Tag: arrests
Extinction Rebellion calls off non-violent protest following arrests
The environmental organization Extinction Rebellion has canceled its planned “Games Forbidden” demonstration in central Paris. They withdrew after an intervention by the police, which they denounced on the social network…
Cameroon arrests young activist after video criticizing authorities
In Cameroon, the opposition and civil society leaders are calling for the release of a young activist, Junior Ngombé, arrested on Wednesday, July 24 and since then detained in Yaoundé…
Arrests after attempted home burglary, suspects also possibly involved in scams
Province of Utrecht – On July 20, the police arrested two men aged 20 and 21 from Zeist and Bilthoven for an attempted burglary in Driebergen-Rijsenburg. A suspect had escaped…
Sharp rise in house arrests worries lawyers – L’Express
Charifa informed her employers, crying on the phone, that she would no longer be able to keep their baby for the next few weeks. On July 15, police officers showed…
Bangladesh arrests opposition figure, bans rallies after violence
In Bangladesh, violence now seems omnipresent. Angry crowds managed to push back riot police on Thursday, July 19, during protests against a quota system in public sector jobs, which turned…
Australian PM urges Russia to back off after spying arrests | News in brief
Russia accuses Australia of fomenting anti-Russian paranoia. Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese called on Russia to stop interfering in the internal affairs of other sovereign states on Saturday. –…
Lawyers denounce the increase in house arrests that are repressive
Security will be one of the challenges of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the French capital, particularly in the face of the terrorist threat. While Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin…
17 arrests in the aftermath of the failed coup
Bolivian authorities paraded handcuffed detainees before the media on Thursday, announcing 17 arrests in the wake of a failed coup in a country gripped by a severe economic crisis. 4…
ROPE Squad arrests wanted Brantford man
A Brantford federal offender has been arrested in Ohsweken after an eight-month search for him by the Repeat Offender Parole enforcement (ROPE) Squad. Article content Bryce Saunders, 22, had been…
Germany arrests three men for espionage, including a Russian and a Ukrainian
Three men, a Russian, a Ukrainian and an Armenian, were arrested in Frankfurt, the German federal prosecutor’s office announced on Friday June 21. They are suspected of having spied on…