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Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the reports are “extremely worrying”.

Kyrgyz special services seize record amount of heroin Xinhua 19 May 2021, 18:30 GMT+10 BISHKEK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstans special services have seized a record amount of heroin worth more than 20 million U.S. dollars, the press service of the countrys State Committee for National Security reported Tuesday. A heavy-duty vehicle was detained on May 13 in the Osh Region, in which heroin with a total weight of more than 440 kg was found, the report said. Two Kyrgyz citizens were detained on ...

Detective Branch to investigate charges against Prothom Alo reporter Rozina

9 protesters held in Kazakhstan for demanding release of relatives in Chinas Xinjiang ANI | Updated: May 14, 2021 05:54 IST Almaty [Kazakhstan], May 14 (ANI): Police have detained at least nine protesters in Kazakhstans Almaty who have been staging demonstrations outside the Chinese consulate of the city to demand the release of their relatives held illegally in China. Out of the nine protesters, two of the protesters, Baibolat Kunbolat and Tursungul Nuraqa...

Veteran Uyghur advocates sister confirmed dead ANI 13 May 2021, 10:27 GMT+10 Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Amid Chinas increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, the younger sister of veteran Uyghur rights advocate Rebiya Kadeer is confirmed to have died after her release from an internment camp in the region, according to sources. Arzugul Kadeers relationship with Rebiya had been cut off since mid-2014, but in late 2017 she received information that her sister h...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has joined the call for Omar Ameen, the Sacramento man accused of being an ISIS commander, to be released from Immigration Customs Enforcement custody.On Tuesday, the Sacramento Valley chapter of CAIR, alongside Ameens attorney, family, friends, and supporters, gathered outside of the federal building downtown to bring attention to Ameens case."We demand that ICE stop trying to strip him of his lawful refugee status and stop trying to depor...

Two guns, knife found in backpack at New Hope High School; student facing charges Two guns and knife were found in a students backpack at New Hope High School By Caroline Klapp | May 5, 2021 at 11:52 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 11:54 PM HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Two students found with guns at valley schools and bomb threats at other schools, all happened within days of each other. The weapons were confiscated and the student has been detained. (Source: WAFF) It’s been a scary and emo...

Thousands of Myanmarese residents in Japan took the streets to call upon Tokyo to recognise the National Unity Government (NUG), an organisation set up in oppos

Monday, 03 May 2021 - 22:45 German police have arrested three men and a fourth is being held in Paraguay for allegedly running one of the worlds biggest online networks for sharing images of child sex abuse. The international operation, involving several police forces, targeted a dark net platform called Boystown, which has now been taken down. Officials say Boystown had more than 400,000 registered users. They say some images showed the most serious sexual abuse of young children. The dark net...

Myanmar’s Journalists Mark World Press Freedom Day in Hiding, Exile, Detention A journalist covers a crackdown on an anti-regime demonstration in Mandalay in February. / The Irrawaddy 328 By The Irrawaddy 3 May 2021 It would not be overstating the case to say that press freedom has been completely extinguished in Myanmar, with almost all independent journalists forced to work undercover, their newsrooms closed, living with the daily threat of raids, arrest, violence and lawsuits. Since the ...