One of the Indian women sentenced to be gang-raped speaks of her fear
One of the sisters sentenced to be gang-raped in India has spoken out about her terrifying ordeal. Meenakshi Kumari, 23, and her 15-year-old sister fled her village after the elders decided they were to be gang-raped as punishment for their brother who ran away with a married woman. She now lives in fear that someone […]
Two poachers in Kenya sentenced to pay US$1 million each or else face life in prison
A magistrate’s court in Narok, a town seen as the springboard to the Masai Mara Game Reserve with a string of conservancies around it, has handed down the toughest sentence yet on two Kenyan men convicted of illegal possession of ivory, illegal trading of ivory, and related charges. Both were sentenced to either pay 100 […]
Russian Publisher Rewrites Books on Vladimir Putin Without Western Authors’ Consent
In the original 2012 form of “Expelled: A Journalist’s Descent Into the Russian Mafia State,” the British journalist Luke Harding gives a personal account of the harassment he and his family experienced at the hands of the F.S.B., the chief successor agency to the K.G.B. It covers his time in Russia as he reported on […]
Cameroon Dismantles Illicit Drug Network
Packets of cocaine, cannabis, heroin and some electrical appliances were seized August 9th. Nineteen individuals are currently in police custody after household items and illicit drugs including cocaine, cannabis, heroin and musical and electrical appliances, stethoscope, rolls of cloth, cartons of bags gas cylinders, gas plates and a bag containing mobile phones of doubtful origin […]
25,000 farmers seek permission to hang themselves on India’s Independence Day
On the event of India’s 69th Independence Day, a group of 25,000 farmers from India seek permission to hang themselves for lack of compensation for losing their land to a construction project, according to IBTIMES. The farmers from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, who had their land taken away by the Indian government without consent for […]
Marikana Families Sue Police Minister Nathi Nhleko
Families of the 37 mineworkers killed in Marikana are taking on Police Minister Nathi Nhleko in court. The families, represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of SA (SERI), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and Wits Law Clinic, filed papers at the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning. In a statement issued by SERI and […]
Norway To Deport Or Imprison Rioting Asylum Seeking Children
Norway is threatening to imprison or even deport a group of teenaged asylum seekers after they mounted a rebellion at a reception centre 50km north of Oslo. The 20 youths last week barricaded themselves inside the gym at the Lunner Reception Center, throwing stones at police in protest at the decision to move one of […]
Algeria ‘Strongly’ Condemns Terrorist Attack Against Nigerian Market
Algeria strongly condemned the terrorist attack perpetuated Tuesday, against a market in north-eastern Nigeria, and reaffirmed its “absolute rejection” of terrorism, said Wednesday the ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué. “Algeria strongly condemns the terrorist attack perpetuated, Tuesday, against a weekly market in the village of Sabon Gari, located in north-eastern Nigeria, killing 47 […]
Border Police Collect Over 200 Citizens From DRC for Illegal Stay
The Angolan Border Police gathered in the past 48 hours, in the province of Lunda Norte, 255 people from DRC for illegal stay in the country under the “intermittent” operation said Commissioner, Aristofanes dos Santos. The spokesperson of the General Command of the National Police, who was speaking to Angop, said that in addition to […]
What It Means to Be An Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Rebel Captivity
Ravages of war are indelible trails of misery in society. If we were all sensible to the well-being of society we would shun anything to do with war. There are many effects and defects of war that one would not want to recount, yet they remain vivid and cause ill feelings that provoke reactions. In […]
