A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with terrorism-related offences, following his arrest that drew international concern and criticism of the country’s new president. Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe was detained last week along with 15 other members of the party in a late-night crackdown government critics said bore the […]
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Another presidential hopeful arrested in Nicaragua
Another presidential candidate was arrested in Nicaragua on Saturday, police said — the seventh potential contender detained by Daniel Ortega’s government in the lead-up to elections on November 7. Noel Vidaurre was put under house arrest, accused of “undermining the sovereignty” of the country, in the latest of a series of arrests condemned by the […]
Iraq says suspects arrested for murder of academic Hashemi
Iraq’s premier Mustafa al-Kadhemi announced Friday that suspects have been arrested for the murder last year of academic Hisham al-Hashemi, one of dozens of unpunished hits the country has suffered in recent years. A specialist on Sunni extremism and a government adviser with a vast network of contacts among top decision makers, Hashemi was shot […]
Sporadic violence hits KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg
Sporadic violence has erupted in South Africa with dozens arrested after looting in KwaZulu-Natal, where ex-president Jacob Zuma is in jail, and in the economic capital Johannesburg. Police said in a statement Sunday they had arrested 37 people in the Eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal and 25 in Johannesburg over the previous two days. In KwaZulu-Natal, […]
Venezuela arrests activists critical of border fighting
Venezuelan rights group Fundaredes said Friday authorities had arrested its director and two other activists who have lifted the lid on fighting near the border with Colombia. Director Javier Tarazona and two others were taken by Venezuelan intelligence services, the NGO said on Twitter. A fourth activist was arrested but released eight hours later, the […]
Algerian human rights activist detained: family
Algerian human rights activist Fatiha Briki has been detained by authorities and no official reason has been given for her arrest, her family and a prisoners’ rights group said Monday. Briki, a retired university teacher and a member of prisoners’ rights group CNLD, was arrested on Thursday and her home searched, according to the CNLD. […]
Bangladesh arrests notorious tiger poacher
Bangladesh police have arrested a notorious poacher wanted for 20 years and believed to have killed around 70 endangered Bengal tigers. Local police chief Saidur Rahman said that Habib Talukder — nicknamed “Tiger Habib” — lived next to the forest and would flee whenever officers raided the area. “Acting on a tip-off, we finally succeeded […]
CTD claims arrest of ‘Indian agent’ with two other ‘terrorists’ from Karachi
KARACHI: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday claimed exposing a big terrorism network of MQM-London formed in Sindh by arresting three alleged terrorists belonging to Karachi and Hyderabad.With assistance of a federal intelligence agency, the CTD arrested three persons, including Indian spy agency-trained agent from near Landhi Railway Station and recovered arms, ammunition and hand […]
Clean-Chit seeking Tareen may be served with dinner in FIA lockup soon?
Lahore: The FIA has started preparations for the arrest of Jahangir Tareen and to probe the sugar crisis thoroughly. In this regard, an investigation progress report has been prepared against Jahangir Tareen’s family. According to the report, the plan to arrest the senior member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was rushed after the visit of […]
Ex-policemen jailed for planting drugs on Russian journalist
A Moscow court on Friday sentenced five former police officers to lengthy prison terms for planting drugs on an investigative journalist, in a case supporters called a rare admission of wrong-doing from Russian law enforcement. The arrest of prominent investigative reporter Ivan Golunov in June 2019 on trumped-up drug charges that could have landed him […]