According to thelocal.se, a Swedish journalist was arrested by police during demonstrations at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday evening, according to a Turkish colleague. “I think she will be deported back to Sweden,” Ongun Burak Guzel told the Expressen daily. The journalist is reported to have spent the evening in the Vatan police station and it remained unclear on Sunday what offence she is alleged to have committed. Read article
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According to Arabtimesonline.com, an Asian expatriate was arrested in possession of 191 bottles of locally brewed liquor in Wafra area. According to a security source, a patrol officer noticed an Asian expatriate selling locally brewed liquor to the laborers of the construction project in Wafra area. He arrested the suspect and referred him with the […]
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As reported by focus-fen.com, Bulgarian border police officers detained 37 illegal immigrants in an attempt to cross the Turkish-Bulgarian border in the past twenty-four hours. The illegal border-crossers were busted in the region of Elhovo Border Directorate, the press office of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced. The detainees are 18 men, 7 women and 12 […]
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As reported by Aljazeera.com, Iran has detained 13 fisherman from two United Arab Emirates vessels which crossed into what Iran claims as its territorial waters in the Gulf, the Iran-based Press TV has reported. The 12 Emirati nationals and one Indian national were transferred to a military dock, Press TV quoted base commander Colonel Ali […]
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According to hurriyetdailynews.com, four Belgian citizens who had wanted to fight in the Syrian war were arrested by Turkish police on the border, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Internal Affairs and Equal Opportunities Joelle Milquet said. Milquet said the four Belgians had been sent back to Belgium on June 17, adding that this […]
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Fars News Agency reports that Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was beaten and detained by police near the Taksim Square in Istanbul. Babchenko said that he was photographing empty police cars when people in police uniform run up to him, demanded that he must stop photographing and took him by the arms. “I tried to shake […]
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According to elpais.com, in early-morning raids, police in Barcelona on Wednesday arrested five Tunisian nationals on charges of allegedly propagating jihadi terrorist messages on the internet’s social networks. The five suspects, who were detained in different parts of the city, have been specifically charged with glorifying terrorism and were scheduled to be taken before the […]
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Dawn.com reports that airport officials briefly detained four US embassy officials at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport Wednesday morning who were then sent back to Islamabad. There was no verbal spat or scuffle. Airport officials confirmed the incident but did not elaborate why the officials were sent back. A US embassy spokesman confirmed the incident and […]
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According to capitalfm.co.ke, more than 150 Chinese citizens arrested in Ghana for illegal mining will be deported next week but will not face criminal charges, an immigration official said Friday. The 169 arrests have been carried out since June 1 across the west African country and particularly in the central Ashanti region, a major gold-mining […]
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Three Nepalese nationals — all below 25 years of age — were arrested on Thursday morning for gang-raping a 30-year-old American tourist in a moving truck. Two days back, the woman from California had lodged a complaint that a truck driver and two of his accomplices had gang-raped her in the vehicle. Read article
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