to find a gun hidden on a recently-arrested suspect who then attempted to take their own life. The incident happened at approximately 02:15 AM local time at the Croydon Custody Centre in Windmill Lane. The 23-year-old suspect had been arrested moments prior to the shooting. The stricken officer was treated by colleagues and paramedics at the scene before he was transferred via air ambulance hospital where he died a short time later. The suspect turned the gun on himself and remains in critical condition in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009241080560257-nearly-100-detained-in-louisville-following-violent-protests-over-breonna-taylor-ruling/ Violent protests have erupted in Louisville, Kentucky in the wake of grand jury’s ruling not to indict police officers accused of shooting unarmed African-American Breonna Taylor and killing her at her home in March. The Louisville police have conducted nearly 100 arrests overnight as protests engulfed the city following the court ruling to clear police officers, accused of Breonna Taylor’s murder, of their charges. According to a police statement cited by AP, protesters attempted to wreak havoc in the city, loot local businesses and jump on city vehicles. Several protesters were arrested for curfew […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009181080505139-driver-detained-after-crashing-into-gate-of-us-ambassador-residence-in-moscow/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A car crashed at the gate of the US Ambassador’s residence in Moscow on Friday, the Russian national, who was driving, was detained, the spokesperson for the embassy, Rebecca Ross, said. Source link
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im hide caption toggle caption The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im As explosive allegations were coming to light about immigrant women who say they’ve been subjected to unwanted hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures, one of those detainees was put on a plane back to her home country. Pauline Binam was nearly deported Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Cameroon, a country she left when she was 2 years old. Binam, now 30, […]
Haitian police officers have flooded the streets of Port-au-Prince to call for the release of a fellow officer they say was “illegally” jailed, paralyzing the capital as they set vehicles ablaze and clashed with security forces. Scores of officers from the Haitian National Police, most dressed in civilian clothing, gathered with supporters in Port-au-Prince on Monday to demand the government frees Jean Pascal Alexandre, an officer arrested in May on charges of murder, vandalism, destruction of public property, and undermining the state security. Footage of chaotic scenes in the Haitian capital was captured by RT’s video news agency Ruptly, showing protesters […]
Here is the latest in the abuse on another US Citizen, the out of control and corrupt deep state law enforcement, FBI and DOJ is at it again. It is time for President Trump and AG William BArr to take direct action and purge the corrupt deep state elements from the USA government. It seems the country is on the verge of a civil war, while rioters and looters run wild in the streets. We the people can longer tolerate a corrupt government. Below is the press release from the Steinbart Media Group with the details of tomorrows hearing scheduled for […]
From Middle East Monitor Palestinian-Jordanian cartoonist, Emad Hajjaj, was arrested in Jordan three days ago after publishing a caricature insulting Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed. The CEO of the Centre for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), Nidal Mansour, said that Hajjaj was arrested in connection with a case published under the Cybercrime Law. The cartoon which was published on his Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news site depicts Bin Zayed being spat on by a dove of peace displaying the flag of Israel. t Palestinian-Jordanian cartoonist, Emad Hajjaj Hajjaj’s cartoon comes after a peace deal was announced between the UAE […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080250147_0:3:3072:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_022704cdaec87760e7e872aada7cc94c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008221080250177-officer-wounded-during-protest-march-in-jerusalem-7-people-detained-police-say/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Seven protesters were detained during an anti-government march in Jerusalem; one law enforcement officer was injured, according to Israeli police. Israeli police said in a statement that one police officer was injured when a stone was thrown at him. Seven protesters were arrested. Police called for peaceful demonstrations. On Saturday night, hundreds of protesters marched from Chords Bridge in Jerusalem to the official residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Protest marches were banned by Israeli police after clashes between anti-government demonstrators and counter-protesters last month. The Times of Israel […]
