Ghana’s Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has renewed his warning that heavy-handed tactics by state investigative agencies are eroding the country’s democratic culture, following the arrest of Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Director of Communications for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), at Kotoka International Airport. Aboagye, a former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee…
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Delhi Police has arrested two law students of Lucknow University in connection with a recent Supreme Court hearing during which a litigant – one of the arrested students – hurled abuses at judges in the courtroom.
Delhi Police has arrested two Lucknow University law students in connection with the disruption of proceedings before the Supreme Court last week, during which one of them hurled abuses at the Chief Justice of India, flung case papers inside the courtroom and created a commotion.
South African security forces have arrested more than 200 people, most of them undocumented foreign nationals, in a major raid targeting illegal mining. The operation took place on Tuesday at a gold mine shaft west of Johannesburg
The Danish wildlife journalist was arrested while seeking work permits in Kampala, with authorities yet to disclose the alleged offences as concerns grow over increasing pressure on Uganda’s media