Belarus Belarus carries out fresh raids at private news agency belaPAN Belarus police searched and detained employees of the independent news agency belaPAN in an escalating crackdown on the media. 18/08/2021
Belarus Belarus extends crackdown on opposition and independent media Among those targeted on Friday were journalists linked to the Polish TV channel, Belsat, and the US-funded RFE/RL broadcaster. 16/07/2021
Belarus Activists detained amid raids at human rights NGOs in Belarus The Viasna human rights centre has stated that Belarusian security forces have searched its offices and arrested several activists. 14/07/2021
Germany German authorities raid homes of two suspects linked to Vienna attack German police have raided the home of two men who are relatives of the perpetrator of the November 2020 attack in Vienna. 07/07/2021
Germany Hundreds arrested in Germany after encrypted chat data bust German security officials have arrested more than 750 people and seized large amounts of drugs after gaining access to encrypted mobile phone data. 06/07/2021
Russia Russia targets investigative journalists with raids in media crackdown Police raided the homes of journalists from the Proekt online outlet. The website was investigating the wealth of Russia's interior minister. 30/06/2021
Germany Germany carries out raids after banning groups linked to Hezbollah Germany's Interior Ministry said the banned groups are suspected of raising funds for families of killed Hezbollah fighters, under the guise of humanitarian purposes. 19/05/2021
Belarus TUT.BY: Independent Belarus media website blocked after raids Belarus' Ministry of Information has stated that they had restricted access to TUT.BY following an order by the country's general prosecutor. 18/05/2021
Belarus 'An attempt to intimidate': Belarus arrests journalists and activists "This is an attempt to intimidate journalists and human rights activists who have been telling the world about the unbelievable scale of repressions," said Viasna activist Valiantsin Stefanovich. 16/02/2021
no comment Dozens injured in nightclub stampede after police raid the venue Dozens of people were injured after a stampede broke out during a police raid on a nightclub operating illegally in Bolivia in the early hours of Saturday. 03/02/2021
Spain Spanish police arrest 21 people in raids on Catalan separatists Spanish officials say that police have detained 21 people with links to the Catalan separatist movement on suspicion of corruption and promoting public disorder. 28/10/2020
France Coronavirus: France seizes 140,000 'illegal' masks near Paris Two men were arrested while unloading a huge amount of 'counterfeit' protective masks from a cargo near Paris. It's the largest requisition of masks since the government’s ban on their resale 26/04/2020
Australia Police in Australia search headquarters of ABC News in Sydney ABC says the operation was in relation to its 2017 reports about alleged misconduct by Australian troops in Afghanistan 05/06/2019
USA Million dollar gun stash seized from house in Beyonce's neighbourhood Girard Damien Saenz, 57, was held on suspicion of unlawful transportation and giving, lending or selling an assault weapon after 1000 guns were seized. 10/05/2019
France French armed police conduct operation in Strasbourg's Neudorf district Police on Thursday carried out an intervention in the Neudorf district of Strasbourg. 13/12/2018
Spain Twenty-two people detained in Catalan raids Spanish authorities are investigating the alleged diversion of public funds to entities involved in the 2017 independence referendum 24/05/2018
