Delhi police flag march in Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar (northeast Delhi ) after the days of violence, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena A court has acquitted six men who were accused of committing arson, rioting, and theft during the 2020 communal riots in northeast Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge … Read more
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi speaking during an event in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi expressed concern over the law and order situation in Telangana, and demanded that the Congress government post duty-oriented officers to keep communal conflagrations at bay. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president, at a recent … Read more
Delhi police flag march in Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar (north east Delhi) after the days of violence, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The prosecution concluded its arguments on September 22 against the applications filed by some of the people accused of hatching the conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast … Read more
File photo of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Months before violence broke out during Ram Navami celebrations, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition highlighting how religious processions are being “weaponised” with participants brandishing arms in public and often unleashing mayhem. In December 2022, a petition by NGO Citizens for … Read more
Brasilia, Brazil CNN — Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday claimed he would no longer lead the country’s opposition as he boarded a flight home for the first time since his election defeat that culminated in thousands of his supporters rioting in protest at the result. Bolsonaro, who denies inciting violent attacks in the … Read more
CNN — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, the law firm representing Bolsonaro confirmed to CNN Brasil on Monday. The request was filed on Friday, January 27, AG Immigration told CNN Brasil, and comes amid reports that he arrived to the US on an … Read more
Britain’s then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw with then External Affairs Minister in New Delhi on May 29, 2002. | Photo Credit: PTI Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, in an interview with veteran journalist Karan Thapar of The Wire on BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots, said that the British government conducted an investigation … Read more
CNN — French police on Friday fired teargas amid clashes with agitated protesters outside a Kurdish community center in the heart of Paris, where a gunman earlier killed three people and injured four others in an attack with possible racist underpinnings. All three people killed inside and near the Kurdish Cultural Center Ahmet-Kaya on Rue … Read more
CNN — At least 20 people, including four police officers, were injured on Saturday in clashes between protesters and police in the southern Peruvian city of Andahuaylas in the Andes. The Ombudsman’s Office said on Twitter it was working with health personnel to verify if the injured had received “adequate medical care in the city … Read more
CNN — Iran’s Supreme Leader has praised the country’s Basij paramilitary force for its role in the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters. Meeting with Basij personnel in Tehran Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the popular protest movement as “rioters” and “thugs” backed by foreign forces and praised “innocent” Basij fighters for protecting the nation. The … Read more