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Legal
Ex-rapper, notorious IS suspect goes on trial in Spain
(AFP) Former British rapper and notorious Islamic State suspect Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, who was arrested in Spain in 2020, went on trial in Madrid on Wednesday. The 32-year-old former rapper from west London, who allegedly posted an image of himself holding a […]
Government & Politics
Austria appoints Jordanian as security chief Appointment follows criticism of old security organisation after failure to prevent attack by Islamic State sympathiser in November
(Middle East Eye) An Austrian-Jordanian has been appointed … head of the country’s new security agency, following harsh criticism of the previous institution’s failure to prevent an attack by an alleged Islamic State (IS) sympathiser. The appointment of Omar Haijawi-Pirchner as head […]
Health & Medicine
France’s virus lockdown delays Charlie Hebdo attack trial
(AFP) The trial of 14 people accused of helping the jihadist gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and other Paris targets in January 2015 has been postponed because of France’s coronavirus lockdown, prosecutors said Wednesday. The presiding judge for the trial, […]