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South African rights campaigners say it would be a disgrace to grant diplomatic immunity to Grace Mugabe.South Africa plans to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, after she was accused of assaulting a model at a hotel in Johannesburg, government sources have said.

Mugabe is accused of attacking Gabriella Engels, 20, with an electrical extension cord after Engels went to see the Mugabes’ sons Robert and Chatunga at the Capital 20 West hotel in Johannesburg’s upmarket Sandton district. South African police have put border posts on “red alert” to prevent Mugabe fleeing... Read more HERE.

Published on 18/08/2017 @ 16h00  |

Image result for Barcelona and Cambrils attackers planned bigger atrocityDetails have begun to emerge of how one Catalan police officer shot dead four of the five attackers who tried to run people down in the coastal town of Cambrils in the early hours of Friday morning.

Police chief Josep Lluis Trapero, who is leading the investigation into the attacks, told a press conference on Friday afternoon that one officer had managed to kill all but one of the attackers. He said that it was “not easy” for the officer involved despite being a professional. Read more HERE

Published on 18/08/2017 @ 15h54  |

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, left, at the international criminal court in The Hague.A former Islamist militant who was jailed for destroying holy sites in Timbuktu is liable for damages of €2.7m (£2.5m), judges at the international criminal court (ICC) have ruled.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was imprisoned for nine years last year after pleading guilty to war crimes for his involvement in the destruction of 10 mausoleums and religious sites in Timbuktu in 2012. Jihadis used pickaxes and bulldozers to attack the mausoleums and the centuries-old door of the Sidi Yahya mosque. Read more HERE.

Published on 18/08/2017 @ 15h51  |

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, left, at the international criminal court in The Hague.A former Islamist militant who was jailed for destroying holy sites in Timbuktu is liable for damages of €2.7m (£2.5m), judges at the international criminal court (ICC) have ruled.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was imprisoned for nine years last year after pleading guilty to war crimes for his involvement in the destruction of 10 mausoleums and religious sites in Timbuktu in 2012. Jihadis used pickaxes and bulldozers to attack the mausoleums and the centuries-old door of the Sidi Yahya mosque. Read more HERE.

Published on 17/08/2017 @ 15h20  |

Rodrigo Duterte ‘should retract his reprehensible remarks’, Human Rights Watch said.Human Rights Watch has denounced a call by Philippine president for police to shoot rights activists who get in the way of his bloody drug war.

Duterte should immediately withdraw his statement or be investigated for possibly instigating or inciting violence against Philippine rights advocates, the advocacy group said. The body’s deputy Asia director said the threat “is like painting a target on the backs of courageous people working to protect the rights and upholding the dignity of all Filipinos”. Read more HERE.

Published on 17/08/2017 @ 15h13  |