Tag: Arrests
Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine
MOSCOW — A well-known Russian opposition politician who was held in police custody for two days last week in a criminal investigation said Sunday...
Al Jazeera: Reporter forcefully detained by Israel
JERUSALEM — Israeli border police forcefully detained a veteran correspondent for the Al Jazeera satellite channel while she was reporting from an embattled Jerusalem...
Mother of teen in girl’s slaying faces tampering charge
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy accused in a teenage girl's slaying is facing a charge of evidence tampering,...
Inmate on the lam since November arrested in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, N.D. — Authorities in South Dakota say an inmate who escaped from a minimum-security prison in Rapid City in November is back...
Official sues over his arrest at police brutality protest
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County supervisor has filed a lawsuit against the city and county alleging law enforcement officers violated his civil rights when...
Nicaragua detains yet another opposition politician
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Police in Nicaragua detained another leading opposition politician and potential presidential candidate Saturday, the latest in a series of moves by...
Ex-San Francisco official’s ‘robbery’ was just bad joke
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s former public works director, who resigned after being charged in a City Hall corruption case, won't face criminal charges...
In Belarus, yellow tags single out political prisoners
KYIV, Ukraine — While visiting her son in a Belarusian prison, Natallia Makavetskaya saw deep scars on his wrists left by tight handcuffs. She...
Player arrested for alleged match-fixing at 2020 French Open
PARIS — A tennis player suspected of match-fixing last year has been arrested in Paris during the French Open, the Paris prosecutor's office said...
India pursues fugitive high-end jeweler arrested in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica — A wealthy jeweler sought by Indian authorities for questioning in an alleged $1.8 billion fraud case in his native India remained...