The Greek Coast Guard confirmed on Friday that they opened fire on a boat of Turkish migrants and killed one man, according to local media sources. The migrants were allegedly agitating the coast guard by rocking the latter’s boat, which prompted the crew to fire “warning shots” before shooting at the migrants. In their statement, [...]
A new law came into force in Hungary on Wednesday limiting which Ukrainian refugees can access subsidized housing. Only those from areas that are deemed to be most affected by the Russian invasion will be eligible for the long term. The new law excludes individuals arriving from, among other regions, Transcarpathia. This has been a [...]
A 15-year-old boy in Sunderland became the first person in England to be charged with the offence of rioting under s1 of the Public Order Act 1968 by the Criminal Prosecution Service (CPS) on Thursday after violent anti-immigrant protests broke out across the UK. The charge of riot holds a maximum penalty of 10 years [...]
The Bangladesh Editors’ Council called for the government to withdraw cases against journalists under anti-free-press laws on Monday. Editors’ Council’s president Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star, hosted the discussion in the Daily Star offices. The statement was made after police and government reactions to student protests in Bangladesh triggered [...]
Scotland’s ex-First Minister Hamza Yousaf urged the British Home Secretary to categorise the English Defence League (EDL) as a terrorist group under the Terrorism Act 2000, in the letter he wrote Wednesday. Particularly, Yousaf accused EDL as “far right bigots” who hijacked the country’s grief for the victims of the Southport stabbing for “nefarious purposes”–spreading [...]
British anti-Islam Tommy Robinson was arrested on Sunday July 28 following a protest he organized in London under schedule seven of the Terrorism Act 2000. Robinson was released earlier today, July 29, at 12:15 am on bail. Robinson, who was a part of several far-right political groups in the UK, previously served as a political [...]
A high court judge ruled that doctors may withdraw life support from a 66-year-old man suffering from brain damage or prolonged disorder of consciousness on Tuesday. The man, who remained anonymous under the pseudonym ‘XY’ in the judgement, was admitted to a hospital, which was a part of the Whittington Health NHS Fund, on December [...]
The Punjab Counter Terrorist Department (CTD) reported that they arrested Aminul Haq, terrorist and right-hand man to Osama Bin Ladin, in Pakistan on Friday, according to local media. Usman Gondal, the deputy inspector general for the CTD, addressed an audience in Lahore discussing the matter. Gondal said that Aminul Haq was arrested in Sarai Alamgir [...]
A Vietnam court sentenced Facebook user Pham Van Cho to seven years in prison and two years of probation for his allegedly anti-state propaganda posts on Tuesday. The police of the Hung Yen province arrested Phan Van Cho in January and decided to prosecute him on January 29. According to local media, Pham Van Cho [...]