Daily Archives: Apr 29, 2024

Following a Justice, Crime Prevention, and Security Cluster held in Pretoria last week, South African Police Minister Bheki Cele announced the creation of a task force to address the rising threat of political killings as the country moves closer to the date of its Presidential election. What You Need to Know: The announcement came after 54-year-old Poppy Morapedi, an African National Congress (ANC) ward councillor in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, was shot dead by four...

Thousands of indigenous protestors marched on the streets of Brasilia, Brazil's capital, on Thursday, calling for the government to increase security in indigenous territory, recognize community land claims, and the proposed construction of a new rail system. The Protest: Members of the indigenous community marched towards Three Powers Square, named for its housing of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Planalto presidential palace, the official workplace of the President. The march comes amid the Free Land Indigenous...

The Philippine National Police’s (PNP) National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) announced the arrests of two Chinese nationals as local police served a search warrant in the metro Manila area on April 14th. The NCRPO‘s Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) and other police officers executed the warrant at a residence in Taguig City in relation to a 24-year-old Chinese national, Su Haiqiang, for allegedly “violating Section 28 par. (a) of TA 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms...

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have began to encircle El Fasher, the regional capital of North Darfur and the last remaining stronghold of the government in the entire Darfur region, after almost two weeks of fighting close to the city. Alarm Bells Ringing The UN, among other Sudanese and international human rights groups, have warned of an imminent attack upon El Fasher as RSF forces encircle the city. The RSF's encirclement suggests a large, coordinated...

A demonstration against the establishment of a site for asylees rocked Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, on Thursday night, following growing frustrations among Ireland's anti-immigration activists. The Demonstration: Protests against the construction at the site known as Trudder House, or the River Lodge, have been ongoing for weeks after Ireland's Department of Integration announced plans to establish 20 eight-person tents for international protection applicants in the small Irish town just south of Dublin. The demonstration reportedly began after locals...

Echo Moscow, citing a release from the investigative Russian media outlet Proekt, has reported that for the first time a minor in Russia, a 17-year-old girl from Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, named Lyubov Lizunova, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for alleged anti-war comments she made when she was 16 years old, in which she called for arson and sabotage of military registration and enlistment offices in online Telegram channels...