#arrest warrant

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gaza death toll surpasses 44,000

Gaza health officials said on Thursday that the death toll from the 13-month war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000, as the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes related to the Gaza war.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Hamas leader Al-Masri

According to the warrants, Netanyahu and Gallant could be arrested if they travel abroad. According to unconfirmed reports, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif. may have been killed by Israel.

The court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, requested the arrest warrants in May, saying there were reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant were “criminally responsible” for the mass starvation in Gaza, which constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On Thursday, the court said it found reasonable grounds to believe that Deif was responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and hostage-taking.

Gaza officials say death toll surpasses 44,000

Gaza health officials said Thursday that the death toll from the 13-month war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000.

Gaza’s health ministry did not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but it said more than half of the dead were women and children. The Israeli military claims to have killed more than 17,000 militants, without citing any evidence.

Meanwhile, a rocket fired from Lebanon killed a man and wounded two others in northern Israel on Thursday, according to Israel’s main ambulance service.

The Magen David Adom rescue service said paramedics found the body of a man in his 30s near a playground in the town of Nahariya, near the Lebanese border, after a rocket fired on Thursday.

Israel launched a war against Hamas after Hamas-led militants stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping another 251. About 100 hostages are still in Gaza, at least a third of them believed to be dead.

Most of the rest were released during a ceasefire last year. The Israeli offensive has caused severe destruction in the vast coastal territory and displaced 90 per cent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million.

770 children arrested in the West Bank since last October

More than 770 children from the West Bank have been arrested since the start of Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip last October, human rights sources said.

On International Children’s Day, which is marked on November 20, the Commission for Detainees and Former Detainees and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said on Wednesday that in light of the ongoing crime of enforced disappearance of Gazans, there are no accurate figures on arrested children from Gaza.

They explained that at least 270 children remain detained in Israel’s Ofer and Megiddo prisons, as well as in other military detention camps, including new camps established following the escalation of Israeli arrest operations that have affected thousands of citizens.

Human rights groups indicated that arrested children have been subjected to severe beatings and threats, confirming that statistical studies and documented evidence indicate that arrested children have been subjected to some form of physical or psychological torture through a number of systematic means and methods that contravene human rights laws, international conventions and the rights of the child. According to them, some children were executed on the spot during detention operations.

Statistical studies have also documented a number of cases of children being used as hostages by the Israeli army to force their family members to surrender, noting that the most striking of these cases was the story of a three-year-old child from the town of Beit Liqya in Ramallah who was arrested for an hour and a half before being released when his father was forced to surrender.

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(PrR)(Al-Mayadeen) — “Israeli” media reported that the occupation's military institution estimates that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former “Security” Minister Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza could lead to further international arrest warrants and criminal actions worldwide against senior officers, regular soldiers, and reservists who engaged in the war.

According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the IOF have recently identified around 30 cases where legal actions, including criminal procedures, have been taken against officers and soldiers involved in the war on Gaza who planned to travel abroad. The military has warned them to avoid traveling, fearing arrest or investigation in the countries they planned to visit.

The occupation military has also instructed some of its officers and soldiers currently abroad to leave immediately to avoid facing legal action.

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Rodrigo Duterte, autocratic former president of the Philippines, has been arrested and is being flown to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity. 👍🏼

Philippine police have arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs". The 79-year-old was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at Manila airport from Hong Kong. He has offered no apologies for his brutal anti-drugs crackdown, which saw thousands of people killed when he was president of the South East Asian nation from 2016 to 2022, and mayor of Davao city before that. [ ... ]

The ICC earlier said that it has jurisdiction in the Philippines over alleged crimes committed before the country withdrew as a member. But activists called the arrest a "historic moment" for those who perished in his drug war and their families, the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) said. "The arc of the moral universe is long, but today, it has bent towards justice. Duterte's arrest is the beginning of accountability for the mass killings that defined his brutal rule," said ICHRP chairman Peter Murphy. Duterte had been in Hong Kong to campaign for the upcoming 12 May mid-term elections, where he had planned to run again for mayor of Davao. Footage aired on local television showed him walking out of the airport using a cane. Authorities say he is in "good health" and is being cared for by government doctors.

Holding rogue leaders accountable is essential if there is to be such a thing as the rule of law. The arrest of Duterte is a major step forward.

