Don’t wear expensive stuff in Rotterdam – unless you can prove you bought it! Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | `Fashion Police’ in the Dutch city of Rotterdam is rolling out a new and highly controversial pilot program aimed at reducing crime. The program will target young men wearing designer …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Human Rights Awareness and Promotion forum (HRAPF), A Civil Society Organization that provides legal support and representation to marginalized people has threatened to shift its operations to the Old Kampala Police station citing security concerns. The executive director Adrian Jjuuko said that effective Monday …
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Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Britain’s most senior Catholic said Friday that there have “never been so many victims of human trafficking” at a Vatican conference aimed at tackling the problem. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and president of the Santa Marta anti-trafficking group, said: “We estimate there are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The case against controversial former Buyende District Police Commander ASP Muhammad Kirumira took yet another twist, when prosecution withdrew two charges of torture against him at the Police Tribunal. Prosecution told the tribunal at Naguru that they did not have witnesses to enable them …
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THIS WEEK: Police open fresh investigation into former Crane Bank staff Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have opened fresh investigations into fraud at the defunct Crane Bank and summoned two of the bank’s former Information Technology (IT) staff. Zaki Syed, a senior IT manager and Samuel Mutunga, another …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversial District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira has vowed to resign, claiming he is being mistreated by the police force. The Buyende DPC has been in the spotlight for the last five years over accusations of abuse of office. ASP Kirumira appeared at a police …
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Bogota, Colombia | AFP | A rash of bombings hit police stations in northern Colombia over the weekend, killing seven police and injuring dozens more in what authorities said appeared to be the work of drug gangs. The attacks began early Saturday in the city of Barranquilla, where five police officers …
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Bogota, Colombia | AFP | At least five police officers were killed and 41 others wounded Saturday when alleged drug traffickers detonated a bomb at a station in the northern city of Barranquilla, hours after a car explosion ripped through a security post near the border in neighboring Ecuador. There …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The wife of embattled patron of Boda-Boda 2010 association and Rubaga NRM Chairman Hajji Abdallah Kitata has dragged both the Inspector General of police General Edward Kale Kayihura and the Chief of Defence forces General David Muhoozi to Court seeking orders compelling them to …
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | DR Congo’s minister for human rights on Tuesday called for the prosecution of police who opened fire on anti-government protestors at the weekend, in a crackdown condemned by the EU and UN. Six people were killed, scores injured and dozens arrested, according to the …
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