A prominent activist in Bahrain imprisoned since the country’s 2011 Arab Spring protests began a new hunger strike Wednesday, seeking to pressure the island kingdom and Europe over his internationally criticized detention. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja began what supporters described as an “open-ended” hunger strike while detained at the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center in Bahrain. A previous hunger...
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Protests Erupt After Police Raid In Brazil Leaves 119 Dead And Draws Accusations Of Excessive Force
A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls for the Rio’s governor to resign. Dozens of favelas residents gathered in front of the state’s government headquarters shouting “assassins!” and waving Brazilian flags...
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France Adopts Consent-Based Rape Law In The Wake Of Landmark Gisèle Pelicot Case
France’s Senate gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and other sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act, a move that comes after the landmark drugging and rape trial that shook France and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon. Senators voted 327-0 in favor of the bill, with 15 abstentions. The...
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21-Year-Old Nursing Mother Stabs Neighbour To Death Over Alleged Rape In Kogi
The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old nursing mother, Maryam Muntari, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as Kalo, to death following an alleged attempted rape incident in Idoji-Okene community, Okene Local Government Area of the state. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP William Aya, confirmed the incident...
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Convicted Sex Offender Who Was Mistakenly Released From A UK Prison Is Deported To Ethiopia
An Ethiopian man who was mistakenly released from a British prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager has been deported to his home country, the U.K. government said Wednesday. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was on a flight to Ethiopia that landed Wednesday morning. “I have pulled every lever to deport Mr. Kebatu and...
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Cleveland Woman Sentenced To Life In Prison For Fatally Stabbing 3-Year-Old Boy
A judge in northeast Ohio sentenced a woman to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket. Bionca Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, sat expressionless as Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo imposed the sentence for the June...
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Ibadan Gunmen Rob Bank Customer, Injure Police On Duty
Gunmen suspected to be robbers, yesterday, carted away an undisclosed huge sum of money from a bank depositor as well as inflicted injuries on a police officer at the Osuntokun area, in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state. According to Eyewitnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the victim was trailed...
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Japan’s Ex PM Killer Pleads Guilty
A gunman has admitted to killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight with a homemade weapon three years after the assassination The slaying forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence, and ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers and a secretive sect, the Unification Church. “Everything...
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Suspect In Charlie Kirk Killing Can Wear Street Clothes In Court Amid ‘Extraordinary’ Attention
The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk can appear in court wearing street clothes but must be physically restrained due to security concerns, a judge ruled Monday. Attorneys for Tyler Robinson argued images of him shackled and in jail clothing would spread widely in a case with extensive press coverage and public interest, which they said could...