FRANCE BRACES FOR MORE PROTESTS AFTER POLICE KILL FRENCH-ALGERIAN TEENAGER

Wed 28 June 2023: France is bracing for further protests, after police shot dead a teenager, an incident which French President Emmanuel Macron said, has “moved the entire nation”. Clashes broke out between demonstrators and police overnight, after an officer killed the French-Algerian teenager, in a Paris suburb, Nanterre. The officer fired at the boy, […]

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A SENIOR RUSSIAN GENERAL HAD ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF PRIGOZHIN’S PLANS, REPORT

  President Putin decorates the general for his work in Syria. ALEXEI DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / KRE Wed 28 June 2023: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently […]

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UN EXPERT URGES US TO APOLOGISE FOR GUANTANAMO ABUSES

Wed 28 June 2023: Special rapporteur calls for accountability for past abuses and end to ongoing ‘structural shortcomings’ at US prison. A United Nations expert has called on the United States to apologise for the torture of Guantanamo Bay prison inmates, to ensure accountability for abuses, and to close down the infamous US-run detention facility in Cuba. […]

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‘UK POLICE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ETHNIC MINORITIES BASED ON SUSPICION’

Wed 28 June 2023: Ethnic minorities in Britain are “racially discriminated” by police officers based on false information and suspicion, according to a British human rights advocate. In an interview with Anadolu, Muhammad Mussa, a spokesman for the London-based independent advocacy organization CAGE, talked about “discriminatory and misogynistic” behavior by British police in light of […]

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PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR TRANSFER OF WAGNER EQUIPMENT TO RUSSIAN MILITARY, MOSCOW SAYS

Tue 27 June 2023: On Tuesday, Moscow said that preparations were underway to transfer military hardware owned by the Wagner paramilitary group to the Russian Armed Forces, Anadolu Agency reported. “Preparations are underway for the transfer of Wagner PMC (private military company) heavy military equipment to the active units of the Russian Armed Forces,” the […]

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EVERY REFUGEE DEPORTED TO RWANDA WILL COST UK TAXPAYERS $215,000

Tue 27 June 2023: An impact assessment of the UK government’s Illegal Immigration Bill has found that the cost of sending one person to Rwanda could be almost £170,000 ($216,479). Estimates have said that having one person in the asylum system costs £106,000 ($134,990), meaning it would cost around £64,000 ($81,503) more to fly someone […]

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OVER 6,500 ARRESTS SINCE CRACKING OF CRIME CHAT NETWORK: EUROPOL

Tue 27 June 2023: More than 6,500 people have been arrested following the 2020 dismantling of EncroChat, an encrypted communications tool used by organised crime, Europol said on Tuesday. Close to 200 of the arrests were of “high-value targets”, said the organisation that assists EU members in international investigations, adding that nearly 900 million euros […]

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