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Niger tribunal grants ousted president’s son provisional release from house arrest

Niger tribunal grants ousted president’s son provisional release from house arrest

NIGER'S military tribunal granted the son of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, Mohamed Bazoum Salem, provisional release from house arrest in the capital Niamey, it said in a statement. Salem, 23, has been in detention at the presidential residence with his parents since his father was toppled during a military coup in July. The coup, one of eight in West and Central Africa since 2020, was widely condemned, led to sanctions from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), and prompted widespread calls for Bazoum's release and a return to democratic rule. The tribunal did not provide details on the…
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Internet personality Andrew Tate to be moved to house arrest, lawyer says

Internet personality Andrew Tate to be moved to house arrest, lawyer says

DIVISIVE internet personality Andrew Tate will be moved to house arrest after a Romanian court accepted an appeal, his lawyer said. Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects have been under police detention since Dec. 29 as prosecutors investigate them for suspected human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. They have denied all accusations. "The judges from the appeal court in Bucharest admitted our appeal and rejected the proposal of the prosecutors to extend the warrant and changed the measure to home arrest for all the defendants," Tate's lawyer Eugen Constantin Vidineac told…
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Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture gets two years jail but flees

Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture gets two years jail but flees

MARK TREVELYAN A Russian who was investigated by police after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school was sentenced to two years in a penal colony on charges of discrediting the armed forces. But the whereabouts of the convicted man, Alexei Moskalyov, was unclear. The court said in an official posting on VKontakte, similar to Facebook, that he had fled from house arrest. Moskalyov has been separated from his 13-year-old daughter Masha since he was placed under house arrest at the start of this month and she was moved to a children's home in their hometown of Yefremov, south…
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Jordan’s Prince Hamza defies the military in new recording

Jordan’s Prince Hamza defies the military in new recording

SULIEMAN AL-KHALIDI JORDAN’S estranged Prince Hamza said in a voice recording released yesterday that he would disobey orders by the army not to communicate with the outside world after he was put under house arrest and accused of trying to destabilise the country. The half-brother of King Abdullah and former heir to the throne said in the recording released by the country's opposition that he would not comply after being barred from any activity and told to keep quiet. While Prince Hamza is not seen as a direct threat to the king, his actions suggest he is keen to shore…
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‘Everywhere I am in chains,’ says Uganda’s Wine

‘Everywhere I am in chains,’ says Uganda’s Wine

UGANDA’S opposition leader Bobi Wine accused security forces of humiliating him, his family and staff as he was freed from house arrest in place since a disputed January 14 election that he lost to long-serving President Yoweri Museveni. Soldiers and police left the 38-year-old pop star's large compound, in a leafy northern suburb of the capital Kampala, in compliance with a court order and under pressure from the United States and other Western countries. "It has been an experience of isolation, of torture, of humiliation, having our compound turned into a military garrison," Wine told Reuters from his garden, wearing…
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Ugandan court orders opposition leader’s freedom, troops still block his home

Ugandan court orders opposition leader’s freedom, troops still block his home

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA AN Ugandan court ordered security forces yesterday to free opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a presidential election has drawn international pressure on President Yoweri Museveni's government. Hours later, his large compound in a leafy northern suburb of the capital Kampala remained blockaded. "The military and police are still surrounding our home and indeed, they are still locking our gates and are not allowing anybody to move out, or anybody to come in," he told Reuters in a video message. Former guerrilla leader Museveni, 76, has long been a Western ally, receiving copious…
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