Duterte's arrest marks the "beginning of a new chapter in Philippine history", said Filipino political scientist Richard Heydarian. "This is about rule of law and human rights," he said.

As president he may have killed as many as 6,000 people without trial. And that doesn't count his time as mayor of Davao.

Duterte served as mayor of Davao, a sprawling southern metropolis, for 22 years and has made it one of the country's safest from street crimes. He used the city's peace-and-order reputation to cast himself as a tough-talking anti-establishment politician to win the 2016 elections by a landslide. With fiery rhetoric, he rallied security forces to shoot drug suspects dead. More than 6,000 suspects were gunned down by police or unknown assailants during the campaign, but rights groups say the number could be higher. A previous UN report found that most victims were young, poor urban males and that police, who do not need search or arrest warrants to conduct house raids, systematically forced suspects to make self-incriminating statements or risk facing lethal force. Critics said the campaign targeted street-level pushers and failed to catch big-time drug lords. Many families also claimed that the victims - their sons, brothers or husbands - were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Investigations in parliament pointed to a shadowy "death squad" of bounty hunters targeting drug suspects. Duterte has denied the allegations of abuse. "Do not question my policies because I offer no apologies, no excuses. I did what I had to do, and whether or not you believe it... I did it for my country," Duterte told a parliament investigation in October.

Duterte took the law into his own hands. Now he's in the hands of the law.

Donald Trump can't be too happy about the arrest of Duterte and that of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea.

Duterte idolized Trump and Putin and appeased China.

His populist rhetoric and blunt statements earned him the moniker "Donald Trump of the East". He has called Russian President Vladimir Putin his "idol" and under his administration, the Philippines' pivoted their foreign policy to China away from the US, its long-standing ally. Marcos restored Manila's ties with Washington and criticised the Duterte government for being "Chinese lackeys" as the Philippines is locked in sea dispute with China.

Duterte's daughter Sara is the current vice president of the Philippines. She is being impeached for corruption and for making death threats against President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr..

Philippines feud escalates as lawmakers vote to impeach vice-president

The arrest of wannabe dictators should make Trump look over his shoulder more often.

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Aperçu of the week

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”

(Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of the current Republic of South Africa from 1994 to 1999)

Bad News of the Week

They try to spin it as a success, even a breakthrough: using a newly developed telescopic robotic gripper arm over 20 meters long, it has been possible to retrieve 0.7 grams of radioactive material from a reactor at the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The plant was damaged by a tsunami 13 years ago. No, that's not a bad joke: 0.7 grams after 13 years. 880 tons still need to be salvaged. There are so many things that upset me about this story that I don't even know where to start. So I will limit myself to two aspects.

If things continue at this rate, it will take over 16 billion years to completely decommission the plant. That won't be the case, of course. But it is a fitting image to illustrate the immense time spans that are fundamentally involved with radioactivity - keyword half-life. Specifically, the operator TEPCO expects to be able to complete the decommissioning of the reactor units by 2051. Experts consider this timetable to be completely unrealistic. In addition, there is still no suitable equipment for recovering the nuclear waste, nor is there an interim storage facility, let alone a final repository.

For me, this is precisely the core reason for being against nuclear energy: the problem of final storage. According to Wikipedia, in 2022 there were 423 reactors in operation worldwide, 56 under construction and more than 100 planned. There are already more than 250,000 tons of heavy radioactive waste awaiting final disposal. The world's first final repository is due to be completed in Finland in the next few years. In Germany - incidentally, we shut down all nuclear power plants after the Fukushima meltdown and have already dismantled some of them - almost 2,000 employees of the state-run Federal Company for Final Disposal are working on this issue. Depending on the scenario, the planned end date for the search for a site is currently 2046 to 2068. The issue is therefore obviously highly complex. And only one thing is certain: future generations will be burdened with high costs and high risks for literally eternity.

Another issue is that of site security. Since Three-Mile-Island, but at the latest since Chernobyl, everyone knows how fatal any serious system failure at a nuclear power plant is, or must be. So you have to rule out as many eventualities as possible from the outset. Therefore - please excuse the direct question, dear Japanese - I wonder how stupid you have to be to build a nuclear power plant on the coast of an earthquake-prone tectonic plate boundary? As a result of the Niigata-Chūetsu coastal earthquake in 2007, the company's largest power plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, had to be shut down for 21 months due to earthquake damage. The consequences of the Tōhoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011 for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were therefore anything but a surprise, but rather a disaster with an announcement. The question was not if, but when the catastrophe would occur.

