Tag: arrests
Almost 200 Football Fans Caught on Tape chasing p...
The UEFA Cup Final, always a tense and exciting event for football fans (soccer for you yanks and some canucks), got a little hairier this year when up to 200 football fans chased officers down after the match. The...
Mass Arrests in All-Women Protest
Around 560 women have been arrested during demonstrations in Nepal against China's crackdown on Tibet."In the first example of all-women protests, three rallies in Kathmandu were quickly stopped by police.It was the...
Men charged over 'Tigers' support
Four men have been arrested in London by UK authorities, charged with 'conspiring to support' the rebel Tamil Tiger group in Sri Lanka, which is fighting for independence for the island's Tamil minority."Four men have been charged with conspiring to support the banned Tamil...
96 arrested in San Diego State drug bust
UPDATE 11:15 PSTA major drug operation involving seven fraternities and at least 75 students at San Diego State University has been raided by police.Ironically, one of the students arrested worked for campus police...
US crackdown slowsdown Mexican migrants
"The sandy streets of Sasabe are empty. Migrant smugglers have to hunt for business at border-town shelters. Deported migrants give up after one try, taking their government up on free bus rides home. A U.S....
Olympic torch relay will start in Seoul guarded b...
The torch will be heavily guarded in Seoul on Sunday, as the Olympic torch continues on its journey around the globe. Seoul was the site of the 1988 Summer Olympics."The first of 80 runners was scheduled to start the...
At Least 300 Workers Taken From Chicken Factories...
At least 300 workers have been arrested in chicken factories in Texas."Federal agents arrested hundreds of people in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in five states, the latest crackdown on illegal immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers.In separate sweeps...
Phoenix Mayor Gordon calls for FBI investigation ...
In his letter, Gordon says, "I understand these are serious allegations," Gordon said in his letter to the nation's attorney general. "As mayor of the city of Phoenix, I must speak out when the rights of our residents are violated and the safety of our neighborhoods...
Mass arrests in Tibet as Bush urges China to talk
It's funny to me how such major world leaders simply won't talk to one another, like petulant children. China says 19 have been killed since the protests began more than two weeks ago, while Tibetan exiles put...
China arrests five more over Tibet riots
"Three young Tibetan women were arrested for allegedly setting fire to a garment store on March 14 that led to the deaths of five people, while two Tibetan men were held for allegedly torching a motorcycle store on March 15, which also killed five including an 8-year-old,...
BBC journalists arrested in Irish probe into diss...
Information is slowly coming out about the BBC journalists arrested in Northern Ireland. This is an interesting story for any journalist, I've flagged it as news wanted and am seeking images of the journalists."Four BBC journalists were arrested at the weekend by Irish police...
Tear gas fired at Tibetan monks
Everyone from monks in Tibet to George Clooney seems to be using the Olympics to bring attention to bear on China's extremely controversial human rights record.At least 600 monks were protesting in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, today and were tear gassed by police. This marks...
Egypt arrests 69 more members of banned Muslim Br...
Cairo (ANTARA News) - Egyptian authorities on Wednesday arrested 69 members of the banned opposition Muslim Brotherhood in a series of raids around the country, security sources said.The members were arrested at their homes in Cairo, Giza, Souhag, Qaliobiya, Assyout and...
French police raid housing projects in Paris suburbs
1,100 police to bring 35 people into custody? I think that qualifies as "spreading fear". "French police carried out a series of high-profile raids in poor suburbs close to the capital on Monday, arresting dozens of...
Danish newspapers reprint Muhammad cartoon
"Danish newspapers today reprinted a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad, a day after three people were arrested for allegedly plotting to kill the man who drew it.When the image was originally printed as part of a...
