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Guinea Bissau Rapper Murder

Vigario Luis Balanta, a Guinea-Bissau rapper and opposition activist, was beaten to death in March after being dumped in a field outside the country's capital. His wife, Dulce, had begged him to stay hidden due to increasing threats, but…

Mysterious Indigenous Death Investiga…

NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole spoke about the challenges faced by police officers, particularly after the tragic death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs. He acknowledged the compassion and resilience shown by his…

UK Terror Charges Against Activists

Five Palestine Action activists in the United Kingdom - Brendon O'Hagan, Amanda Kelly, Hmeera Atiqnisar, Mohammed Malik, and Alma Yaniv - are facing sentencing on September 4 for their role in damaging a Barclays Bank branch in Burnley…

Yung Filly Rape Trial

British rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia after a jury found him not guilty on three counts of rape but could not reach a decision on others. The…

Indigenous Leader Abuse Allegations

Kurt Burnstick, the former chief of Alexander First Nation, located about 55 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, has been found by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to have sexually harassed an employee over a period of 9 years. This…

Philadelphia Masked Suspect

Philadelphia police have identified 22-year-old Zymire Hughes as a suspect in a bizarre incident near City Hall on August 12. He allegedly wore a "Chucky-style" mask and threatened at least six people, including asking one woman if she was…

Poland Arrests Suspect

Polish police have detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians. The man allegedly made the call through a post on an online platform dedicated to firearms, which proposed organizing an…

Japan Executes Murderer

Japan has executed a man named Sunao Takami, 58 years old, who was convicted of killing five people in a pachinko parlour fire in 2009. The incident occurred near his home in Osaka. Takami had intentionally set the fire by dousing the…

California Probation Scandal

A 15-year-old girl, who had been on juvenile probation for killing a teenager in Sacramento County, was arrested again while living in a UC Davis dorm room as part of a state program that allows young offenders to serve out their sentences…

ICE Detainee Injury Report

José Mejía Hernández, 45, was walking to a bus stop in Arlington, Virginia on August 11 when two unmarked ICE agents chased and apprehended him. According to his lawyer, Margaret Hellerstein, the man was hit by a stun gun and didn't…

Man's Home Invasion Defense

Jason Munroe, a man from Whitby in the GTA, had his conditional sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal after being found guilty of recklessly discharging a firearm during an armed home invasion. In August last year, he was sentenced to 729…

Bali Insults Silence Day

A Swiss tourist, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, has been sentenced to one year in prison for insulting a sacred religious event on Bali's holiday island. In March, Zgraggen filmed himself walking on an empty beach during the Hindu holiday of…