What have we learned from this? Nothing. In March 2022, a majority of Japanese voted in favor of nuclear energy for the first time since 2011. In 2022 and 2023, the Japanese government adopted guidelines that provide for the lifetime of existing reactors to be extended beyond the previous limit of 60 years. And the current government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is even planning to build new nuclear power plants: “We need to make full use of nuclear energy”. In order to reduce its dependence on oil and gas imports, avoid electricity shortages and achieve its climate protection targets more easily. But at what cost?

Four lithospheric plates - the Eurasian, North American, Pacific and Philippine plates - meet beneath Japan. At their boundaries, the permanent plate displacement creates tensions that must discharge regularly but unpredictably - in the form of earthquakes that lead to tsunamis in the sea. Three-Mile-Island and Chernobyl are hundreds of kilometers away from such influences. And the meltdowns happened anyway. In Japan, it has always been madness to build such sensitive systems as nuclear power plants. And it will always be.

Good News of the Week

Oops, they did it again. The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for a top politician. Last time, all the staunch democrats applauded - because it was issued against Vladimir Putin for war crimes against Ukrainians. This time, far fewer apparently convinced Democrats are applauding - because it was issued against Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes against Palestinians. At this point, I must once again make one thing very clear: I am a German. Who is fully aware of the historical guilt that our nation has for the suffering of the Jewish people. And who nevertheless refuses, as is expected of Germans and usually happens reflexively, to criticize nothing and absolutely nothing that Israel does.

Okay, now let's all take a deep breath and devote ourselves to the facts without any emotion. All kinds of independent observers - from journalists to the Red Cross to the United Nations - agree that the actions of the Israeli military in Gaza are also massively endangering the life and limb of civilians. To put it mildly, 43,972 people have been killed and 104,008 injured - according to figures released by the Israeli military itself on November 21, 2024. And according to the Geneva Conventions, this is a war crime. For which the head of state is, so to speak, vicariously liable under international law. In the past, no one has doubted this in the case of African despots, and they have not slaughtered thousands single-handedly either.

Many victims on the Palestinian side are not even in focus. This is because they live in the Israeli heartland, with many families having been resident there long before the Israeli state was founded. And they come to terms with their Jewish neighbors. After all, they are all human beings and not everyone allows themselves to be radicalized by political or ideological currents. And these Palestinians are now suffering from a tipped mood. And little Fatima wonders in the playground why little Sarah is no longer allowed to play with her. The same applies to the labor market, where low-skilled jobs were traditionally held by Palestinians. Now they are being thrown out and replaced by guest workers from India or Pakistan - “Hindus only” is the slogan of the hour.

At this point I have to take a short detour. Apartheid in South Africa shaped my political youth. In 1987, I enthusiastically sang along to white Zulu Johnny Clegg and Savuka: Asimbonanga, Asimbonang′ uMandela thina, Laph'ekhona, Laph′ehfeli khona. We have not seen him, We have not seen Mandela, In the place where he is, In the place where he is kept. “Free Mandela” was one of the first political pins I pinned to my school backpack back then. And when Nelson Mandela, Madiba, Tata, became South Africa's first truly freely elected president in 1994 and didn't spend a second contemplating revenge that would have been so well understood, I was proud to be a young man working for the South African Economic Consul to get the country back on its feet after years of sanctions.

What Israel is doing to the Palestinians is nothing less than apartheid. Part of the population is treated as second-class citizens. This has always been unjust and inhumane. And it will always remain unjust and inhumane. Condemning this has nothing whatsoever to do with anti-Semitism. It's also not automatically sexist if I think a female colleague is stupid. After all, I don't think that because she's a woman. It's because I think she's stupid.

The latest chapter is the so-called “administrative detention” that Israel has invented. In principle, this means being arrested without any concrete accusation or suspicion. Just like that. Which should not exist in a state governed by the rule of law. This is how Israel is taking action against terror suspects in the West Bank. And now there should only be detention for Palestinians. And no longer for Israeli settlers, even though they are known to be much more militant.

