The UK’s Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Times on Friday that it launched an investigation into the Post Office over the “widest miscarriage of justice in British history” that saw hundreds of postmasters falsely accused of theft and prosecuted. The investigation concerns potential fraud charges and stemmed from an ITV drama, Mr Bates vs The [...]
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi confirmed on Saturday the mass referral of 84 people to the State Security Court on charges related to violence and terrorism, reported Emirates News Agency (WAM), the state’s official news outlet. Amongst the detainees are Sultan Bin Kayed Al-Qasim, Nasser Bin Ghaith, Muhammed Al-Roken and [...]
France’s Court of Accounts published a report claiming the UK was not cooperating enough with France over questions of immigration policy to successfully reduce the number of irregular crossing in the English Channel on Thursday. Despite agreements between France and the UK, the report stressed the “disappointing” coordination with the UK. It says the UK [...]
The Albanian Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crimes ordered house arrest for former Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party Sali Berisha on Saturday, following charges of “passive corruption.” The decision was made under Article 237 of the Criminal Code. It comes as a replacement for a previous order that [...]
The Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) released a statement on Friday calling attention to media freedom in Hong Kong. The MFC is a partnership of 50 countries formed in 2019 that advocates media freedom and the safety of journalists. The statement expresses the MFC’s deep concern at the “Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities’ continued attacks [...]
The Chadian National Commission in charge of the Organisation of the Constitutional Referendum (CONOREC) announced the new constitution will be adopted after an 86 percent vote in favour of the referendum, with a participation of 63,75 percent, in a ceremony for results proclamation Sunday. The draft of the proposed constitution was adopted in June by [...]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mali announced it is recalling its ambassador in Algiers “for consultation with immediate effect” in a statement after Algerian officials criticized the recent escalating violence in Mali, fuelling tensions between both countries. The decision came after the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, summoned the ambassador of Mali [...]
Albania’s Parliament voted to lift immunity of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Thursday following his indictment on corruption charges. The decision comes after prosecutors sought to strip Berisha of his parliamentary immunity because he breached their decision to report regularly while he was under investigation. Albanian prosecutors in the Special Prosecutor’s [...]
The Jersey government lodged new legislation on Thursday to allow both same-sex parents to be registered as parents on a birth certificate in Jersey, guaranteeing equal rights for them. The proposed law, which was confirmed to be submitted by the end of the year in September by Deputy and Assistant Minister for Children Louise Doublet, [...]
UK Baroness Michelle Mone, a Scottish businesswoman and a Conservative Party-appointed life peer who later left the party, admitted in an interview with the BBC published on Sunday that she stands to benefit from millions of pounds of profit received by personal protective equipment (PPE) company PPE Medpro, which had a contract with the UK [...]