Honduran migrants, Ricardo Sr., (left), his son Ricardo Jr., 13, and his cousin Jorge, 16, walk near their home in Texas. When the two teenage boys crossed the border illegally into Texas last month, they turned themselves into Border Patrol. They were later escorted to a hotel by armed men in civilian clothes. Scott Dalton for NPR hide caption toggle caption Scott Dalton for NPR Honduran migrants, Ricardo Sr., (left), his son Ricardo Jr., 13, and his cousin Jorge, 16, walk near their home in Texas. When the two teenage boys crossed the border illegally into Texas last month, they turned […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080222487_0:0:2166:1219_1200x675_80_0_0_f47b597353e0da86ec7ae8bc14b04fa9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202008201080222473-qatar-calls-to-ensure-security-of-politicians-detained-in-mali/ DOHA (Sputnik) – Qatar’s Foreign Ministry expressed serious concern over the situation in Mali, where a military coup took place on Tuesday and called to ensure the security of detained government officials, according to the ministry’s statement. “The state of Qatar expresses serious concern about the recent events in the Republic of Mali”, the ministry said. Qatar “stresses the need to ensure the sovereignty of state institutions and compliance with the law, as well as the security of government officials currently in custody”, it added. On Tuesday, a group of Malian officers, reportedly led […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080133160_0:2:2355:1326_1200x675_80_0_0_7ed2f42adb77c69c47dde1e4855cc66e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008111080132766-foreign-minister-lavrov-urges-to-release-russian-journalists-detained-in-belarus/ Multiple journalists from various media outlets, including Sputnik Belarus correspondent Evgeny Oleinik, were detained by the police during the weekend amid mass protests in Minsk following the presidential election. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on Minsk to release Russian journalists who were detained by Belarusian authorities amid the mass demonstrations. During a press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas, Lavrov stressed that Moscow would be striving to resolve the situation in the most humane way possible. © REUTERS / VASILY FEDOSENKO People attend a rally following the presidential election in Minsk, […]
According to preliminary results from Belarus’ election officials, five-term President Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday’s election by a landslide. Opponents of the president, however, accused authorities of election fraud and staged mass protests, sometimes violent, across the country on Sunday night. A female freelance journalist working for Ruptly has been detained in Minsk, the Russian video news agency says. According to Ruptly, there’s no contact with the woman, who is presumably being held in a detention centre. The Russian state TV broadcaster RT said that two cameramen working for Ruptly were detained in the Belarusian capital early on Sunday while covering the opening of […]
Dozens of people were injured during mass protests which took place in Minsk and other towns of Belarus after initial results of the presidential election were unveiled on Sunday evening. Sputnik Belarus correspondent Evgeny Oleinik, detained after the unrest in Minsk, said he was released. “I left the district office of internal affairs at around 12:00 … I feel fine. I doubt whether I should go to hospital or not,” Oleinik said. The journalist accused law enforcement agents of using force against him. “They did not use riot control weapons … They kicked me a couple of times … It hurt, […]
Billionaire media tycoon and Hong Kong protest-backer Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of “collusion with foreign powers.” Police also searched the offices of his Apple Daily tabloid, under the new national security law. According to a senior executive at Lai’s media company Next Digital, Mark Simon, the prominent 71yo mogul and supporter of the anti-Beijing movement in Hong Hong was arrested Monday morning. “Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time,” Simon said. Hong Kong police confirmed the arrest of seven suspects, on offences including collusion with foreign powers, but did not name them. […]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained terrorists who demanded bitcoin in return for not blowing up buildings in the country’s capital. According to a post on SSU’s Facebook page, two 60-year-old men posted a paper note on an apartment building in Kyiv threatening to blow up that building or another one if they didn’t receive 50 BTC to their bitcoin address. To prove they were serious, the alleged terrorists detonated a small bomb near a subway station on July 21 and then called the police twice, reporting bombs were planted in other locations in Kyiv, and that those actions were […]
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has ordered a thorough probe into what he called an “emergency situation” as security chief confirmed arrests of 32 suspected ‘Wagner’ private military recruits in a televised briefing. Lukashenko on Wednesday told the head of the Belarusian National Security Service, the KGB, to launch a transparent and unbiased probe into the incident, which the media has been quick to tie to the upcoming presidential election. “If these are indeed Russian citizens… we must immediately contact the Russian officials and demand that they explain what is going on,” Lukashenko said at the emergency meeting of national security chiefs […]