The whole thing makes me so incredibly sad. And I would be so incredibly happy if someone were held accountable for this. Preferably Benjamin Netanyahu. I have no illusions that one day he will actually sit in the dock, let alone be convicted. But I find it more than just symbolic value that an internationally recognized institution based in Europe has come to the conclusion, that he would deserve it. And nobody is above the law.

I couldn't care less...

...about the ridiculous results of the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. “When reality doesn't give more” is the headline of the German Tagesschau news portal. And that is exactly what happened: not enough was given. Especially from the rich polluter countries in the North to the poor countries in the global South that are suffering the most from the consequences. My hopes are now pinned on the next conference in Brazil. Because Lula da Silva is undoubtedly the most convinced ecologist of all the G20 heads of state.

It's fine with me...

...that the SPD once again wants to go into the early federal elections with Olaf Scholz as its lead candidate. A spirit of optimism and glamor may look different to the beleaguered Chancellor, who is not called “Scholz-o-mat” for nothing. But he stands with both feet in the here and now and follows a solid moral compass. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of his main rival - the conservative candidate Friedrich Merz, who is far ahead in all polls. It's rare that Russia and I are of the same opinion: Scholz is the lesser evil.

As I write this...

...as a Swede, I would be reading the booklet “When a crisis or war comes”. The Swedish Civil Protection Agency (MSB) wants to prepare the population for an emergency with this information brochure, which has been sent to all households: “The security situation is serious and we must all strengthen our resilience in order to be able to face various crises and ultimately a war”. This reminds me darkly of the Cold War era with its fear of a fatal nuclear strike.

Post Scriptum

A colorful coalition - the red-yellow-green traffic light coalition of Social Democrats, Liberals and Greens - has just collapsed at federal level in Germany and it is almost surprising how long it has lasted without a fundamental consensus. Another colorful coalition - the black-purple-red blackberry coalition of conservatives, populists and social democrats - has just come together at state level in Thuringia and it is surprising that they have found a basic consensus.

A general newcomer, and not only in this constellation, is the populist party Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht). Formed less than a year ago through a split from The Left, it is difficult to categorize, as the party is considered left-wing in socio-economic terms and right-wing in socio-cultural terms. As a protest party, the BSW was quickly accused of focusing on fundamental opposition and shying away from taking responsibility.

This is why the down-to-earth pragmatism with which the Thuringian state association has set itself apart from its eponymous founder and drawn up a coalition agreement with the CDU and SPD is surprising. And regardless of what this agreement says, it is already a democratic victory. Because the association of these three parties prevents the election winner AfD (Alternative für Deutschland / Alternative for Germany), which is classified in Thuringia as definitely right-wing extremist, from taking power. Thank you.

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday reaffirmed the Biden administration's opposition to the International Criminal Court potentially issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other top officials related to Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.

"Would the U.S. or the White House see any potential arrests by the ICC as an aggravating factor in the negotiations?" one journalist asked about talks to end the bloodshed and free hostages.

Jean-Pierre responded: "So, we've been really clear about the ICC investigation. We do not support it. We don't believe that they have the jurisdiction. And I'm just gonna leave it there for now."

Asked later about President Joe Biden's Sunday call with Netanyahu and whether the U.S. government is involved in any attempts to avert warrants from the Hague-based court, the press secretary echoed her previous comments.

The exchanges followed reporting that the Israeli government, in partnership with the U.S., is "making a concerted effort to head off" possible arrest warrants from the ICC targeting Netanyahu as well as Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

Citing two unnamed Israeli officials, Axiosreported that Netanyahu on Sunday asked Biden to help prevent the ICC from issuing warrants. A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council told the outlet that "as we have publicly said many times, the ICC has no jurisdiction in this situation and we do not support its investigation."

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OneNETnews EXCLUSIVE: An arrest warrant from a Texan TikToker facing multiple charges in the Dallas County area due to a Suspicious Money Glitch

(Prepared by Ronnie Anne Santiago & Miko Kubota / Stringer Correspondent of Nickelodeon News & Radyo Bandera Patrol #4 news reporter of OneNETnews + Station Manager and President of ONC)

DALLAS, TEXAS -- A Texan-based TikToker named Krishna Sahay is facing controversy after allegedly utilizing an illegal money glitch found in American gift cards to purchase inexpensive items. Stronger allegations surfaced following a series of online video shorts posted exclusively on his own TikTok account, which is owned by Bytedance.

