Police in The Hague, Netherlands arrested and detained over 2400 demonstrators and activists associated with the Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace or the Milieudefensie group on Saturday who were protesting government fossil fuel subsidies on the A12 motorway near The Hague. Their statement detailed how they spent over 4 hours arresting and removing people from the highway, [...]

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Samira Gozaine, the director of Panama’s National Migration Institute, held a press conference with Security Minister Juan Manuel Pino on Friday, explaining plans to increase border control and surveillance on land and in the air. They stated that Panama will increase deportations of irregular migrants as the migration flow increases, and the measures will be [...]

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On Friday, various academic lawyers from across the UK and abroad signed an open letter to Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, accusing the government of “attacking” mostly immigration lawyers for advising and representing clients – especially those seeking asylum. Professor Helena Way, a migration law academic from the University of Exeter, orchestrated the letter, and [...]

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Ukraine’s main security agency, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), published a statement on Saturday handing criminal charges to Ihor Kolomoisky related to money laundering and fraud in his oil and gas holdings. Local news reported that the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv ordered Kolomoisky to be held until the end of October. He was [...]

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A court in Gomel, a southeastern city in Belarus, sentenced journalist Larysa Schchyrakova to 3.5 years in prison and a fine of 3,700 rubles (US$1465) on Thursday. She was accused of violating Article 369 and part 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code, which concern public insult to a government official in [...]

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UK Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC announced on Friday that £220m will be invested over the next two years into the court estate as part of the Government’s uplift plan in the criminal justice system. The investments aim to ensure that the conditions of the court estate are acceptable for online hearings through better technology, [...]

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Former UK Police Commissioner Ian McGrail called on Friday for an independent investigation by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office into corruption in Gibraltar, in a statement from his lawyer to the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). McGrail was arrested in March 2022 on suspicion of conspiracy to obtain unauthorized computer material, misconduct and violations of [...]

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UK Secretary of State for Technology, Michelle Donelan MP, told the BBC on Thursday that she was still supported part of the Online Safety Bill that would require social media apps to access private messaging features. The state goal of these provision is to protect children and vulnerable people from harmful online content. The legislation [...]

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Two local police officers in Staffordshire, in England’s West Midlands, were banned from serving for life after an accelerated misconduct hearing held on Wednesday found that the former officers, detective constable Clare Davenport and Special Constable Simon Redford, breached police standards by using racial verbal abuse during arrests and excessive force was used when detaining. [...]

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Polish lawmakers voted on Friday to approve amendments to a controversial law on Russian influence. The pre-amended law was heavily criticized by the EU and US, who emphasized that it undermines democratic standard. The lower house (Sejim) approved the law 234-213 with 4 abstentions. Duda only needs to sign the drafted amendments before the bill [...]

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