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Key witness in FBI case against Assange held in custody to stop his ‘crime spree’ in Iceland – media
Sigurdur Thordarson, also known under the moniker ‘Siggi the Hacker’, was placed into custody in Iceland last month, the newspaper Stundin said, citing his lawyer. A judge agreed with the police that if Thordarson remained free, he would continue an ongoing spree of crimes in the European nation. He is …
Read More »Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy remanded in custody following UK court appearance on four rape charges
A court heard on Friday that one of the women was aged under 18, and one of the alleged rapes is said to have taken place in Mendy’s Cheshire home this week while on bail for other sexual offenses. Three other counts of rape stretch back to October 2020, with the sexual assault …
Read More »‘The revolution is already over’: Activist Roman Protasevich speaks to RT from custody about failed street protests in Belarus
Protasevich is best known for his involvement with Telegram channel NEXTA, a news service that helped inform Belarusian activists and protesters about locations of demonstrations in summer 2020, following what some opposition supporters believe to be a rigged presidential election. Activists were met with force by the country’s security services, …
Read More »Knife-wielding assailant dies in custody days after being detained over attempted assassination of Mali’s leader
During prayers at a service marking the Eid al-Adha holiday in the Bamako Grand Mosque, an attacker attempted to stab Mali’s interim president, Colonel Assimi Goita, before being overpowered by security officers and thrown into a military truck. Goita, unharmed, was quickly surrounded by bodyguards and moved to safety, but …
Read More »Detained South Korean tanker released from Iran’s custody, Seoul says
The MT ‘Hankuk Chemi’ tanker was permitted to leave Iran on Friday morning, South Korea time, the ministry said in a statement, noting that the captain and crew are “in good health” and that the vessel is in working order. Departing from the Rajai Port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, the …
Read More »Migrant kids held in US custody soar to 15,500 as journalists & rights advocates demand to see conditions inside ‘border camps’
Roughly 10,500 unaccompanied children are held in “licensed” migrant shelters, suitable for longer-term care for minors, the Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Mark Weber told CBS News on Saturday. But in the meantime, authorities are struggling to find space for another 5,000 kids, held by Customs and Border Protection inside …
Read More »Migrant children held in US custody soar to 14,000 as Biden press secretary accidentally acknowledges border ‘crisis’
The official said the number of youths detained after attempting to cross the border had soared to 14,000 during a Thursday press briefing, noting that they are divided between facilities run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Border Patrol. While the official argued that …
Read More »Serving Met Police officer taken into custody in connection with Sarah Everard disappearance
Both individuals are being kept at a London police station after their Tuesday evening arrest, the Met said in a statement. Police described the development in the case as significant and the identity of the man “shocking and deeply disturbing.” “We will continue to work with all speed on this …
Read More »Alexey Navalny remanded in custody for 30 days after unexpected hearing in police station one day after arriving back in Russia
The decision means that he will be detained for 30 days awaiting trial. Navalny is accused of breaking the terms of his probation, following a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence he recieved in 2014. That conviction relates to a fraud case involving the French cosmetics brand Yves Rocher. The hearing was …
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