Supermarket and mall stock prices are all drop unexpectedly due to repetitious cyber money heist in Q2 2023.

In the videos, Sahay claims to have discovered a flaw in the system that allows him to buy hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of items as associated with a gift card that has no balance or had been used before. He detailed the process step by step, showing his TikTok followers how to replicate his actions professionally. The videos quickly gained attention, with many viewers expressing skepticism and shock at the money glitch. However, some expressed concern at the legality of Sahay's actions, pointing out that exploiting such a loophole could be seen as a totally fraudulent.

Several individuals reported their TikTok videos to relevant authorities in Texas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF), prompting an investigation into Sahay's activities. As a result, the TikTok user is now facing potential legal consequences.

Many TikTok users have condemned Sahay's actions, calling for him to be held accountable for his behavior and make amends. Some even called for his account to be later banned, citing concerns about his influence targeted to younger users. In response to affected controversy, Sahay issued a closed-door statement apologizing for his public actions online and acknowledging the legal ramifications. He is admitted that he had not fully understood the significant nature of his actions and expressed regret for any harm done.

Despite his apology, the ramifications of Sahay's actions could be significant. Experts have cautioned that taking advantage of gift card system flaws could cause additional security problems and expose consumers and businesses to fraud and other unlawful activities. The case also emphasizes the importance of spreading knowledge and encouraging responsible online behavior, particularly among the younger generation, which may be more vulnerable to such schemes than those that imitate him.

The investigation is underway as based from his activities of Sahay as it remains to be seen what the outcome will be, as according to Dallas Police Department (DPD). At this moment, Sahay will soon face publicly in court with a multiple charges of Cyber Money Heist, Money Laundering, Shoplifting and even violates policies online on TikTok.

The intense controversy serves as an unsettling cautionary tale that there are no shortcuts to success in money glitches when it comes to financial difficulties for those who might be tempted by the lure of easy money, rather than a traditional gambling point. We urgently reached out to Walgreens, Walmart and Target for a comment and to be turned over via E-Mail for this situation.

STOCK PHOTO COURTESY: Wall Street Journal BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JTPuWRHGKec [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #1 via Krishna Sahay] *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YqjPyGpwXbw [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #2 via Krishna Sahay] *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fq4XRQ0kupY [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #3 via Krishna Sahay] *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8o8GGYgaYvo [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #4 via Krishna Sahay] *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fo6cWi43SaA [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #5 via Krishna Sahay] *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g4gnC7Znc88 [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #6 via Krishna Sahay] and *https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VU9QAuiU4wY [Referenced YT Shorts Relay #7f via Krishna Sahay]

-- OneNETnews Team

[ellevandersneed]

Hi everyone, Safaa has reached out to me again. She is struggling. She and her family have very little to eat, her little son Amir who is less than a year old, cries from hunger. Bread costs $350, and Safaa tells me any kind of vegetable available costs more than $70. Your attention and your donations are needed now more than ever. She was able to get a loaf of bread the other day, to be shared between her and her family. What will tomorrow bring, or the next?

Safaa has raised $43,595 out of her goal of $75,000. Can we get her to $44,000 tonight?

Help Save Palestinian Lives!

Hello all, Safaa has given me permission to make a post to help promote her fundraiser. She is 26 years old and a new mother. Her son is 5 months old and is named Amir. Her mother suffers from chronic diabetes and her father has recently suffered a stroke.

As we move into the winter months, the displaced people of Gaza are finding it harder and harder to survive. As temperatures drop, Safaa struggles to keep herself and her son warm. Blankets and warm clothes are scarce. It is one thing to starve, another thing to starve and freeze, another thing to starve, freeze, and have to constantly flee from bombs dropped by Israel. Not even the water is safe to drink. Safaa is forced to cut pieces of cloth for her child instead of using diapers, which have skyrocketed in price due to the blocking of aid by Israel at the borders leading into Gaza. A few dollars can help save a life. A reblog, or sharing a fundraiser in your Discord, or over text with your friends and family, or elsewhere, can help save a life. These people have been struggling for over a year now, some of them have been struggling for much longer.

Safaa is vetted here. I have spoken with her myself and I believe her story. You can donate to her campaign here.

She currently only has $32,410 out of the her goal of $75,000.

