Nichola Mandil in Juba and Danai Nesta Kupemba in London BBC News AFP Gen Gabriel Duop Lam is in charge of the military wing of the opposition party The arrest of an army general from South Sudan’s main opposition is a “grave violation” of the peace deal that ended a five-year civil war, an opposition…
The cleaners had scrubbed the debating chamber clean before MPs arrived for Wednesday’s session in Serbia’s National Assembly. Spent smoke bombs, smears of egg yolk and a dusting of white fire extinguisher powder had all been removed from the benches and tables after the mayhem of the previous day. The police had also been on…
A Venezuelan opposition activist who was arrested during anti-government protests in January has died in jail, his party has said. Reinaldo Araujo, a leader of the Vente Venezuela party in Trujillo state, had been suffering from health problems, which his wife said were not treated while he was in prison. Vente Venezuela’s leader, María Corina…
EPA Party chairman Lo Kin-hei addressed reporters at a late night press conference on Tuesday The leaders of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city’s largest opposition group. Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman Lo Kin-hei said….
Reuters Giorgi Gakharia suffered a broken nose and concussion, his doctor said Former Georgian Prime Minister and opposition party leader Giorgia Gakharia has been treated in hospital after he came under attack at a hotel, reportedly by members of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Gakharia is said to have suffered a broken nose in the…
Venezuela’s opposition says its leader María Corina Machado was briefly arrested and then freed after addressing a protest rally on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed inauguration. Machado, 57, was “violently intercepted” in eastern Caracas and the motorcycle convoy in which she was riding was shot at, the opposition said, adding that she was…
Photo courtesy of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s legal team Khalid Sheikh Mohammed The US government has succeeded in temporarily blocking the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks from pleading guilty amid a dispute over the terms of a pre-trial agreement. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants reached deals last summer to plead guilty to all…
EPA Lim Kimya was hit in the chest by two bullets in Bangkok’s royal quarter It had all the hallmarks of a cold-blooded, professional assassination. Next to a well-known temple in Bangkok’s historic royal quarter a man is seen on a security camera video parking his motorbike, removing his helmet, so that his face was…
“Babaryko is alive!” Those were the words of Viktor Babaryko’s team after seeing the first images of the imprisoned Belarusian opposition politician in more than 630 days. Arrested in 2020 as he tried to run for president against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Babaryko was then held incommunicado behind bars as extra punishment. His political team…
Venezuela’s government has offered a $100,000 (£81,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the opposition’s exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González. He fled the country in September and was granted political asylum in Spain after Venezuela’s authorities ordered his arrest, accusing González of conspiracy and of forging documents. González had vowed to return to…
