Tag: Police
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German police start removing climate activists from Lützerath
A police operation is underway to remove protesters from the village of Lützerath in western Germany. The authorities have started building a fence around the village telling the activists to leave. Around a thousand climate protesters have been occupying the village for more than two years over plans to expand the nearby massive open-cast mine. The…
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Portugal sends coup investigators to São Tomé and Príncipe
Portugal has sent a team of investigators and police experts to the tiny equatorial nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, after an “urgent request for assistance” in the aftermath of an alleged attempted coup which left four people dead, authorities in the two countries said. The team was sent on Sunday, and will “work directly…
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Amadou Koumé: Three French police officers convicted over black man's death in 2015
Three French police officers have been convicted over the death of a black man during his arrest in Paris in 2015. The officers were all found guilty of manslaughter on Tuesday and handed 15-month suspended prison sentences. Two of the defendants had strangled Amadou Koumé and pressed their knees on him during the arrest. The third man…