KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — More than 100 Rohingya immigrants have escaped from a detention center in Malaysia after a protest, with one confirmed killed in a road accident, officials said Friday. This was the second time in two years that such a breakout occurred. In 2022, 528 Rohingya refugees staged a protest and escaped from … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be freed after a magistrate sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for inciting violence. Job Sikhala, an outspoken official with the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party and a former member of parliament, was … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave MEXICO CITY — Nicaragua’s government released two jailed Roman Catholic bishops and 15 other priests who had been detained during one of the world’s harshest crackdowns on the church, according to a communiqué Sunday. The most prominent of the detainees is Bishop Rolando Álvarez, 58, an outspoken … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Jihad Hammouda said he spent 17 days blindfolded and handcuffed in an Israeli detention facility, made to kneel on the ground for hours at a time. He did not know where he was or when he would be released. Israeli soldiers stormed his family home … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ACCRA, Ghana — For C.M., a member of Cameroon’s English-speaking minority, life in exile is a daily struggle. Years ago, he was one of some 500,000 people displaced by a government crackdown on English speakers in the West African country. The violence, known as the Anglophone crisis, … Read more
BERLIN — Authorities in Berlin said Monday that New Year’s Eve celebrations in the German capital were more peaceful compared to last year despite the temporary detention of 390 people and 54 police officers being injured. Police said many were detained for violating the Weapons and Explosives Act, either using illegal firecrackers or firing them … Read more
BANGKOK — Ding Zhongfu was awakened by loud pounding on his door. Five policemen greeted Ding, an elder in a Chinese church. The officers pinned him to the wall that Thursday morning in November and interrogated him while searching the apartment he shared with his wife, Ge Yunxia, and their 6-year old daughter. Ding’s family … Read more
November 6, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST Jhaidul, a Bangladeshi refugee, looks out to his yard in suburban Melbourne. He was recently released from immigration detention and has spent more than a third of his life locked up, here and in Bangladesh, though he has committed no crimes. (Mridula Amin for The Washington Post) Comment … Read more
CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Saturday he would protest a lack of transparency in China’s treatment of a detained Australian democracy blogger when meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing during a trade-focused state visit. The detention of Yang Hengjun without conviction for almost five years will be one of the topics … Read more
ROME — The Italian authorities accepted new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was once more overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration concern returned to middle stage in Europe with speak of a naval blockade. The measures accepted by the Cupboard … Read more