This is money that not only goes towards the funds necessary to evacuate Safaa and her family, but towards key necessities for living like food, child care products, etc. A few dollars can help feed a family for a day. When we last spoke, she told she she hasn't received any donations today. You could be the person that helps keep her and her son fed!

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Hungary Plans to Host Netanyahu Despite ICC Arrest Warrant Hungarian officials have confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Hungary in the coming weeks, notwithstanding an international arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to the ongoing war in Gaza. Gergely Gulyás, chief of staff to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…

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Assistant to EPP lawmaker arrested in Italy

Italian authorities arrested Lucia Simeone, an assistant to MEP Fulvio Martusciello, affiliated with the European People’s Party (EPP), under a European arrest warrant issued by Belgian prosecutors, according to Euractiv.

Simeone was detained on allegations of criminal association, money laundering, and corruption, as reported by national media. She is scheduled to be questioned on Saturday. It is not yet clear whether her arrest is connected to two ongoing cases involving Martusciello – one related to the Huawei investigation and the other concerning expenses fraud.

Earlier this week, Belgian media revealed that Belgian police have been investigating Martusciello and former MEP Giuseppe Ferrandino (Renew) for over a year. The two are suspected of forging signatures to fraudulently claim parliamentary allowances, allegedly covering for each other to maximise expenses.

Martusciello’s name has also surfaced in connection with a Portuguese lawyer and lobbyist arrested in France last week as part of the same Belgian-led probe into Huawei’s influence operations, according to the Portuguese newspaper Expresso.

Last week, Belgian authorities sealed two offices linked to the investigation – one belonging to EPP MEP Marco Falcone and the other to Adam Mouchtar, an assistant to Bulgarian Renew MEP Nikola Minchev. On Monday, Falcone’s offices were returned to his assistants after the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Safety and Security (DG Safe) removed the seals.

Falcone stated that the seals were placed “despite the complete lack of involvement of myself and my assistants in the Huawei investigation.” He added that he is considering legal action to address the damage to his reputation caused by recent events.

To date, the Belgian investigation has led to the arrest of four lobbyists linked to Huawei, who are suspected of bribing current and former MEPs to advance Chinese interests in Europe.

Read more HERE

[rabbitcruiser]

Based on formal complaints from Joseph Hutchinson, Thomas Putnam, Edward Putnam and Thomas Preston, Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin issue warranted to arrest Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba for afflicting Elizabeth Parris, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam Jr. and Elizabeth Hubbard on February 29, 1692.

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CDER FOR CANCELLED RAILWAY FINE - No Judicial Authority

What it Means: Processed or shared your personal data unlawfully, constituting a data breach under the UK GDPR. Failed to follow proper court procedures by carrying out enforcement without the required warrant or authority, causing distress. What is UK GDPR? ::::::::::: Legal Grounds for Your Claim: 1 Data Breach (UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018): ◦ If the enforcement company or local…

[sofiaflorina2021]

To be honest, I am happy with the issuance of the arrest warrant by the ICC for the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.

[lawzapo-legal]

Can a FIR against my brother in law affect my career even though I was never arrested or convicted?

As you have been found not guilty or acquitted, you will not face any problems in your career now or in future.

In case of arrest or summons issued against you, you will need to follow a different process.

You need to obtain a copy of the judgement and keep it with you for future use if any situation warrants.

Unless and until the court convict an accused he is deemed to be innocent.

In your case a FIR is filed against you, it's only an allegation against you and after filing FIR, in investigation conducted by police, no evidence was traced by police supporting allegation against you in FIR as such in the initial stage itself the prosecution find your innocence and closed case.

So if a court has convicted then your carrier might have affected but you r innocence revealed by the prosecution itself on closing case which shows that a false case is registered against you

It will not effect your carrier in any manner.

You may file for quashing of FIR to get rid of the case under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. before the concerned high court.

FIR quashing is the petition filed before High Court for quashing the FIR and all related proceedings against the accused.

A FIR can be quashed by the High Court if the Court is satisfied that the accused is falsely implicated and FIR is bogus and frivolous.

