• CPJ, MENA Rights Group file Urgent Action to UN on disappearance of Syrian journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the MENA Rights Group (MRG), filed an Urgent Action on April 12, 2024, to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, asking for the Iraqi Kurdish government to clarify the fate and whereabouts of Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmed, who was arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan on October 25, 2023. Ahmed,

  • UN Human Rights Council holds session on Afghanistan's Human Rights situation

    The periodic review session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Afghanistan’s human rights situation will be held today, Monday, April 29th. The review session, which will run from April 29th to October 10th, will examine the human rights situation of 14 countries, including Afghanistan. On the first day, before lunch, the human rights […]

  • Study: Racial bias is no 'false alarm' in policing

    Black drivers are more frequently searched during traffic stops without finding contraband than white drivers, according to a University of Michigan study.

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    Mission police search for group that allegedly stole cosmetics

    MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Mission police are searching for three women and a man who allegedly stole over $1,000 worth of cosmetics at a local Target. On March 9, authorities responded to a Target located at 2427 E. Expressway 83, according to a release from the Mission Police Department. Authorities say it was reported that []

  • French police break up pro-Palestinian university protest

    French police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest by dozens of university students in Paris, officials said on Thursday, as Israel's bombardment of Gaza sparks a wave of anger across college campuses in the United States.

  • French police union threatens to disrupt Olympics relay

    A French police trade union threatened Tuesday to disrupt the Olympics torch relay ahead of the start of the Paris Games this July unless officers were given bonuses.The Alliance union said that the French prime minister's office and economy ministry were holding up special Olympics payments promised to police of as much as 1,900 euros ($2,032).Warning that a first demonstration had been called for Thursday, the union said that other actions could follow and "we do not rule out disturbing the...

  • French police summon Gérard Depardieu over suspected sexual assault

    French police summoned cinema legend Gérard Depardieu on Monday over suspected incidents of sexual assault with a view towards placing him in custody for questioning, a police source said.

  • Five die attempting Channel crossing, say French police

    At least five people, including a child, died overnight during an attempt to cross the Channel from France to Britain, a French police source said on Tuesday.

  • DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Police have a duty to defend Jewish rights

    DAILY MAIL COMMENT: What is this country coming to when a Jewish man trying to cross the street in his home city is prevented from doing so by police for fear of upsetting a mob

  • French police detain man after alert from Iran consulate in Paris

    French authorities on Friday detained a man after receiving an alert from the Iranian consulate in Paris that someone had entered carrying an explosive, the capital's police authority said.

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    French actor Gérard Depardieu in police custody, legal team says

    French actor Gérard Depardieu has been taken into police custody in Paris to face questioning, his lawyer told CNN Monday. The 75-year-old presented himself at a police station in Paris on Monday morning, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV, and is being questioned over accusations of sexual assault by two women alleged to have taken place on film sets. Depardieu has previously been placed under formal investigation for alleged rape and sexual assault after a number of women filed complaints...

  • Did Texas Police Violate First Amendment Rights of Pro-Palestine Protesters?

    On Wednesday, police arrested 57 people, including one journalist, on charges of criminal trespassing on the University of Texas at Austin’s campus during a protest against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and the university’s investments in weapons manufacturing. In a statement to the Observer, a UT-Austin spokesperson said that about half of those arrested were […]