Thousands rally in Turkiye over journalist arrests, media shutdowns
Thousands have protested across Turkiye against the arrests of journalists and restrictions on independent media. Authorities have jailed reporters, seized control of opposition broadcaster Halk TV and blocked news websites. The government denies targeting journalists for their work.
Those targeted include Newton Ahmed Barry, a journalist for Radio France Internationale as well as former foreign minister Djibril Bassole, several officers and cyberactivists. According to the prosecutor, more than six cases involving over 45 individuals and legal entities are currently under investigation by Burkina Faso’s specialised anti-terror judicial unit.
The Ghana Police Service has been giving detailed accounts of the operation that led to the arrest of a prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a 57-year-old man and his niece at Sakumono in Tema this year. But police surprised the suspect at his hideout in Tikrom near Ejisu, cutting short his preparations and attempts to flee the country to the United States.
The Ghana Police Service says a 72-year-old man suspected of murdering two relatives at Sakumono in Tema was arrested at his hideout in Tikrom, near Ejisu, after days of intensive search. Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Godwin Ahianyo, said officers from the Suntreso District Command and the Anti-Armed Robbery Team tracked the suspect to his residence in the Ejisu Municipality.
By Ayobami Okerinde The Oyo State Police Command has arraigned two men over the unauthorised filming and online circulation of the remains of late gospel singer Olayemi Bayonle Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, as well as social media allegations linking his family members to his death. The command said Dunminimnun shared videos accusing the deceased’s personal assistant and members of his family of having a hand in his death.
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old woman for allegedly kidnapping her three-year-old niece, and demanding a ₦10 million ransom. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Yazid Abubakar, the incident was reported to detectives of the State Intelligence Department on October 30 by the victim’s father, Abdulganiyu Sahabi, a resident of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area.
Siberian rubythroat was thousands of miles off course from its route to winter in south or south-east Asia A bird that flies south from its breeding grounds in Siberia to winter in south and south-east Asia has been found thousands of miles off course in Cumbria.