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Day: August 17, 2023

Legal

Terrorism peace bond hearing continues for B.C. woman formerly linked to ISIS

August 17, 2023 Kevin Charach  

(CTV) Kimberly Polman is the focus of a peace bond hearing applied under a rarely used section of the criminal code involving measures to prevent possible terrorist activity. In 2015, Polman claims she was lured to Syria by her husband, an ISIS […]

Government & Politics

Pressure on Meloni grows as Italy’s interior ministry announces 100,000 migrant arrivals this year

August 17, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(Euronews) Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni came to power in October last year promising a firmer grasp on immigration. But her efforts have not slowed the arrivals. More than 100,000 migrants have landed on Italian shores so far this year, according to […]

Beards

Florida may never free this prisoner, but court says one of his freedoms must be restored

August 17, 2023 Camellia Burris  

(Miami Herald) It will be a long time if ever before Durell Sims tastes real freedom, but an appeals court has validated one freedom: the ability to grow a bushy beard behind bars. In the latest twist in litigation that has lasted […]

Children & Teens

Rochdale grooming: Five men convicted of historical child sex offences

August 17, 2023 Phil McCann  

(BBC) Five men have been convicted of “sickening” historical child sexual offences as part of a grooming gang. Mohammed Ghani, 38, Insar Hussain, 38, Jahn Shahid Ghani, 50, Martin Rhodes, 39, and Ali Razza Hussain Kazmi, 35, sexually exploited two teenage girls […]

Demonstrations

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings

August 17, 2023 Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander  

(Reuters) Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against Islam’s holiest text outraged Muslims and triggered threats from jihadists. Anti-Islam activists have damaged several copies of […]

Crime

Algerian to be deported for Swiss mosque attack

August 17, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(Swiss Info) Winterthur district court has sentenced a 50-year-old Algerian man for attacking two worshippers in the An’Nur mosque. The man received a suspended prison sentence of 12 months and a seven-year ban from Switzerland. The man, who was involved in an […]

Health & Medicine

Experts split on mental health of Oslo Pride shooter

August 17, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Psychiatric experts in Norway are at odds over the mental health, and associated legal responsibility, of a shooter who killed two people on the sidelines of Oslo’s 2022 Pride festival, police said Thursday. On the night of June 25, 2022, a […]

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