The warning about a brewing Maidan-style coup in Tblisi came on Saturday from Georgia’s State Security Service. It said supporters of the former president have planned disruptive protests in the capital starting this weekend. The protesters will allegedly block government buildings, major roads, and the prison in which Saakashvili is …
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On Sunday, a post was published on Saakashvili’s Facebook page explaining to people interested in his personal life that his romance with Yelyzaveta Yasko is not new and his past relationship with Sandra Roelofs is finished. “I am involved in much larger fights in my life than my private affairs. …
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Major General Julian Alford, who leads the Marine Training Command (MTC), referred Scheller to a special misdemeanor court-martial on Wednesday, a MTC spokesman told Stars and Stripes. He is accused of “displaying contempt toward officials,” wilfully disobeying and disrespecting superior officers, conduct unbecoming, dereliction of duty and failure to obey …
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Gottesfeld is serving a 10-year sentence for a “cyberattack” on Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014 – which he says he did to help end the “torture” of the teen girl Justina Pelletier, who was being administered the wrong treatment while her parents lost custody of their daughter to the state …
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The release of the ex-president was announced by the country’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Sunday after it evaluated a medical report on Zuma’s health. Instead of serving the remainder of his term incarcerated, the politician will be placed on an unspecified ‘community corrections’ course. “Medical parole placement for …
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Bureau of Prisons Attorney Katherine Siereveld has taken unprecedented measures to block Gottesfeld from conferring with his legal team, the inmate’s wife, Dana Gottesfeld, has said in an interview. “I think it’s an act of retaliation because it’s only against Marty and not against other people,” she told RT. Siereveld …
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Andrew Tezna, 36, was sentenced on Thursday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia to 18 months in prison, out of 30 years he potentially faced after pleading guilty to fraud. Tezna “essentially treated Covid-19 relief programs as a personal piggy bank,” according to Raj Parekh, acting US Attorney for …
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Some 25,000 people gathered in central Madrid on Sunday, according to estimates by Spain’s National Police. Local law enforcement estimated a higher figure, however, stating that at least some 126,000 demonstrators had shown up for the rally. The activists decried government plans to grant a pardon to the Catalan separatist …
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The men were found guilty of arson with risk to human life, the court said in the verdict on Saturday. The defense claimed that their clients had been framed by a witness, saying that the ruling was “an inconceivable conviction without evidence.” The lawyers earlier filed a request for three …
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The 28-year-old suspect appeared before court on Thursday. The hearings were heavily fast-tracked, coming only two days after the slapping incident. Tarel was accused of an assault on a public official, with the offense carrying a maximum of three years in jail and a hefty fine of up to €45,000. …
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