Many people here spent the first few days after the attack living outside in the scorching heat, in the fields and on the streets. They described feelings of depression and anxiety, a fear of open spaces, trouble sleeping and crying frequently when they recalled Wednesday’s events. Community leader Akmal Bhatti said, “Most people in the […]
Two Christian brothers have been arrested on charges of blasphemy after torn pages of Quran with offensive words were pasted on the walls of a mosque in Jaranwala in the early hours of Wednesday. Anwar said that he personally interrogated the couple to avoid the possibility of allegations of torture. On Friday, 3,200 churches were […]
Local media reported two deaths in those clashes. The atmosphere seemed to have cooled down on Wednesday morning, but heavy security was in place across the capital, especially outside the so-called police line where the special court would be convened. Authorities also ordered the closure of schools across the country, and continued to restrict access […]
Biden meeting In the interview, Lula reiterated that he would meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on February 10, after receiving an invitation when the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies discussed the Brasilia riots by phone. The Brazilian uprising was similar to the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol […]
The Bolsonaro video was posted online but later removed two days after the violent storming of the president, Congress and the Supreme Court. The PGR explained that even though the video appeared after the mutiny, it could serve as “a possible connection” that warrants a “global investigation into the acts committed by the defendants before […]
US lawmakers’ allies on the January 6 Committee have engaged in preliminary talks to cooperate with Brazilian lawmakers calling for a military coup to overthrow the president by protesters, according to two people familiar with the matter. Investigating the storm in the capital, Brasilia. US Representative Benny Thompson, chairman of the recently disbanded House of […]
“Now we are going to rest and prepare ourselves for another fight because if they think they will scare us, they are very wrong,” Agostinho Ribeiro, an independent supporter of Bolsonaro, told AFP. He said the treatment of detainees at a police gymnasium was humiliating and compared it to a Nazi concentration camp, blaming the […]
The junta said that prisoners used sticks, bricks and pieces of cement to attack security forces. The officials tried to bring the situation under control but talks failed and they resorted to force. “Officers opened fire to disperse the crowd and bring the riot under control,” the statement said. The junta said that one prisoner […]
Brussels police said in a statement that, even before the end of the match, “dozens of people, some wearing hoodies, sought a confrontation with the police, which compromised public safety.” A spokesman said some fans were armed with sticks and a journalist was “injured by fireworks”. About a hundred police officers were mobilized, while residents […]