State Dept Abandons Families Of Mercenaries Detained In Venezuela By Anya Parampil, The Grayzone. July 27, 2020 State Dept Abandons Families Of Mercenaries Detained In Venezuela2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/vzmerc.png200px200px The brother of Luke Denman, a former Green Beret detained after a failed invasion of Venezuela told The Grayzone ex-US diplomat Bill Richardson has embarked on a private mission after the State Department failed to assist his family. The Grayzone has confirmed that former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson traveled to Venezuela on Monday, July 13, following conversations with the families of former Green Beret soldiers Luke Denman and Airan Berry. Venezuelan authorities […]
The first person the U.S. government ever detained indefinitely under the 2001 Patriot Act has gone free. Adham Amin Hassoun, whose Kafkaesque experience during the 9/11 era turned him into the U.S.’ first post-conviction terrorism detainee, has left the U.S. for an unnamed country, his lawyers said. After Hassoun’s conviction expired in 2017, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department had sought unreviewable authority to detain Hassoun under both an obscure immigration regulation and a never-before invoked provision of the Patriot Act, known as Section 412. The administration declared Hassoun, a man in his late 50s who has never […]
Moscow police have detained 132 people taking part in an unauthorized rally against the recently-adopted constitutional amendments. A similar protest was also held in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city. About 1,000 people gathered at the Pushkin Square in central Moscow on Wednesday evening, according to Novaya Gazeta estimates. The protesters were gathering signatures in favor of revoking the constitutional amendments, green-lighted by a nationwide vote earlier this month with solid support of nearly 78 percent. They have already been approved by the legislators as well. While the gathering was unauthorized, law enforcement did not intervene at first. The police only acted […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107688/94/1076889494_0:181:1920:1261_1200x675_80_0_0_eb088751696eec7fdc158ad729053c20.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202007021079773330-two-held-for-desecrating-idols-at-temple-for-tik-tok-clip-in-indias-video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Last week, the Indian government banned popular Chinese video-making app TikTok in the aftermath of a deadly standoff with Chinese troops in the Ladakh region. Two people have been arrested in the Indian state of Gujarat for recently attacking an idol of a Hindu deity at a temple in a bid to make a sensational video for Chinese app TikTok. The incident occurred in Rajkot. According to the police, the accused shot a TikTok clip and uploaded it to WhatsApp and social media on 28 June. Police said that the two […]
“So they’re going to get away with it?” my wife asked me recently with a mix of anger and resignation in her voice. “Whatever happened to that story? It just disappeared.” “They” are the U.S. border patrol agents, guards and supervisors who manage–or who have managed in recent years–those notorious U.S. government-funded detention facilities that house migrant and refugee children. They take custody of these children, often having separated them from their parents. So they act in loco parentis (in place of parents), and assume responsibility for the welfare of these minors. “It” are the more than 4,500 complaints about alleged […]
US 08:11 GMT 03.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107949/07/1079490720_0:132:3072:1860_1200x675_80_0_0_690bd17a4025cd35bbbd2c9d8703b4cd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006031079505416-george-floyd-protesters-detained-in-new-york-for-violating-curfew-orders—video/ As protests against the death of a black man at the hands of the Minnesota police and law enforcement brutality at large sweep across the US, states have increasingly introduced curfews to curb the wave of social unrest. In New York, the arrest of Black Lives Matter demonstrators has been captured on camera. The video shows police standing besides handcuffed demonstrators nabbed for violating the curfew hours, which daily start in the Big Apple at 8 p.m. Large-scale protests, not infrequently turning into full-blown riots with looting and […]
Business 13:14 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL Gold smuggling is a lucrative criminal enterprise throughout Asia and around the world, given the plentiful supply of investors ready to pay top dollar to find a recognized store of value that’s an attractive alternative to the greenback. 16 suspects have been arrested in the southeastern Chinese coastal province of Fujian in connection with a major suspected gold smuggling operation, Xinhua has reported, citing local customs authorities. The suspects are accused of illegally smuggling roughly three tonnes of gold and gold-related products out of the country in an elaborate plot which took place over the […]
This photograph released by the Venezuelan government purports to show the ID cards confiscated from Airan Berry and Luke Denman in Caracas. The former U.S. service members are now in detention after Venezuelan security forces stifled an ill-fated raid earlier this week. Miraflores Palace presidential press office via AP hide caption toggle caption Miraflores Palace presidential press office via AP This photograph released by the Venezuelan government purports to show the ID cards confiscated from Airan Berry and Luke Denman in Caracas. The former U.S. service members are now in detention after Venezuelan security forces stifled an ill-fated raid earlier this […]