Headlines- Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
- The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
- In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
- US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
Tag: Police Brutal Torture
Exhibit of Police Brutality in Kenya
An exhibition in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, opened Thursday with the objective of focusing attention on a long list of cases in which Kenyan police have been accused of extrajudicial killings
After Floyd case, will there be...
Relatives of other suspected police brutality victims in the United States are calling for their trials to be reopened after the conviction in the George Floyd murder case
Global: Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse...
Amnesty International on 1 Febuary published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the second half of 2020, including during protests around the election in Uganda, the Black Lives Matter movement
Tamil Nadu Custodial Death Fall Out:...
The NCAT report seemed to further reiterate the extent of police brutality in India even while many Indians were horrified with the video of the American black youth George Floyd. The report stated that there had been a total 1,606 incidents of deaths in judicial custody and 125 in police custody in 2019.
No One Safe As Moscow Police...
As Moscow police respond to peaceful protests with increasing brutality, we filmed all sorts of people caught up in the violence — protesters, passersby, and even a member of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party
‘I Still Have Nightmares’: Kyrgyz Police...
From brutal beatings to suffocation with plastic bags, police in Kyrgyzstan have been accused of using torture tactics on hundreds of people