Reference Laws: FIR

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Political arrest of activist opposed to genocide

On November 8, 2024, Ian Curr was arrested and detained at the Carina Police Station on an arrest warrant related to an assault by police on union members and retired workers at the May 6 Labour Day Rally. The police assault commenced while former Premier Steven Miles was addressing unionists about his working class credentials. Here is Channel 9 footage of his assault by police. In typical…

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BALITANG INTERNASYONAL: Former PH President 'Rodrigo Roa Duterte' arrested by the ICC, where he takes two-way flight near Afrojack's home residence

SOUTH HOLLAND, NETHERLANDS -- Former Philippine president 'Mr. Rodrigo Duterte', notorious for his war on drugs scandal was arrested on Tuesday (March 11th, 2025) after an International Criminal Court (ICC) first issued a warrant early last weekend on March 7th. Duterte, the 16th president of the Philippines from late-June 2016 to also late-June 2022 is now en route to 'The Hague, Netherlands' to face charges of crimes against humanity. His flight had a layover in 'Dubai, United Arab Emirates' (UAE) before reaching Rotterdam early Thursday morning at 12mn onwards, the following day, according to flight tracking service 'FlightRadar24' after a late-night press conference on Tuesday at 11pm.

Rodrigo Roa Duterte, more fondly referred to as "Tatay Digong", was famous as Davao City, Davao del Sur's longtime mayor before becoming president. His leadership was defined by his hard-line policy on crime, particularly drug-related crime. Duterte's war on drugs claimed thousands of lives, and the official government figures of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) put the number of victims of anti-drug operations at over 6,200. However, human rights groups put the number of deaths much higher as they cite cases of extrajudicial killings (EJK) and other abuses committed by them.

Interestingly, the object of Duterte's ire is 'The Hague', which is a short 30-minute drive from Dutch electronic dance music disc jockey (EDM DJ)'s residence "Afrojack" (real name is 'Nick Leonardus van de Wall') in South Holland. Afrojack, a globally acclaimed independent music producer and DJ has dominated the electronic dance music industry for almost two (2) decades. Famous smash hits hammered like "Take Over Control", Afrojack has worked with music artists like 'Beyoncé Giselle Knowles' and 'David Pierre Guetta'. Although there is no known connection between the two (2) individuals, the closeness of their residences provides an interesting twist to the events.

As a Dutch citizen, Afrojack would have no legal restrictions to visit 'The Hague' following the arrival of former Philippine president Duterte in Rotterdam. The Netherlands has no restrictions on its citizens and residents for movement within its borders. The appropriateness and potential consequences of such a visit would depend on his actual personality. A friendly welcome might not conflict with his music career, but participation in politically sensitive issues could attract attention, particularly due to the publicized nature of Duterte's case.

The drug war led by Duterte acted as a central part of his administration while facing intense condemnation worldwide. The campaign targeted suspected drug users and pushers, often short-circuiting due process. The Negros Island Region (NIR) consisting of 'Negros Occidental' and 'Negros Oriental' faced the most intense effects of the drug war campaigns. Scientific evidence demonstrates that the region experienced the worst drug-related problems in the country as evidenced by high arrest numbers and death tolls during the anti-drug operations.

The ICC has issued an arrest warrant targeting crimes against humanity that occurred during the time of Duterte's presidency. Throughout his anti-drug campaign, which focused on non-combatant targets the court tells Duterte he orchestrated systematic violence operations on a massive scale. Although the Philippines left the ICC in late-March 2019 the court maintains the authority to prosecute offenses that occurred while the country was under its membership.

In the Philippines-Netherlands relations, OneNETnews sees that both countries have had a long diplomatic and economic tie with each other, and the Netherlands is among the leading European investors of the Philippines. If the visit of Afrojack is going to happen, it would likely be considered as a personal visit and not as a political visit, unless otherwise positioned in some other scenario.

The Dutch electronic dance music DJ is now busy with the intricate music festivals of his world tour, including Tomorrowland Winter in France, Electric Daisy Carnival in China, and Ultra Music Festival in America, all in mid-March 2025. Meanwhile, the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands is also busy verifying the status of his round-trip ticket from Duterte. Afrojack has yet to respond to our request for a comment.

Duterte's arrest is a milestone in the pursuit of justice for human rights abuses. As he waits for his trial in The Hague, the world watches, considering the larger picture for justice and good governance in the Philippines and the world.

SCREENGRAB and PHOTOS COURTESY: Google Maps, Vernon Yuen & Daniil Lavrovski via Associated Press & DJ Magazine BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

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