tisdag 24 september 2024

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Political situation in Myanmar
The Pope is said to have offered Aung San Suu Kyi refuge

Pope Francis is said to have demanded that Myanmar's imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi be released and offered her the Vatican as a place of refuge. This is reported by Italian media according to AFP.

“I have asked for Aung San Suu Kyi's release and have met her son in Rome. I have proposed that the Vatican give her protection within our territory," the Pope is said to have said at a meeting in Indonesia in early September, according to Corriere della Sera.

He is also said to have said that the Vatican cannot silently watch as democracy in Myanmar is destroyed.

Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed in the military junta coup in 2021 and then sentenced to 27 years in prison.

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Political situation in Belarus
German AfD politician hired political prisoners on onion farm

Jörg Dornau, who represents the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Saxony state parliament, has used Belarusian political prisoners as labor on his onion farm in Belarus. This is reported by the independent Belarusian news site Reform.news according to Politico.

Dornau is said to have signed an agreement with the Belarusian equivalent of the Prison Service, which meant that political prisoners of the Lukashenko regime were allowed to work on his agricultural company.

One of the workers says he was sentenced to 15 days in prison for liking a post on social media. He had to work sorting onions for the equivalent of just over SEK 50 a day. He describes the working conditions as bad and that they were given neither food nor water during the day.

Dornau has not responded to the allegations. He has previously been criticized for his dealings in Belarus.
 
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The Swedish crime export
Icelandic minister warns: Swedish gangs are coming here

Swedish gangs have sent people to Iceland for the purpose of committing crimes, says the country's Minister of Justice Gudrun Hafsteinsdottir, according to Morgunbladid.

The minister mentions, for example, an incident where several people set fire to a car outside a policeman's residence. It must have happened on behalf of a Swedish gang.

Police chief Runolfur Torhallsson specifically singles out the Kronogård network from Kronogården in Trollhättan.

- It is just one of several gangs that want to gain a foothold in this country.
 
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Violence against women in India
Great anger in India after abuse at police station

Great anger has flared up in India after a woman and her fiance were beaten and sexually assaulted at a police station in the Indian state of Odisha, the BBC writes.

The 32-year-old woman and her fiance came to the police station to report a crime, instead several officers jumped on them and subjected them to both assault and sexual assault.

A state investigation has been launched into the case and as a result four police officers have been suspended from their duties. In addition, a fifth police officer has been reassigned.
 

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