Tag Archives: detention

  American soldier Travis King returned to United States soil on Thursday, September 28, for the first time since being detained by North Korean authorities in July, U.S. officials said.   King has been held by North Korean authorities since July 18, when he intentionally crossed into the Demilitarized Zone …

The pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been held in Russia since March, has been extended by three months, according to a Moscow court. Mr. Gershkovich has been detained in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison on espionage charges that he, the U.S. government …

The arrest and detention of the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services has been nullified by another Abuja federal high court.    Emefiele through his Counsel, Peter Abang, had asked the court to set aside and nullify his arrest and detention for being illegal …

American boxer,  Gervonta Davis has been sent to prison for the next two months for violating the terms of a sentence that initially saw him avoid jail time.   Baltimore sheriff’s deputies took the lightweight boxing star into custody following a court hearing on Thursday, in which Judge Althea Handy …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed worry over the continued detention of its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the silence of the international community towards his predicament, saying they shouldn’t watch idly and allow Kanu to ‘’die in custody.” IPOB in a press statement by its Media and …

MOSCOW — Meeting behind closed doors, a Moscow court on Tuesday extended the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent accused of espionage, for more than three months, until Aug. 30. The refusal of bail and the extension of Mr. Gershkovich’s detention were widely expected, although Russia has …

Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia last month, declared his innocence in a Moscow courtroom on Tuesday after flashing a smile from a glass defendant’s cage, his first public appearance since his detention on espionage accusations marked a new escalation in President Vladimir V. Putin’s conflict …

The blaze broke out at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, a border city near El Paso, Texas.

First Lady, Aisha Buhari has been sued by her former aide, Zainab Kassim, for N100m in damages over alleged illegal detention and assault.    The former Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the First Lady filed a suit for the enforcement of her fundamental rights against Aisha …

Andrew Tate has lost his appeal against the extension of his detention period at a court in Romania.   The influencer, accused of sex-trafficking and rape, declared his innocence as he arrived at court on Wednesday, Feb. 1, for his latest bid to get out of jail.    ?You know …