Venezuela

Venezuela opposition figures seized in overnight raids

Venezuelan authorities are urged not to use excessive force during an already 'extremely volatile situation,' after two opposition figures are seized from their homes in overnight raids

1 August 2017

USA

Man ‘smuggled venomous snakes in crisp container’

26 July 2017

Turkey

Anger over Turkey's detention of Amnesty activists

Turkey releases four of ten detained Amnesty International activists but holds on to the other six while it investigates terror related charges

18 July 2017

Turkey

Turkey detains rights activists including local Amnesty chief

Turkish police have detained 10 people including the local director of Amnesty International, in a raid the NGO called a "grotesque abuse of power". No reason was given for the arrests.

7 July 2017

Italy

Assets worth 280 billions seized in Rome anti-Mafia swoop

Carabinieri police in Rome seize assets worth about 280 million euros in a major anti-mafia operation.

23 June 2017

Turkey

Enes Kanter's father released from Turkish custody after arrest

The father of NBA player and outspoken critic of Turkish President Erdoğan Enes Kanter has been released from custody of authorities after his initial arrest on June 2nd as reported by local media and

8 June 2017

Turkey

Amnesty chairman detained in Turkey

7 June 2017

Turkey

NBA player and Erdoğan-critic Enes Kanter's father arrested in Turkey

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2 June 2017

World News

WATCH: Would-be hijacker carried off Malaysia Airlines plane

1 June 2017

USA

Police release Tiger Woods arrest video

1 June 2017

Morocco

Morocco arrests Rif protest leader Nasser Zefzafi

Nasser Zefzafi will reportedly be charged with "threatening national security."

29 May 2017

United Kingdom

Soaring tension over Manchester attack leaks row

25 May 2017

Indonesia

LGBT community under increasing attack in Indonesia

LGBT community in Indonesia face growing prejudice

22 May 2017

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Crackdown in crackland

Brazilian riot police arrested 34 in a pre-dawn raid on Sunday (May 21) in the downtown Sao Paulo neighbourhood known as Cracolandia (Crackland), a notorious zone where crack cocaine users and addicts

22 May 2017

Italy

Mafia clan ran migrant centre for ten years, say Italian police

Italian police say they have made 68 arrests and dismantled a leading mafia clan that ran a leading reception centre for migrants for ten years, creaming off state…

15 May 2017

Turkey

Turkey: dozens detained and sought over alleged terror links

Turkish authorities detain dozens suspected of involvement in last July's failed coup attempt, following which thousands were taken into custody.

12 May 2017

USA

Hundreds arrested in "biggest ever" US gang crackdown

1,378 people have been arrested in the United States over the last six weeks as part of an operation to identify and prosecute gang members.

12 May 2017

Russia

Five LGBT activists detained in Russia

The group were delivering a petition over the alleged violent crackdown on gay people in Chechnya when they were detained.

11 May 2017

Italy

Italian police arrest suspects after migrant murdered at sea

Three Nigerians and two Libyans suspected of people trafficking, torture and murder have been arrested by Italian police after the shooting of a migrant at sea.

11 May 2017

Germany

Third arrest in German army attack probe

German police have detained a third man suspected of involvement in a plan by an army officer and a student to carry out an attack.

9 May 2017